The Silent Majority
When I reflect on this blog and what my projects under the name of Runeslinger are, it is inescapable to conclude that in the beginning, these endeavors were rooted in an effort to maintain a conversation with the dead.
A Spectrum of Character in RPGs
In a significant percentage of roleplaying games, playing a character is a core activity. From the start of the hobby, this has been one of those things we expect to find in an RPG. Once the hobby began to broaden with more titles and with more approaches to play, that notion of character and how one actually goes about playing one have broadened as well. What it means to play a character is a question that can be answered very differently now than in 1974, 1984, 1994, 2004, 2014, and so on. Sadly, although our ability to observe and communicate what goes on across the hobby as a whole has improved, our ability to describe it and so further share and discover it has not commensurately grown.
Returning to Pendragon… again
What is Pendragon, really? Can we come to terms with it without first finding and naming our Arthur as King?
#RPGaDAY2025 DAY 31: REWARD
Today is the thirty-first and final day of #RPGaDAY2025 and our efforts to reach this final prompt of reward offer two rewards. The first is the satisfaction of completion. The second is the chance to lay down the tools of creation and take a breath. This task is done until August returns in the year to come.
#RPGaDAY2025 DAY 30: EXPERIENCE
Today is the thirtieth day of August and so #RPGaDAY2025 has reached its 30th prompt: experience. If we take this word at its face value, we find it relates to ability obtained through trials. If we push just a bit harder, we might end up thinking that what that face really wants to tell us is that it has attempted things. It is a very appropriate word for what we have been sharing for this event.
Casting Shadows 