#RPGaday2015 – Day 2: Satisfaction in Crowdfunding
RPGaday, an idea put forward by the Autocratic blog, asks us to start talking to each other on a daily basis on whatever form of social media we prefer, on a list of daily topics about our hobby as RPG players. Today’s question asks us about our most satisfying experience with Kickstarter as a backer. … Continue reading
#RPGaday2015 – Day 1: Most Anticipated RPG
RPGaday is here again, so I know it is August and I am not at GenCon. I am, however, having a succession of good years in gaming, so I am feeling fine. RPGaday, an idea put forward by the Autocratic blog, asks us to start talking to each other on a daily basis on whatever … Continue reading
Who Watches the Roleplayers?
I almost had a good discussion about Watchmen recently when Ron Edwards made an interesting post on an aspect of the graphic novel on his Dr. Xaos comics madness blog. I say ‘almost,’ because as our points in the comments run counter to each other, nothing much came of it. Tangents are traps in any discussion of … Continue reading
BrigadeCon Update: 2 weeks left!
At the time of writing, there are just twelve days until the online gaming convention under the inclusive name ‘BrigadeCon’ will open its virtual doors for the first time. As mentioned in previous posts, the convention has been organized for two purposes, promoting the fun and vitality of playing tabletop roleplaying games via services like … Continue reading
Passing Familiarity
For a few years, my game group and I switched games and usually systems every month. Every once in a while, the other GM in the group would switch systems out from under a setting to try a new way of running a game we’d already played for his month of sessions. Generally, though, each … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 