Travis Miller's Blog About Sword & Sorcery Fiction and Classic Fantasy Adventure Gaming
I participate in some of the discussions about "the world's greatest fantasy role playing game" on the local Facebook D&D group. I occasionally bring up some element of the Old School Renaissance play style. Almost without fail there will be a dismissive comment from another gamer who started playing D&D around the time I did …
Continue reading The Perplexing Presentism of Old 5E Players
There are documentaries about horror, and there are documentaries about heavy metal. This doc is unusual in that it is a history of how the two came to be blended together.
Games answer questions. Stories answer questions. Games and stories answer questions in different ways. The game state taught me how they are different.
Putting my focus on the current "Game State" refined the way I think about and run role-playing games.
The Swedish band Moon Coven released a superb new album last week. The album has a depth that rewards a close listen. On top, it is a solid psychedelic metal album. After giving it my full attention with headphones on and eyes closed, I appreciated the album's subtler elements. In particular, the drum fills make …
Continue reading Music Recommendation: Sun King by Moon Coven
Recently, two writers that I admire, Jason Carney and Brian Murphy, have posted essays on their respective blogs that there is more sword-and-sorcery fiction being published than they can keep up with. The crux of the discussion is that we may have a glut. My opinion is that there is no glut. Not yet. There …
Continue reading I’m Looking Forward To A Glut of Sword-And-Sorcery
A reader asks if I have advice for new bloggers. This post is some of what I've learned about blogging.
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