Theater of the Mind: Parlay Issue – Bonus Content
Posted by Runeslinger on March 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Theater of the Mind Magazine and the Casting Shadows blog I have been contributing to a new gaming magazine called Theater of the Mind for the past few months. The magazine, available in PDF and Print-on-Demand from DriveThru, grew out of the underlying community supporting the YouTube RPG Brigade. In keeping with the nature of … Continue reading →
Category Playing in Games, Preparation and Preparedness, Technical Questions, The Blog, The Gamers, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with roleplaying games, RPGs, running games, Theater of the Mind
Conspicuous RPG Consumption
Posted by Runeslinger on February 3, 2014 · 4 Comments
I recently moved. While there are many tales I could tell about these experiences, such as the death-defying stunts perpetrated by the movers working with no safety gear on a small elevator platform 12 storeys up and outside my kitchen window, I will keep this focused on RPG stuff. Having movers come over to my … Continue reading →
Category Casting the Shadows, Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog
December 2013 RPG Blog Carnival: GM and Player Roles
Posted by Runeslinger on December 20, 2013 · 2 Comments
Mainly coincidentally, the YouTube RPG Community has been delving very deeply into a topic which aligns with the concept of this carnival, that of taking charge of how the group dynamic is balanced at the table. The question on this dynamic is split into “What are the ways in which creative responsibility can be shared … Continue reading →
Category Online Games, Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog · Tagged with GM Authority, player agency, Player Responsibility, Role-playing game, RPG Theory, YouTube
Getting an Earful
Posted by Runeslinger on November 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
One of the major problems of conversations is when they are composed of speakers who use the moments where the other person is talking to compose what they will say next instead of actually listening to what has been said. While this is a common, annoying, and somewhat insulting aspect of daily life, it is … Continue reading →
Category Playing in Games, Running Games, The Blog, The Gamers · Tagged with listening, Role-playing game
Choice of Voice~
Posted by Runeslinger on October 20, 2013 · 11 Comments
As discussion cycles through toward gaming techniques again in the YouTube RPG Brigade, it has brought a latent point about the narrative voices in gaming to the fore. This post brings together some ideas from a variety of earlier posts and videos and then tries to take some solid technical steps forward toward a framework … Continue reading →








