Consent In Gaming is a free product released by Monte Cook Games which has gotten a lot of attention in the last week. I've seen a lot of blog posts, conversations on FB groups and YouTube videos. Most of the commentary has been entirely positive or entirely negative. I definitely lean in the negative direction …
Be Open
Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. - Phil Jackson While Phil was talking about basketball and not D&D I think the quote applies. When we sit down to write, prepare for, or play a ttrpg with an agenda in mind, we often don't get …
Effort and Outcome
The results of your work don't always meet your expectations. And yet, you should keep working. Keep studying. Keep writing. Keep drawing. Do your thing. The gap will always be there. Sometimes you get close but you can't always control the outcome. What you can control, is the effort.
RPG Texts: Entertainment vs Utility
One approach to publishing RPG products is write a text that will entertain the game master reading the rule book or adventure. There is some sense in that. The designer needs to create an emotional response from the game master reading the work. Without the game master getting excited to use the material, it will …
Simulation Isn’t Always Fun
I've played a few war games at conventions which were built around scenarios where the outcome was known. One was the fall of Gondolin, a battle at the end of the First Age of Tolkien's Middle-Earth and the other was the Battle of Thermopylae. There was no way for the player playing the elves of …
Brilliant Post At Cave Girl’s Game Stuff
Just a quick response to this post on Cave Girl's Game Stuff about applying the term diegesis to ttrpg. I think it makes a lot of sense. In particular, I absolutely agree with this quote. One thing I find attracts me to various games - notably Powered By The Apocalypse and OSR games - is …
What I Learned from The Secrets of Blackmoor: Part 1
The new documentary about the invention of fantasy role-playing is out on VOD on Vimeo. I was a Kickstarter supporter and I am very pleased by the final cut of the film. My comments on it are going to focus on what I learned from the film more than what my thoughts about how it …
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