Vestige: The Story Begins When You Start Playing
The design philosophy behind Vestige: a science-fiction setting built to generate play, preserve mystery, and let tabletop campaigns create history.
Gaming
Gaming
A record of character builds, solo RPGs, wargames, and campaign notes.
Useful groupings
D&D 5E Character Builds
Character builds and ideas I made for the 2014 D&D 5E rules, including active characters, campaign notes, and concept builds.
View the D&D 5E seriesSolo RPGs
Play reports, systems, and character experiments built for solo-first play.
Browse solo RPG notesWargaming
Skirmish projects, Rangers of Shadow Deep material, and tabletop campaign notes.
Browse wargaming postsCampaigns and projects
Recurring campaigns, ongoing project logs, and grouped notes that belong together.
Browse campaignsGaming posts
Vestige
An introduction to Vestige, the shared science-fiction setting behind my solo campaigns, miniature projects, and tabletop experiments.
A World Left Behind: My Bug Hunt Campaign Frame
The campaign frame for my first Five Parsecs: Bug Hunt games, built around a silent colony, recon exosuits, native creatures, and a deeper mystery.
Settling on Five Parsecs and Five Leagues
Why I am using Five Parsecs from Home for science-fiction gaming and Five Leagues from the Borderlands for fantasy, starting with a small Bug Hunt force.
Archer v2: My Twin-Blade Battle Master for D&D 5E
My Player's Handbook-only Battle Master inspired by Archer from Fate/stay night, focused on twin-blade combat rather than projection magic.
Tharn Wildvein: My Wolverine-Inspired D&D 5E Barbarian
A level 3 Half-Orc Path of the Beast Barbarian inspired by Wolverine's claws, endurance, and close-range fighting style.
Jaxen Vantrell: My Iron Man-Inspired D&D 5E Artificer
A level 3 Half-Elf Armorer Artificer that turns the Iron Man concept into a practical 2014 D&D 5E character.
Zareth Kael: My Darkness-Inspired D&D 5E Warlock
My level 3 Tiefling Great Old One Warlock, inspired by The Darkness and built for a solo Tomb of Annihilation campaign.
One Hero Engine Campaign Setup
Why I am building a solo hero campaign around One Hero Engine, and what I want that system to handle before play starts.
Rangers of Shadow Deep: Hope Eternal Campaign Setup
How I am setting up my solo Hope Eternal campaign for Rangers of Shadow Deep, including the tone, house rules, and setting reskin.
My Solo Campaign Journal Workflow
How I record solo RPG sessions as mechanical notes first, then turn them into later story write-ups.
Phoenix Rising
Why I am returning to solo gaming, and why I want to keep the next projects practical enough to actually reach the table.