#RPGaDAY: Day 1 – Discipline (Drive; Hard Work; Rivers of London)
Here we go with my first response for #RPGaDay2026 where we will take a look at a character I enjoyed playing in the Rivers of London RPG by Chaosium. Our prompt for today is Discipline. The weekly filter is Drive, and the daily filter is Hard Working. It was this specific combination of traits which brought PC Everett Balcom to mind again, and it is the nuance in BRP which makes these special traits something to actively play with, work toward or against, and have matter.
#RPGaDAY2026 starts August 1st
RPGaDAY is back for 2026, running through the month of August, as usual, and uniting gamers in praise of roleplaying games across social media platforms and across borders.
Bonds, Trust, and Sandbaggers – Oh, my! Part 1
This is the first in what might become a series of posts about episodes of the cold war spy series The Sandbaggers and how the events and relationships in the series can highlight and give nuance to our understanding of mechanisms within great RPGs like Delta Green and World War Cthulhu: Cold War~
A Universe Parallel to the RPG Experience
Humans being humans, the way we express ourselves tends toward recognizable patterns which we can choose to hone. Looking at how an idea can be explored helps in ways that taking the idea doesn’t…
Casting Shadows 