Below is the first pass at a community manifesto. It represents the standards that will be in place when we launch the forum on this site sometime next month. This is informed by decades of personal and professional experience reaching back to BBS systems in the 1980s and 90s, various internet forums, and social media […]
This is the weekly Dancing Lights Press Newsletter for 17 February 2019. This will be published every Sunday around 1pm EST. It will be simultaneously sent to subscribers and posted on the website. New This Week Lighthouse System Core Book is finally out! A simple, universal roleplaying system driven by collaborative storytelling and character development. If […]
A simple, universal roleplaying system driven by collaborative storytelling and character development. An All-New Edition! 100% New Material! The entire Learn the System section can be read in the Full-sized Preview link at DriveThruRPG. This book is written in an informal tone, because I’m tired of rulebooks that read like automotive user manuals. I’ve written some of those books, […]
UPDATE: It’s available now! Lighthouse System will be out on Friday. Don’t ask me what time, because I can’t tell you. I’m going to be as transparent about this as possible. It is possible to upload everything to DriveThruRPG ahead of time and schedule it. Given the ongoing issues with publisher tools on their site, […]
Character death isn’t something that can happen randomly in the Lighthouse System. Both the player and the guide have to agree to it. If the player has invested a lot of time developing the character, and they’re not ready to let go of them, don’t kill them off. When the impact of a major death […]
There will always be a place in my heart for media reference books. You know, the encyclopedia for that popular movie franchise. The episode guide for the favorite TV show. Character compendiums like the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Guides to long-running series of novels. I love that stuff, because nearly everything you could […]
Corita Kent was an artist in 1960s. She began doing amazing things with silk screening, a medium she chose because she wanted to create affordable art for the masses. Inspired by Andy Warhol, she used pop culture images to spread messages of love and peace. She also happened to be a Catholic nun, and her […]
This is going to turn into a series of posts. Right now I have a lot of questions, some of which are only half-formed. I’m not to the point where I can even begin to suggest answers. I have a lot of thoughts, but no through line. The way these things all connect aren’t clear […]
This is the weekly Dancing Lights Press Newsletter for 10 February 2019. This will be published every Sunday around 1pm EST. It will be simultaneously sent to subscribers and posted on the website. New This Week Worldbuilding Power: Conjuration – Half price through Sunday, February 10th! The word conjure stems from the Latin coniurare, to swear together […]
Today I want to talk a little bit about modifiers. If you haven’t read about the core mechanic yet, go do that first. This builds on those ideas. If you’ve played a tabletop roleplaying game before, you know about modifiers. When something gives you an advantage, you get to add a bonus to your die […]