My current favorite metaphor for learning game rules: it’s compiling code in my brain. We started a Band of Blades campaign this week, right? It’s a Forged in the Dark...
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Certain Values of Fun
My current Godbound game has gotten me thinking about games that have taken measures to ensure they’re fun to facilitate. I mean…running games is its own reward, of course. I...
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Urban Shadows: Unkept Promises and Promises Never Made
I’ve been running Urban Shadows for a while now, seven sessions to be exact, and our session last night was so aggravating that I’m having trouble writing about it. I’ve...
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NewMexiCon Wrapup
What was hot and happening in Albuquerque last week, other than the green chilies.
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Pattern Completion and Intermittent Rewards
The greatest gaming lab ever created is the Las Vegas casino industry. That lab’s most significant finding is that humans crave two things in games: pattern completion and intermittent rewards....