Clang, clang, clang, hisssssss. “Ah, the sounds of a smithy in action. That, my boy, is an honest way to earn a living. Unfortunately, there will always be fighting to be done, and where there’s fighting, there’s a need...
Winter means different things to different people. Climate and culture are often leading reasons for these differences in the real world, and so we should try to remember that in our fantasy worlds as well. One commonality of winter...
Title Image: Riders by Sandara. “The sign clearly says ‘No animals!'” growls the bartender. He stares daggers at the huntsman who’s wolf is currently lapping up some ale that spilled when a scared server dropped a tray. The huntsman...
Fall weather ushers in all manner of changes. The migrations of animals are of high importance to those that live off the land. While it can be difficult to see herds of deer or the like on the move,...
The Human Premise. Growing up, many kids want nothing more than to be a grown up. When they are able to focus on this desire, they want to go do grown up things with their parents, trying to fulfill...
“I remember the first time my parents took me to The Festival” the man says as he smiles down at the children next to him on the wagon. “I was the same age you are now! I remember Pops...
Welcome back to Groundbreaking with me, your host, Randal! It is almost Halloween, and I (and my wife) took our kids recently to a pumpkin festival a couple of weeks ago, and I have been thinking about how I...
Hello, I am Randal, and I am back for another dose of Terraforming. Taking a cue from a conversation recently at our Discord https://discord.gg/Rt79BAj, I wanted to describe two variant methods of gathering energy from the sun, but the more...
Guard, can you please ask our guide to mark the perimeter of the swamp for us? We really need to catalog the number of dwellings here and it would be helpful if he could do that instead of just...
Think back to your favorite sci-fi series (plural) with space battles … got a nice list built up yet? Ok, now, how did each one of them handle ship-to-ship combat? Well, I am guessing you now have about 5...