Category Archives: Xenon:

The Silk Road

An anonymous friend of mine who works for the US Government studying contractors tells me:
“In Afghanistan, [shipping]’s not as big a problem [as between Kuwait and Iraq] because the shipping companies are mostly local and they know who to pay off. If you look at pictures of Afghan and Pakistani trucks online, you can see [...]

The Final Piece of Source Material for Xenon:

(Thanks, Rob)

On Mapping the World

In Xenon: the world is made of a map that’s created by the World Player as the travelers leave their home behind. Technically, the map is a relationship map with broad categories. The Xumph prey on the Canwana. The Canwana raise the Xumph for ritual sacrifices. The Canwana trade Kogantaw wax with the Feihun, who [...]

Xenon: Now a Shitty Webpage!

Xenon: is entering real playtesting tomorrow night. I’m very excited. Dare I say Gen Con 2010?

A Trip to Europa

From a photograph of the arist at work, studying a Europan Whale.

In 1998, as part of a drawing class, I made a book called A Trip to Europa in which I “edited” the works of a Dr. Kesling Frankh about his exploration of the oceans and life forms of the vast world-ocean of the Jovian [...]

A New Edition To The Family

As Xenon: takes form, I’m discovering a small but elegantly creative “speculative evolution” and “worldbuilding” communities. They’re intensely creative and often collaborative environments, and there’s just as often a set of standards about authorship. You might even say that these communities have developed System for such endeavors.
One such really incredible world is called Snaiad. It’s [...]

Disney plays Xenon:

Man, those folks did beautiful work. It’s gets all cosmic ‘n’ shit at the end, but this could be right out of Barlowe’s Expedition.