vorpal musings: a vsr blog

Drawing Down on Ridiculous
Anthony Alipio Anthony Alipio

Drawing Down on Ridiculous

So I accidentally turned a pun about exertion into a silly, full-blown combat tradition—then I added some in-world lore with more serious undertones, and now I’m having an existential crisis. 

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League of Legendary Arcane Synergies
Anthony Alipio Anthony Alipio

League of Legendary Arcane Synergies

It’s not often a story comes along that captures my imagination like Netflix’s Arcane: League of Legends animated series. In just two seasons, Vi and Powder (Jinx!) led me on a rollercoaster of emotions, tackled (but never trivialized) a variety of sociopolitical issues, and left me somehow satisfied yet still wanting more. And so here I am adding some Arcane inspired content to my favorite elves and dwarves game…

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A Slithe of Toves
Anthony Alipio Anthony Alipio

A Slithe of Toves

Toves, oh those slithy toves, are the perfect introduction to a world where jabberwocks are real. If we suppose that the Alice books are all a fever dream recollection of Carroll’s actual travels to that Realm of Wonder, one can only guess at what might have ignited the fever that caused the author’s words to get so jumbled in the first place…

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Big Robot Energy
Anthony Alipio Anthony Alipio

Big Robot Energy

The idea bug hit me about a month or so ago and didn’t let go. I ended up buying some dice and writing a game…

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Own Voices
Anthony Alipio Anthony Alipio

Own Voices

Thoughts on past, present, and future Unbreakable anthologies, an Asian #Own Voices project by Unbreakable Publishers.

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The Cult of Jai’crodah
Anthony Alipio Anthony Alipio

The Cult of Jai’crodah

What seems at first glance a simple kobold cleanup mission, quickly escalates into goblinoid guerilla warfare, and there’s more to this (not so) abandoned copper mine than its assorted collection of denizens…

Available now on Shard Tabletop!

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