The purpose of a dilunisolar calendar is to simultaneously track a planet’s location relative to the sun as well as its position relative to two moons orbiting it. It may sound complicated and it may look complicated, but a calendar is just a set of rules by which we measure time. Once you know the[…]
While not every calendar aligns perfectly with the seasons – certainly most on Earth do not – a world where seasons are long and brutal most certainly would. This particular culture would bring their calendar to start in spring as it is when life most commonly begins anew. There is some merit to a summer[…]
Now that we have established design goals for this calendar, it is time to start mapping an outline. Before that, a quick reminder on the design goals: The calendar must track both moons and the sun in a cycle that closely repeats itself multiple times within a person’s life time. The calendar must feel plausible,[…]
Imagine a world where the seasons are long and harsh. Where the two moons wax and wane as they tell the story of two lovers dancing across the sky. This is the world which I am creating for use in all of my games. One steeped in medieval fantasy and where magic integrated into all[…]
This passed weekend marked the end of the regular season of the Spring Split of EU & NA LCS in 2018. With an 18 game season and best of 1’s all around, there was a lot of talk about potential tiebreakers. Teams that started strong and ended weak, teams that started weak and ended strong,[…]