The World of Althéa

Balancing a game! ... What an issue this can be! After all, one persons tactics may make a game easier to play than somebody else's. Dif...

I often find myself going "two steps forward, and then one step backwards", but thankfully the net result is always a definite for...

As the years have passed and I have continued to add material to my own campaign, one cannot help but notice the incredible strides in mains...

There is no beating around the bush ... I am sorry that this is taking me so long to do, and I apologise for the delay. For while I knew it ...

Another quick update just to report that things are still progressing along nicely. Alongside creating new material, I have been improving e...

It has been over six years since I last spoke about the Vigour system in any detail, but my latest updates to the campaign have been dealin...

I will post the second part of my "Games" blog at some point in the future, but for now, I wanted to report back on what I have be...

I have enjoyed playing games all my life. From board games and card games to begin with, but moving to traditional pen and paper AD&D (A...

Who knows what accepting an "innocent" task might unravel? One minute you are carefully trying to negotiate a problem and the next...

I realised a better way of writing conversations in the NWN2 editor this week ... or rather, I reminded myself of a way of writing conversat...

As I was working on the button puzzle mentioned in the last post, I discovered I needed similar functions I have used in a number of previou...

To the point ... I have had a rough couple of weeks ... more than usual, and not been able to concentrate much on module building. In the li...

While putting a module together, it is quite surprising about what can come along both "externally" and "internally" to ...

Have you ever had the toolset crash as you exit it? If you have used the toolset and know how having the "include" files not quite...

Regular readers and even new readers will soon come to see that I am a fan of rabbits - and as the 10th-18th May is Rabbit Awareness Week , ...

This is going to be a brief post this week, as there is not much I can report on without giving away spoilers (again). However, one thing I ...

Progress is slow but sure as I continue to develop the last two quests I had in mind to do. While doing so, I have been trying for a few new...

I have been enjoying my last few times in the toolset more than I have for some time. Not because I don't enjoy building, but because I...

I know it seems like this module is taking me forever to complete, but I want to be satisfied with the results; and that means I find myself...