A silly thing I threw together last week. Mostly an excuse to do terrible things to an old rulebook. Thousand Year Old Vampire, After The War, Cortex Prime + Trilemma Adventures, Invisible Sun, Rebel Crown, Last Fleet, The One Ring, Wolves of God, Godbound.
Category: Indie Game Reading Club
Essays, actual play, theory talk, and general navel-gazing about story-focused roleplaying, aka “indie” games. And trindie. And OSR. If you’re small and scrappy, I want to talk about what you’re doing! If you’re fighting to grow, I want to talk about what you’re doing! Basically if it’s roleplaying (tabletop, freeform, larp, whatevs) and it’s not the monolith of D&D, it’s in my wheelhouse.
What The Rulebook Didn’t Include: Gumshoe (Part 2 of 2)
Been looking at Pelgrane Press' line of Gumshoe-based games and wondering if it's just another trad house system? It isn't, and here's why -- part 2 of 2.
Guest Appearance On Diceology
MadJay Brown is trying out some new things on his Diceology podcast. I talk about the Sig: City of Blades game I started online last week. I'm gonna go into much more depth about this Forged in the Dark game in the future. I think we put on a pretty good show! Anyway, give it… Continue reading Guest Appearance On Diceology
What The Rulebook Didn’t Include: Gumshoe (Part 1 of 2)
Been looking at Pelgrane Press' line of Gumshoe-based games and wondering if it's just another trad house system? It isn't, and here's why -- part 1 of 2.
Vaesen: Deep Dive
Can we talk about horror and mysteries in games for a minute? In principle I like both these things, particularly in the media I enjoy. In reality, at the table, they may be the worst gaming topics I’ve ever come across. The evergreen popularity of Call of Cthulthu means this is obviously not a widespread… Continue reading Vaesen: Deep Dive