This time I interviewed Jo hn Ben nett, who discusse s Shadow s over Vathak and his career as a designer and developer.

 I recently started an open call for guest bloggers, and here's the first guest blog, a review of th e E merald Spire Superdungeon, writ...

In these 4 photos of the  yeti from  Pathfinder Battles—Rise of the Runelords  ( #44 ), I used plaster-of-paris to construct a snowy b...

I just noticed there was some discussion about the Golden Guardian on Paizo's blog a few days ago. Thanks for the shout-out, John! Al...

Well look at that! It's a glorious day. :-) Read more about it on the product page on paizo.com ! -- This blog post uses trademar...

In the Interview w ith a Designer series, I interview people working in the RPG industry, whether as freelancers authors, illustrators , c...

The minotaur from Pathfinder Battles—Heroes & Monsters ( #30 ) is one of my favorite pre-painted figures (I have 3). When I first start...

Back in January, I wrote about my concerns about falling participation in Paizo's RPG Superstar contest, noting how comments had dropped...

I was going to write a much longer post this week, but alas, I've been busy working on a new project and so I'll just discuss archet...

RPG Superstar finalists Brian J. Fruzen, Monica Marlowe,  Kalervo Oikarinen, and Christopher Wasko have already demonstrated superior creati...

I was chatting with one of the Final Four the other week and it was pointed out to me that I have a horrible track record picking winne...

In the second part of this series of articles, I'll have a look at the class whose abilities I'm going to replace with new ones.

The wraith in these 4 photos is one of my favorite Pathfinder Battles figures. He's somewhat translucent, so I infused him with laser li...

In the past few weeks, I've discussed the different rounds of RPG Superstar -- magic items, maps, monsters, and encounters. The adventur...

After designing just a handful of items and monsters for the Pathfinder RPG, I've noticed that when it comes to rules and mechanics, fin...

With voting set to begin in a few hours in the penultimate round of Superstar 2015, I planned to evaluate the proverbial horse race and...

In RPG Superstar, the encounter round has always been one of my favorite rounds. Below are some things I'll be looking at as a voter. It...

A wyvern hunting the shores of a still desert lake \ˈwī-vərn\ I present to you a small collection of photographs of one of my favorit...

For eight of the contestants, their Superstar experience is over in a few hours. For the rest, it continues for the last time. By makin...

The prize module for RPGSS 2014 has been published! Besides the exciting adventure itself, the module also has 28 new magic items and 4 new ...

I've been a bit busy lately -- writing my comments on the 16 monsters, trying to be productive in my day job, and working on a freelance...

As I review the many excellent monsters submitted by this year's hopefuls in the RPG Superstar 2015 contest, I am reminded of just how m...

Superstar 2015 reaches its half-way point today, as the Top 16's monsters are revealed, typically one of the best moments in each year...

Since I don't have time to write a thought-out blog post this weekend, I'll instead show you something I designed while I was betwee...

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With their Round 2 work done 10 days ago, the Superstar competitors have been focused on monsters for a while now. Even if they don...

RPG Superstar's round 2 map-only challenge is a great way to display, assess and judge the creative talents of the contestants. Those ...

One of the interesting things whenever RPG Superstar introduces a new round (which has happened a lot for Round 2, with the challenge i...

Round 3 is fast approaching, and I've started planning how I intend to review the 16 monster entries. Below is a sort of a checklist I...