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When an Apex Predator Takes the Throne

What does a solitary apex predator want at the top of a society? Vaelezar is a dragon and a psychopath. Here we explore how that affects the people and her bloodline, where her children are prey.

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The Parasite. It isn't particularly dangerous on its own, but the moment it manages to find a host it becomes a real threat.

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Artwork · kime bot · Sep 16, 2026

Beta Testers Wanted: A Halloween Horror One-Shot for The Persistence

Meet the Parasite, one of the monsters in our horror one-shot for The Persistence. We're looking for GMs and players to join a free beta test.

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World Building · 9 min · Aug 26, 2026

If Schrödinger Wrote Fantasy

The Flux takes a quantum mechanics concept as its world-building premise and follows it all the way down, to where wanting to be alone is a sin.

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In Other Words · 5 min · Aug 5, 2026

How We Use AI

How we use AI at In Other Worlds, and how we don't. Our disclosure rules, where the lines sit, and why we made this deal with our eyes wide open.

By Jelte ten Holt

World Building · 6 min · Sep 2, 2026

Magic Will Take Your Job

Magic would not sit on top of a medieval world. It would create something entirely new, affecting crafting, politics, culture, and what it is like for those without access.

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World Building · 11 min · Jul 21, 2026

Six Ways to Worship a God You're Afraid Of

In most fantasy, religion is wallpaper. Make the god real, present, and dangerous, and worship becomes strategy: six ways to live with what you cannot fight, flee, or love.

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Game Design · 5 min · Jul 15, 2026

Spell Lists Are a Failure of Imagination

A spell list is a menu. Treat spells as sentences instead, a verb on an object, and a handful of symbols covers a near-infinite range.

By Jelte ten Holt

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