Last week I finished reading Narrative Designer: Fabulator Ludus. It's an interesting book and I've been thinking hard about what to say about it. For regular readers of this blog, I recommend this book as a set of first principles to consider when you are designing material for your tabletop role-playing games. Stephen's book is intended to apply to a broad array of designed experiences of which tabletop role-playing games would be one. Much of what he has to say is in line with my own perspectives.
Category: Review
Review: Qelong
Qelong is a setting with the intention of inducing the feeling of horror that is created by the consequences of war on the civilians caught in the middle of a fight between forces greater than themselves. While I suspect there are not a lot of game groups that are interested in having that experience; Ken Hite succeeded in accomplishing the intention. Playing Qelong is a dark experience and not for the faint of heart.
Review: The Punchline
The Punchline is a low level adventure for Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Role Playing that has great villains and an evocative horror aesthetic. There are some elements, typical of LotFP adventures, that not everyone will enjoy.
Review: Encounter Theory by Ben Riggs
Write or publish better adventures! Ben Riggs has read and reviewed hundreds of adventures for Geek & Sundry and the Plot Points podcast. In Encounter Theory he channels that accumulated wisdom into tools you can use to make your adventures better. He has invented a theory of adventure design to cut away unhelpful ideas and …
Grumpy Wizard 