Welcome to the nascent worlds of Daniel Bayn!

I've always had far more ideas than I have time to develop them. Recently, I've taken to putting some of those ideas online in a short format that I call a "microcosm." I can explain the big ideas (and provide role-players with enough detail to get their games started) without sinking a month of my life into a full write-up. Everybody wins.

This website also serves as my long-term memory, storing my nascent setting ideas until enough inspiration hits that I do want to spend a month developing them. If you'd like to see any of these puppies written up in more detail, just let me know. If enough people show interest in a setting, who am I to argue?

Aether - Colonial science-fantasy where alchemist meets manitou.

Stardust - Low-tech science fiction with pirates, cowboys, and starships.

Psyche - Modern conspiracy meets psychics, with some wire-fu thrown in.