#introduction I'm a white hetero cis-male that lives in the USA.
Using Emacs, I write software, TTRPG session reports, short essays, documentation, open letters, and sometimes a bit of poetry.
Most of the non-software writing is on [my personal writing](https://takeonrules.com). I also tend to charter up working groups in the FOSS [Samvera](https://samvera.org) project.
Emacs Windows Configuration Desired State: From Deliberation to Liberation (in the Minutia of My Tools)
https://takeonrules.com/2023/01/29/emacs-windows-configuration-desired-state/
I've been thinking about what makes for a good long campaign. I think there's still more to add but this is what I have at the moment.
https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2023-01-22_Advice_for_running_a_long_campaign
Hacking Org-Mode Export for Footnotes as Sidenotes: Yet Another Refinement to My Blogging Engine
https://takeonrules.com/2023/01/22/hacking-org-mode-export-for-footnotes-as-sidenotes/
Enshittification Anti-Pattern and the Ongoing D&D Licensing Debacle: How a Corporation is Looking to Create a Platform
“Cities without Number” stretch goal to include licensing: Yet More and Varied Reactions to OGL Antics
https://takeonrules.com/2023/01/22/cities-without-number-stretch-goal-to-include-licensing/
Ongoing Bad Faith Actions of Wizards of the Coast: An Ongoing Attempt to Shift the Legal Field Beneath Creators
https://takeonrules.com/2023/01/21/ongoing-bad-faith-actions-of-wizards-of-the-coast/
Revisiting Section 15 Copyright Notice of the Open Game License: An Odd Little Section Containing Such Odd Signatures
https://takeonrules.com/2023/01/19/revisiting-section-15-copyright-notice-of-the-open-game-license/
On Safe Harbours, Shareholder Obligations, and Fey Contracts: Precedence, Common Rules, and Licenses
https://takeonrules.com/2023/01/15/on-safe-harbours-shareholder-obligations-and-fey-contracts/
The Wastelands of Discord and the Fall of Twitter: Ever Collapsing Channels of Digital Communication
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/24/the-wastelands-of-discord-and-the-fall-of-twitter/
Campaign-Level Questions for a Solo Campaign: Building a Mystery
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/21/campaign-level-questions-for-a-solo-campaign/
A reminder that https://campaignwiki.org/rpg/ is a great place to find RPG content syndicated through RSS.
Random Non-Player Character Generator for The One Ring: Responding and Building from Other Prompts
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/12/random-non-player-character-generator-for-the-one-ring/
The Purpose and Joy of Role-Playing Subsystems: Modeling the Guide Posts of Expectant Play
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/11/the-purpose-and-joy-of-role-playing-subsystems/
I just wrapped up a One Ring Strider session that felt very much like one of those face to face sessions where everyone leaves the table saying "Hot damn, that's why I play these games." This session actually had many of the same feelings I've had when playing around the table with friends.
It's a long post and I hope it reads as well as it played:
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/10/the-travels-of-duinhir-tailwind-session-9/
Reflections on Sessions 1 through 7 of the Travels of Duinhir Tailwind: The Joys of Solo Gaming
The Travels of Duinhir Tailwind: Session 7: Unexpected Discoveries En Route to Tharbad
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/07/the-travels-of-duinhir-tailwind-session-7/
Describing the Semantics of My Site: Paying Attention to the HTML
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/04/describing-the-semantics-of-my-site/
The Travels of Duinhir Tailwind: Session 5: A Return to Bree with Three of the Kettlebar Family
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/03/the-travels-of-duinhir-tailwind-session-5/
The Travels of Duinhir Tailwind: Session 4: Family News Delivered
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/03/the-travels-of-duinhir-tailwind-session-4/
The Travels of Duinhir Tailwind: Session 3: Initial Meeting of the Kettlebars and Wondering If There Is More to Gandalf’s Request
https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/01/the-travels-of-duinhir-tailwind-session-3/