Magpie Game is proud to announce that we’ve formed a joint publishing partnership with Paul Riddle and Enigma Machinations to bring Undying to Magpie Games. Starting today (October 5th, 2016, Undying will join other Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) games by Magpie (like Urban Shadows, Epyllion, and Masks) on DriveThruRPG. We’ll have it up shortly […]
Since posting “Two Minutes Hate,” I’ve received dozens of emails, read hundreds of comments, and spent 20+ hours talking on phone/Skype with people from multiple communities. After those conversations, I feel I need to both make some apologies and clarify my position. (more…)
I have written an FAQ to accompany this piece available here [Two Minutes Hate: FAQ] that addresses my thoughts on Zak’s behavior in our community, clarifications on my thoughts on anger and abuse, and more. I encourage you to read it alongside this post. It’s 2002. My hair is purple. I’ve got a tongue ring. […]
One of my favorite concepts in economics is the impossible trinity, a macroeconomic framework that explains why monetary policy can’t do everything it wants to do all at the same time. Monetary policy design is hard, and I love that “the trillema” reminds us that we can’t always get what we want, even if we […]
As you may know, we had a pretty good year last year here at Magpie HQ. In addition to the launch of our Chaos Worlds line for Dungeon World (The Last Days of Anglekite) and Epyllion early in the year, we wrapped up 2015 with the phenomenally successful Masks, marking our first six-figure Kickstarter! We’re […]
Urban Shadow’s corruption mechanic often allows someone to get out of a bind by taking corruption and giving in to the power that they wield…eventually opened up new corruption moves (acting like gaining experience) which of course generated more corruption themselves. All to the end of turning your character into a monster. This is what WoD was trying to do…like forever!
