December ’13 RPG Blog Carnival: Taking Charge
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival is being hosted here on Casting Shadows and is on the topic of Taking Charge. “Of what?” you may ask, or “By whom?” These and other questions are what will be uncovered as the month proceeds and participating blogs add their contributions to the Carnival. A blog carnival is a … Continue reading
Getting an Earful
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
Desolation Hangouts #2 – 5
My 5 sessions of the YouTube Desolation campaign have come to an end. As hoped, one of the players will be taking over as GM and running 5 more sessions from where session 5 ended. What follows is an overview of Hangouts, some final thoughts on the gaming culture which we adopted over five sessions … Continue reading
HEX Contest Winners
They say that quality is more important than quantity, particularly if you are afflicted with too much or too few of something. Despite the large number of page reads for the Hollow Earth Expedition Character Creation Contest, there were few entrants. Fortunately for me, those few submissions were intriguing and serve as a fine demonstration … Continue reading
Choice of Voice~
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
