I wrote a post about this topic already but I never felt like it was very successful. So, this is a second attempt at it:Imagine I’m going to run a game for you (I’m the GM, you play a character). I tell you it’s like Twin Peaks, but the FB…
I wrote a post about this topic already but I never felt like it was very successful. So, this is a second attempt at it:Imagine I’m going to run a game for you (I’m the GM, you play a character). I tell you it’s like Twin Peaks, but the FB…
Note: I don't feel this post was successful, so I made a second attempt that you can read here. Role-playing games began with the exploration of a literal dungeon, and it’s obvious why this premise has remained an influential concept. When
Note: I don't feel this post was successful, so I made a second attempt that you can read here. Role-playing games began with the exploration of a literal dungeon, and it’s obvious why this premise has remained an influential concept. When
I tend to think that rpg taxonomies are usually based more on vibes than concrete details so I decided to try something different, and the result is this post. When you run an rpg as the Game Master (or whatever you call it), you have a bun…
I tend to think that rpg taxonomies are usually based more on vibes than concrete details so I decided to try something different, and the result is this post. When you run an rpg as the Game Master (or whatever you call it), you have a bun…
Okay since I outlined the difference between American hardboiled detective fiction and classic whodunnit in the previous post, I suppose I should say how to use this knowledge in an actual rpg.So to reiterate without rambling:1) for the cla…
Okay since I outlined the difference between American hardboiled detective fiction and classic whodunnit in the previous post, I suppose I should say how to use this knowledge in an actual rpg.So to reiterate without rambling:1) for the cla…
I think it’s easy to assume that American detective fiction differentiates itself from other types of mysteries and crime stories by its aesthetic gloss, but it actually follows a completely different narrative.In the classic (mostly Britis…
Only Monsters Here is a 227-page, full colour setting supplement for The Nightmares Underneath (second edition) that focuses on overland exploration in a hostile wasteland full of monsters. It is a product of the Monthly Monsters patreon.Go…
Only Monsters Here is a 227-page, full colour setting supplement for The Nightmares Underneath (second edition) that focuses on overland exploration in a hostile wasteland full of monsters. It is a product of the Monthly Monsters patreon.Go…
Only Monsters Here is a 227-page, full colour setting supplement for The Nightmares Underneath (second edition) that focuses on overland exploration in a hostile wasteland full of monsters. It is a product of the Monthly Monsters patreon.Go…