Day 3: #RPGaDay 2018 – “Endurance”
Week One: WHAT? Prompt: What gives an RPG staying power? Some people of my acquaintance have stayed with one or just a few games over their time as enjoyers of the hobby, but most of my gamer friends prefer to roam a long buffet of delightful options. Like at a buffet, however, there are certain … Continue reading
Day 2: #RPGaDay 2018 – “Hope”
Week One: WHAT? Prompt: What do you look for in an RPG? The great Jeff Combos, creator of the Hollow Earth Expedition RPG and the Ubiquity Roleplaying System which has gone on from powering it to so many other excellent games shared in words a concept which resonated with me strongly. There is the idea … Continue reading
Day 1: #RPGaDay 2018 – “Love”
Week One: WHAT? Prompt: What do you love about RPGs? This question is simultaneously easy and hard to answer, which is I suppose, fitting given the subject of roleplaying games. The first thing that comes to mind upon seeing the prompt, of course, is that there are many, many things that I appreciate … Continue reading
August 1, 2018 #RPGaDay Prompts
About to launch for its fifth consecutive run, RPGaDay, the brain-child of David Chapman, is only a week away. How fast a year slips by when you are gaming and having fun, right? Let’s get the basics out of the way: What is #RPGaDay? #RPGaDay is a list of 31 questions intended to get gamers … Continue reading
Mythos Mythras: Tone and Tenor
There is a sense among gamers that for games played with Lovecraft and Company’s Cthulhu Mythos as the setting, that insanity, death, or both are a foregone conclusion. Play to Find Out takes on a slightly limited meaning, ‘play to find out how you meet your end.’ I think it is helpful to take a … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 