Random Diversions

A few days back I posted an ultra-simple example of a random table in Excel. Since I'm making a few tables for another project, I thoug...

Someone over on G+ was asking about tools to make random tables for RPGs. I mentioned Excel and the poster said they weren't very good a...

Over the years my regular gaming group has oscillated between using and not using critical hits tables. Our original tables dated from the l...

Nothing like getting up at 2 AM with a fresh pot of coffee to get some productive time at the keyboard. As you may or may not know I have a ...

I've been adding more tables to the random stuff generator . I figured it was time for a full listing of what's there. Most of these...

I updated the random treasure generator  I've been working on today. It now has at least some data for all entries and is generating a w...

A few days ago I wrote about the random treasure generator I was working on. This is just a brief followup to let folks know it's most...

A long time ago, I had an Amiga 1000 . Being both a gamer and a programmer, I spent some time playing around with various game-related pro...

We've just passed the start of Daylight Saving Time. Usually this is when you see public service announcements about changing batteries ...

I've been toying around with stat blocks in Tiddlywiki , trying to come up with a better way to lay them out without creating too many t...

This is just a quick preview of the main screen in the Android dice roller I'm messing about with, showing roll entry and the history of...

I've been spending some time programming over the last few days, delving into Android development as a way to teach myself Java. As my ...

The long silence here was not by choice. My main computer imploded shortly before the holidays, so I had the joyful experience of shifting a...