Is more the same thing as better? I don't think so.
Category: musings
Classic Fantasy Adventure Games are Infinite
There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game is for the purpose of continuing the play. If the rules of a finite game are unique to that game, it is evident that rules may …
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Let Us Talk About Assholes In the OSR.
Are there assholes in the OSR? Of course. Anywhere you go there will be at least one asshole. That's life. Assholes draw attention to themselves. They do that because they want to control things. They think they have all the answers. Often they are smart, knowledgeable, even competent. That makes them even more insidious. They …
What Makes an OSR Game an OSR game?
What make an OSR game an OSR game? I have a simple heuristic and thoughts about the broader definition.
Some Writing Advice is Crap
I have a shelf full of books about writing and storytelling. Some of them are written by famous writers. Some are written by people you have never heard and teach the craft of fiction at well regarded university writing programs. They all have something useful in them. They all have varying degrees of bullshit. Here …
Is Sword-and-Sorcery Making a Come Back?
I see signs that there are some writers returning to sword-and-sorcery. I don't expect to see Del Rey or Tor publishing anthologies of new stories. I think we are in the beginning stages of a small but spirited small press revival of the genre. I have a few ideas why that might be.
Getting Started In The OSR: Part 4: Is the OSR Anti-5E?
Is the OSR anti-5E? Eh...sort of.
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