#RPGaDAY for 2024: Once again with 2 great ways to play

Posted by Runeslinger on July 31, 2024 · 1 Comment 

#RPGaDAY2024 leaps back into action on August 1st. Are you ready?

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Call of Cthulhu Rises Again~

Posted by Runeslinger on November 18, 2023 · 2 Comments 

In the imagined situation these characters and their decisions create and keep in motion, I have presented the players with some curious and upsetting details. As the clock ticks on, Terrence and Callum have followed their motivations, their curiosity, and their urge to find fame and fortune in breaking this case open in the papers. Smalls has found the secrets of the bloodthirsty book and its intimations about one Ludvig Prinn to be so fascinating it is worth heaving his massive bulk out of his shop and apartment on Newbury Street to uncover the truth of them.

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On Immersion and Engagement in RPG Play

Posted by Runeslinger on November 12, 2023 · 9 Comments 

To help explore the topic of what can be meant in general, and what we specifically mean in a given example when we wax eloquent about immersion, I like to separate things into two defined experiences, that of immersion, and that of engagement. Immersion can suffice on its own, but as usual, the more things a word applies to the more ways it can subtly interfere with communication.

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#RPGaDAY2023 Day 24

Posted by Runeslinger on August 23, 2023 · Leave a Comment 

#RPGaDAY2023 Complexity is simply in the eye of the beholder…

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#RPGaDAY2023 Day 22

Posted by Runeslinger on August 22, 2023 · 2 Comments 

#RPGaDAY2023: There is no such thing as a dead RPG as long as there are people to find and play them. The quest for secondhand treasures is a core part of the hobby. What can you tell us of a great find you have made?

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