Happy Three Fears!🎂

Three years of Play Fearless on Substack

Mad Jay

Mar 3, 2023

Congrats! my Fearless Friends,

I started out on this path three years ago in March to talk, not shout, about getting more out of our tabletop games —not just good, but Great experiences. Thanks for sticking it out with me.

Let the celebrations begin! All this month, I’ve got Subscriber Giveaways planned, including copies of Lifted Vault 01 - Expanded Edition, a print copy of Symbaroum Core rule book, and a DriveThru 30$ gift certificate.

I’ve begun work on The Dictionary of Playing Fearless Vol1. This will collect updated dictionary entries A to N in one PDF, with a print option available and (hopefully) some commissioned art.

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The Dictionary of Fearless Gaming: A is for Awareness.

I run a lot of roleplaying games, at conventions and at home. There are some serious differences between running a game for strangers and running a game for your home crew. Differences like when you can use social shortcuts and when you must be explicit. How edgy can you be? How much PvP drama? It all depends on who is at the table. So as we move our ro…

3 years ago · Mad Jay

Coming up for paid subscribers this month is my deconstruction series on Skyrealms of Jorune. Why I like it, what I’d do with it, and how I’d run it today. I ❤️❤️ this game, and I am sad about the licensable state it is today. Mixed in between those posts will be my starting-from-zero approach to being a GM-for-hire.

On tap for everyone is a Friday Office Hours chat thread. We can ask for help, inspiration about game prep, player decisions, what to play or post something you’re excited about in gameland.

I’ve been failing to get an open table game - decision paralysis. Here’s what I’m excited about running and I’ll let you choose!

So Happy Birthday to us! Here’s to another three years!

And if you’re not a subscriber yet, what’s keeping ya? 👇🏾

P.S. —oh, and stickers!! There will be stickers!!