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Playing my typical day-to-day as a game didn’t feel like much fun. But, I thought, if I made Hope is Not a Plan a Dungeonomics story, maybe something darkly funny would emerge.

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2022/01/24/hope-in-the-dark-heart-of-evil-is-not-a-plan/

The insatiable need for commerce drives an insatiable need for the news. From Eversink back alley gossip circles to the rarified circle of the Triskadane, everyone needs to know what’s going on...

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/08/11/the-eversink-post-office-an-unofficial-supplement-for-swords-of-the-serpentine/

An arcology is a portmanteau of "architecture" and "ecology." The original architectural vision for an arcology was an ecologically neutral, self-powering, self-feeding, and self-sufficient enclo...

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/03/03/how-to-create-your-own-country-for-tax-reasons/

What are microprocessors made from? Transistors. What are transistors made from? Sand.

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/02/24/how-to-start-a-sand-war/

The Rig was a highly classified military appliance used in training Special Forces. The Rig provided a perfect facsimile of the experience without having to send a trainee into danger.

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/02/18/the-fully-immersive-internet-experience-influencers-in-the-vr-future/

This story opens in media res, in the middle of heart-pounding action as the US Congress passes a modification to the Communications Decency Act of 1996.

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/02/10/deepfakes-fraud-and-digital-personal-copyright/

Adrian and Jeremy Osborne live in the Danube Arcology. Both are current employees of the Danube Corporation. They’re entitled to a The Smartment™: a product of the Danube Corporate Family.

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/02/03/a-day-in-the-life-in-the-danube-arcology/

This is a long-winded story about how master 20th level wizards often get into the sheep business.

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2017/02/22/the-wizards-and-the-sheep/

How do the Evil Lords locate the capital to invest in their ego-stroking structures? Here's five options, with their pros and cons.

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2017/01/24/debt-financing-the-evil-lords-iconic-dungeon/

A bond is when adventuring parties ask for investment directly from investors instead of getting a loan from the bank. Adventuring parties promise to pay an interest rate over a certain period u...

https://critical-hits.com/blog/2016/11/15/the-adventuring-party-bond-market/