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I'm Ben M, a New Zealand indie creator in the TTRPG space. This is Periapt Games.

Friday, 31 October 2025

Overzealous: Your cult has no chill!

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You are a long-forgotten god. You’re benevolent and mighty, and ready to manifest in the mortal world! Unfortunately, the cult of worshippe...
Saturday, 18 October 2025

One more generative AI rant for the pile

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(this one's about summarising text) LLM chatbots – that is  AI , in the same sense that we could just start saying "doctors" t...
Tuesday, 14 October 2025

1d20 Megadungeon Safety Code Violations

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It's almost as if the archlich-in-chief didn't have everyone's safety in mind! (Lousy no-good penny-pinching archlich-in-chief.)...
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Saturday, 4 October 2025

Smooth vs Chunky game design

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Sometimes it helps to look at game design through the " Smooth  or  Chunky " lens. What do these terms mean? Well, they encapsulat...
Thursday, 25 September 2025

When player agency meets character compulsions

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When you're playing a role, sometimes your character  ought to act in some way. The goodly hero has a moral code regarding the treatmen...
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Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Winning the game by being well-rested

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I have long believed that  the perfect RPG  would reward the PCs for getting a good night's sleep – and penalise them for a bad enough o...
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