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01/22/2026: The Half-Vampire Attorney
Later, when they compare recollections about the gathering on that first day—before the funeral but after the meeting with the half-vampire
Dee Cardenas
2 days ago11 min read


6/04/2025: Return to the City
The wagon creaks and groans as it rolls toward Vallaki’s gates. Where once the massive corpse of a saber-toothed cat had lain, the scorched remains of a soldier, his traumatized partner, reigns in hands, is lost in his own thoughts. Occasionally, he offers a fretful glance back at the fractured remains of the cargo box. In this cramped, remaking space quarters sitting as far as possible from the sheet covered body, Ireena, Rakthe, Krelldutt, Komzin, and Duster rest together,
Dee Cardenas
Jun 5, 20259 min read


Simple TTRPGs Designed Specifically for Younger Players (Part 2)
This is the second part of a deep dive into tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs) built for or appropriate for younger kid players. If you...
Dee Cardenas
Jun 1, 202512 min read


Simple TTRPGs Designed Specifically for Younger Players (Part 1)
Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) offer incredible opportunities for children to develop creativity, problem-solving skills, social collaboration, and storytelling abilities—all while having tremendous fun. But finding the right game can be challenging, especially if you are looking to introduce very young players to TTRPGs.
Dee Cardenas
May 16, 20256 min read


Executive Function and the Twenty-sided Die Games:
How RPGs Naturally Support Cognitive Development by Dee Cárdenas, MAT The Backstory Neurodiversity acknowledges that both thinking and...
Dee Cardenas
Mar 14, 20254 min read


March 3, 2025: Kids and Role-Playing Games
These children are learning about relationships, the world, and their place in it. This is imaginative play, an early childhood form of role playing game (RPG), which is an interactive form of storytelling. This type of play allows children to explore many things: feeling more powerful or knowledgeable, seeing the world from other viewpoints, making choices, cooperating in play.
This collaboration requires children to listen to one another, take turns, compromise, follow di
Dee Cardenas
Mar 3, 20254 min read
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