About this series: Trials, Triumphs & Trivialities is a weekly column offering advice on how to build online prose games, written by Shannon Appelcline, Director of Operations at Skotos Tech. Now over 100 articles mature, TT&T uses as its examples the Skotos flagship games, and thus offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at Castle Marrach, Grendel's Revenge, Galactic Emperor: Hegemony and The Eternal City, as well as upcoming releases.