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Beginning to Migrate (some) Content to the NEW Doug Alone

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  Beginning to Migrate (some) Content to the NEW Doug Alone I have had the idea since early on in this blog to possibly move it from this sort of hosted/third-party set-up to something more owned by me. This past week, I started to make this a reality: https://www.dougalone.com There are a lot of reasons behind this but let us start with caveat. I have exactly one real complaint about Blogger/Blogger and otherwise most of the decisions are about my creative process itself.  The One Real Complaint The newer Blogger themes tend to be plenty responsive as they are but there is still some degree of back-end handling that tries to serve up a "mobile-friendly" version of the page [note, this is based on looking into the errors and messages sent, I could be wrong]. This is the exact same page but Google, itself, treats this as a website trying to share multiple copies of the same content and basically passes this off as a reason to not index the site.  After over a year of havin...

The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont, Episode 5 - Terminal Issues

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← Previous Arc Session |[ ↑ Arc/Campaign Page ]| Next Arc Session → Hide Prep Phases     "Previously..." and Campaign/Arc Summary Experiences! And other paperwork... The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont Episode 5 - Terminal Issues Haggling and New Opponent Bee Held Hostage. Nurse { Gives | Gets } Chase(d). Head First The Nurse Makes a House Call Doug's Commentary Mechanical and Story Notes Credits Taxonomy and Technical Data Previously, on The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Eustace and Hitomi have gotten the guns intended for The Knives of the Fallen Star (while possibly kicking of a ServiSynth rebellion by accident). Now they need to meet up with one employer to betray another. Eustace must comes to terms what what stance he will take. Will he uphold Soulburn at the cost of his own future? About The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Eustace ...

The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont. Intermission #3 - Checking in with Rules and Such

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← Previous Arc Session |[ ↑ Arc/Campaign Page ]| Next Arc Session →     The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont Intermission #3 - Checking in with Rules and Such Why Am I Checking In? Rereading "A Time For Action" Rereading "Impending Danger" Rereading "Gear Up" Rereading "Face the Enemy" Credits The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont. Intermission #3 - Checking in with Rules and Such Why Am I Checking In? In game terms, we have just wrapped up what would be roughly equivalent to our second shot . Solo makes it a bit odder. The first shot being getting out of the mall and dealing with the Apostates + Holy Rollers. The second shot being shutting down Ouroboros and getting a job. The third shot will be dealing with the Knives and their allies. Then we should be at a turning point. I would say generally the story is going about 70% correctly...

The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont, Episode 4 - Against Ouroboros

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← Previous Arc Session |[ ↑ Arc/Campaign Page ]| Next Arc Session → Hide Prep Phases   How could I not use this art? Image © Dean Spencer   "Previously..." and Campaign/Arc Summary The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont Episode 4 — Against Ouroboros Planning Revenge. Always a Good Day for a Bad Idea. The Walls Have Eyes. Mr. Weird Arm. Doug's Commentary Mechanical and Story Notes Credits Taxonomy and Technical Data Previously, on The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Two harmless street gangs — the Fractal Apocalypse and the Shaolin Dragons — pulled a problematic snatch. Their target was Juan Uno, a man who is consider something like a saint by folks in The GLOW. Eustace and Hitomi have helped to defuse the situation but now they must deal with the root of a problem: a enignmatic and very crooked fixer, Yuito Ouroboros. About The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Del...