I’m iendjinn and you’ve stumbled onto my website, welcome!
Who am I?
A human from Sol III, I’m interested in science fiction, tabletop role playing games and “keep fit”. I also enjoy good coffee and home made pizza.
Why does this site exist?
As a place for me to publish and collate my thoughts and projects that I’d like to share with people.
Why not just use <insert popular web platform here>?
Most blogging and social media platforms are designed to harvest your data to sell you more stuff, or publish and store content in a weird proprietary format.
While writing stuff in markdown and transforming it to HTML is a little clunky, it means that this content is independent of the platform it is hosted on. It also means I can deliver this content free from unnecessary cookies, JavaScript and other cruft that are the hallmarks of many modern websites.
I was very fortunate to have been introduced to tabletop role playing games by “based Cullen”, a fantastic GM who ran a home brew campaign for our group set in the world of Oceanus. Featuring giant turtle ships, ancient underwater domes filled with magitech, and piracy on the high seas, this campaign got me hooked.
Since then I’ve continued to run TRPGs for my friends in a variety of settings and systems, some home brew and some official systems. Below you can find links to some of my projects, musings on TRPGs, and reviews of game systems I’ve run.
rpgs homebrew journal
In my previous post I’d started a campaign journal for a post apocalyptic setting. The first session went great, the players enjoyed it and then…
rpgs homebrew journal
The other week I ran the first session of a post apocalyptic hex crawl TRPG I’m calling, for lack of a better name, Dominion of the Sword. I transplanted some of the lore I’d written for a post apocalyptic wargame to come up with the seed for a setting and then fleshed out the local area and set the players loose.
osr rpgs review
Mausritter is probably the cutest TRPG I’ve ever encountered, players take on the role of mouse adventurers on a quest for treasure in the giant and dangerous world. I picked up a copy of the boxed set, primarily because I thought it would fit with some of players wishes for a more light hearted and fantastical game. However, once I’d read through the rules I realised that this is one of the best written systems I’ve ever read and played.
rpgs
Prophecy and destiny are fairly common tropes in many fantasy settings, and they can produce very compelling storylines. However, weaving them into a TRPG requires reconciling the forgone conclusions that prophecy implies with player agency, and the often random nature of a games mechanics.
alien rpgs review
Chariot of the Gods is the introductory scenario for Free League’s Alien RPG, it comes as part of the starter set and is a relatively lengthy cinematic scenario that casts the crew in a similar situation to the crew of the Nostromo in the original Alien film. I’ve run this scenario for two different groups and have a few thoughts about what I think it does right and what I think could be improved.