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DM</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>I decided to dig into my PDF library of RPGs and look at “The Magus”. I had bought it last year during a Twitter-driven “Sell me an amazing Indie RPG” thread but I hadn’t gotten to reading it yet. All I remembered was that it looked gorgeous. </p> </div></article><article class="post-27035 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-actual-play category-dungeonomics category-featured category-critical-hits category-review category-rpg tag-actual-play tag-dungeons-and-dragons tag-hope-is-not-a-plan tag-journal-game tag-solo-rpg entry" aria-label="Hope in the Dark Heart of Evil is Not a Plan" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2022/01/24/hope-in-the-dark-heart-of-evil-is-not-a-plan/" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="737" height="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_1496.jpeg?resize=737%2C400&ssl=1" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="Hope is Not a Plan" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_1496.jpeg?resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 737w, https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_1496.jpeg?zoom=2&resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 1474w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px" /></a><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2022/01/24/hope-in-the-dark-heart-of-evil-is-not-a-plan/">Hope in the Dark Heart of Evil is Not a Plan</a></h2><p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2022-01-24T08:29:00-05:00">January 24, 2022</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/author/multiplexer/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">multiplexer</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>Playing my typical day-to-day as a game didn’t feel like much fun. But, I thought, if I made Hope is Not a Plan a Dungeonomics story, maybe something darkly funny would emerge.</p> </div></article><article class="post-26999 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-featured category-chattydm category-critical-hits category-review category-video-games tag-dorf-romantik entry" aria-label="Chatty on Games #1: Dorf Romantik" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2021/08/10/chatty-on-games-1-dorf-romantik/" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="737" height="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ss_a4833f9090547705c9830424b43c65c91fb66356.1920x1080.jpg?resize=737%2C400&ssl=1" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="Dorf Romantik on Steam" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ss_a4833f9090547705c9830424b43c65c91fb66356.1920x1080.jpg?resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 737w, https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ss_a4833f9090547705c9830424b43c65c91fb66356.1920x1080.jpg?zoom=2&resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 1474w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px" /></a><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2021/08/10/chatty-on-games-1-dorf-romantik/">Chatty on Games #1: Dorf Romantik</a></h2><p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2021-08-10T14:36:36-04:00">August 10, 2021</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/author/chattydm/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">The Chatty DM</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“It’s like they put a high scoring mechanism on a Rainy-Day-Jigsaw-Puzzle session and realized it was (redacted) addictive.” -me on Twitter. </p> </div></article><article class="post-26924 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-campaign-logs category-featured category-pain-of-publication category-rpg category-science-fiction-fantasy tag-scrpg tag-sentinel-comics-rpg entry" aria-label="The Infinity Current: Adventure 0" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/08/24/the-infinity-current-adventure-0/" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="737" height="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jael-vallee-hgMFBunqbNI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=737%2C400&ssl=1" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="Space" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jael-vallee-hgMFBunqbNI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 737w, https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jael-vallee-hgMFBunqbNI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 1474w, https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jael-vallee-hgMFBunqbNI-unsplash-scaled.jpg?zoom=3&resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 2211w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px" /></a><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/08/24/the-infinity-current-adventure-0/">The Infinity Current: Adventure 0</a></h2><p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-08-24T08:37:52-04:00">August 24, 2020</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/author/themainevent/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">The Main Event</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>As a bonafide grownup for more than a decade after finishing law school, I’ve had the good fortune of a weekly gaming group that entire time. That is, until the Coronavirus. </p> </div></article><article class="post-26897 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-dungeonomics category-featured category-game-hacks category-critical-hits category-rpg tag-gumshoe tag-swords-of-the-serpentine entry" aria-label="“The Eversink Post Office” – An Unofficial Supplement for Swords of the Serpentine" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/08/11/the-eversink-post-office-an-unofficial-supplement-for-swords-of-the-serpentine/" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="737" height="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/08-10-20-Eversink-Postman.png?resize=737%2C400&ssl=1" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="Eversink Post Man" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/08-10-20-Eversink-Postman.png?resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 737w, https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/08-10-20-Eversink-Postman.png?zoom=2&resize=737%2C400&ssl=1 1474w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px" /></a><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/08/11/the-eversink-post-office-an-unofficial-supplement-for-swords-of-the-serpentine/">“The Eversink Post Office” – An Unofficial Supplement for Swords of the Serpentine</a></h2><p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-08-11T08:24:00-04:00">August 11, 2020</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/author/multiplexer/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">multiplexer</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>The insatiable need for commerce drives an insatiable need for the news. From Eversink back alley gossip circles to the rarified circle of the Triskadane, everyone needs to know what’s going on everywhere, all the time. Often, whoever lays hands on the news first, wins. </p> </div></article><article class="post-26868 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-adventure-prep category-featured category-chattydm category-critical-hits category-rpg tag-13th-age tag-campaign-design tag-campaign-planning tag-chattys-13th-age tag-index-card-prep entry" aria-label="13th Age: Indexing Truths" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/06/08/13th-age-indexing-truths/" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="594" height="350" src="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/diabolist1.jpg?resize=594%2C350&ssl=1" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="The Diabolist" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/diabolist1.jpg?w=594&ssl=1 594w, 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</div></article><article class="post-26864 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-adventure-prep category-campaign-logs category-featured category-chattydm category-critical-hits category-rpg tag-13th-age tag-campaign-design tag-chattys-13th-age tag-d20-fantasy tag-d20-system tag-index-card-prep entry" aria-label="The Horizon Conspiracy" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/05/19/the-horizon-conspiracy/" class="alignleft" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img width="594" height="350" src="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/diabolist1.jpg?resize=594%2C350&ssl=1" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="The Diabolist" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/diabolist1.jpg?w=594&ssl=1 594w, https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/diabolist1.jpg?resize=300%2C177&ssl=1 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px" /></a><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/05/19/the-horizon-conspiracy/">The Horizon Conspiracy</a></h2><p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2020-05-19T09:29:00-04:00">May 19, 2020</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://critical-hits.com/blog/author/chattydm/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">The Chatty DM</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>Then a question came to me: “Which icon is going to run interference in this scheme?” and asked for a final d12 roll and came up with “The Diabolist”</p> </div></article><p 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