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Lewis Pulsipher

Dragon, White Dwarf, Fiend Folio
Lew was Contributing Editor to Dragon, White Dwarf, and Space Gamer magazines and contributed monsters to TSR's original Fiend Folio, including the Elemental Princes of Evil, denzelian, and poltergeist. You can follow Lew on his web site and his Udemy course landing page.
Boardgames  Video Games 
Worlds of Design: A Playtesting Framework
What are we looking for when playtesting a (tabletop) game we have designed? That is, what tells us it might be worth pursuing further? I am going to generalize here to most tabletop games, since RPGs are a category of tabletop.
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR 
Worlds of Design: The Importance of Self-Consistency
Internal self-consistency, creating stories that fit together and make sense, is critical if you want your players to be immersed in your game.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: Doing it All Over Again
Do overs are common in video games. But can they work in role-playing games?
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: The Art of Improvisation in RPGs
I recently saw a musical analogy for my board game Britannia that made me think about a related analogy to explain opposed games versus puzzles, and further, RPGs. Let’s have a go.
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR 
Worlds of Design: Barbarians at the Gates – Part 2
In the first article we discussed the definition of a barbarian. In the second, we discuss ways that barbarians might factor into a setting or campaign.
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR 
Worlds of Design: Barbarians at the Gates – Part 1
It's a rare fictional universe that doesn't have barbarian lands; even in science fiction. But who decides who is a barbarian?
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR 
Worlds of Design: The Rules of Magic
Hard magic systems have clear rules about how they work; they are predictable. Soft magic has no clear “system” and tends to lack any kind of connection between one spell and another—more or less random, certainly chaotic.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: Putting Up Walls
While the typical monumental defensive wall is much less impressive than the Great Wall we see in photographs, they did serve a purpose, and many were built. How might they fit into a fantasy world?
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Worlds of Design: Stratagems
Use of stratagems goes back at least as far as Odysseus and the Trojan Horse. Fans of Glen Cook's "Black Company" series about a fantasy mercenary company will recognize their preference for stratagems over a straight-up battle.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: Game Design vs. Story Framework
Making a Tolkien-like history for a game can beself-indulgent if you let it get in the way of the game. Making it for written stories is something else entirely.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Tough Times at the Top
I’ve always thought that combat-oriented Dungeons & Dragons-style tabletop role-playing games become less fun to play as characters reach double-figure levels of power. Here’s why, and how to fix it.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Same Humanoids, Different Forehead
Fantasy role-playing games, like the Star Trek television series, can sometimes suffer from a lack of differentiation between humanoid species with only slight tweaks to their appearance.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: Active vs. Passive—Part 2
We've been talking about active versus passive players. But how do you tell which style works for your group?
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: Active vs. Passive—Part 1
Some games need active players, others passive. There are many implications for game design.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: When Nations Expand
When considering how nations expand beyond their borders in your fantasy campaign, there are several options to choose from.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: To Move or Not to a New Edition?
Many tabletop RPGs besides D&D have multiple editions. How many people stick with older editions rather than move to the new one?

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