When I was 12, I was invited to spend the night with one of the older boys in my scout troop. We were going to play a game I had only heard of and experienced as a Saturday morning cartoon. Dungeons & Dragons. My mom dropped me off and I was led down to the …
Tag: feelings
Swords Against Snobbery
I am addicted to snobbery, but I'm trying not to be.
When You Write, Only Write.
This is one of those posts about bolstering my own morale. I'm talking to myself. I might as well acknowledge it. My wife is going to read this and say, "You wrote that for yourself didn't you?" When you write, only write. You can't write and edit the writing at the same time. That never …
Evoking Curiosity In Players
Set up questions. Questions demand answers. Adventures lead to answers. An adventure location in one of my old campaigns. A dwarf is looking for some adventurers to rescue or recover the remains of his brother in law. The two of them were prospecting in an old mine when they were attacked by a pack of …
Emotion Peddlers
I seek out interviews, books and essays by artists of various media in an attempt to understand their thinking about their work. A very common thing among the very best is the foundational belief that what they are doing is selling emotion. They are making a thing that causes them to feel a certain way …
Grumpy Wizard 
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