Around the blogs...

Wow.. even when out of town I somehow manage to get this weekly update out the door. Let's see what I've been reading this week...

• World Building. There are tons of fine articles about this popular topic around the RPG blogosphere, but this week I was happy to find a whole series on the subject at Pen & Swords, the blog of science-fiction author Kameron M. Franklin. The links below point you to the relevant parts that have been posted thus far
  
• Introduction
• Geography
• History
• Cultures
• Magic
• Character Alignment. This topic is another hot-button issue for many RPG bloggers and game designers. I was recently asked to write an article for Polymancer related to the subject. So, being a good sport I knew I should do my research first. Here's a list of some of the articles I've been reading.
• The Geek Emporium has an excellent, in-depth 12-part series on character alignment in RPGs.
• Part 1 - A Different Take on Evil
  
• Part 2 - The Heart of Darkness
  
• Part 3 - Worst of the Worst
  
• Part 4 - Dictators and Despots
  
Part 5 - Neutral: Like the Swiss But Without Spiffy Knives
• Part 6 - Judge, Jury and Executioner
  
• Part 7 - The Free Spirit
  
• Part 8 - Maintaining the Balance
  
• Part 9 - Goodie Two Shoes
  
• Part 10 - The Goodest of the Goodest?
  
• Part 11 - Chaos Isn't Always Bad
  
• Part 12 - Pure Good
  
• "Hot Button: A Question of Alignment" @ Gnomestew, with 24 comments
• "What's Wrong with Alignment" @ The Seven Sided Die
• "The Path to a Better Alignment System" @ Hero Twice a Month with 6 comments
  
• "4e Alignment: Lawful Good is the Best" @ lol for Initiative with 7 comments
  
• "Alignment Thoughts"@ Grognardia, with 12 comments
• "Changes to Alignment in 4th Edition D&D" @ Dungeonmastering.com, short article but has 40 comments that are worth checking out.
• "DnD 4th Ed Alignments" @ tenletter with 12 comments

Well... it's a day late, but that's it for this week. Hope the links find some use to you. In the meantime...

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