Category: Musing

In this post, I wrote: I don’t think I have too many ‘headspace’ or ‘immersive’ characters to begin with. Of

But I don’t care: it’s a really interesting question. 1) Name a roleplaying game character you can think like, outside

Linear vs. Gestalt vs. Emergent Play Very interesting post from Brand. One of the reason I really like the “Gestalt”

Okay, I haven’t done a lot (read: any) gaming of pretty much any kind in the last few weeks, due

What gets me thinking: 300 movie trailer. What I’m thinking: AGON: Competitive Roleplaying in Ancient Greece Inspiring: Agon: Index of

With the holidays just winding down, there hasn’t been much gaming going on around the Casa, but I’ll mention what

Geek Omerta: talk about gaming like it’s a normal pass time like golfing or quilting? Perish the thought! Gush effusively

Setting Design Jumpstart, from Tony L-B, who take Aria: Worlds and does it in a much more useable format. I’m

Story Games for Everybody – Secret Santa! So cool.

I haven’t muttered vulgarities at my computer this much since I had to replace the hard drive last year.

Eden Studios ends production of Buffy/Angel RPGs For a number of months now, Eden Studios has been negotiating with Fox

The Tigger Syndrome in Gaming Seems familiar, a bit.

Shadows Over Camelot. Just a note to myself. Nothing to see here.

I made the mistake of drinking the visual koolaid that is Studio 60 last night, back to back with two

GNS my session Ron and a Rifts player talk about the Big Model and GNS. I dunno if the end

I direct your attention to the “Random Chat” link on the right sidebar. Just playing around, but it might be

Okay, I’m just brainstorming here, and I more than welcome input and thoughts. I got Dogs a couple years back

Story Games for Everybody – Go with what you know. My comments therein: … it’s a different kind of strength

I first read the phrase in Nobilis, but this quote from Mike Holmes breaks it down the best for me:

Most folks have been mentioning this for a year, but I’m just getting caught up: Five Geek Social Fallacies Geek

Every time I give up on Capes and say “You know what? I just don’t know if it’s something I’ll

Another quote from the Fruitful Void thread, and this one is awesome. Both Narrativism and Gamism strike me as “dilemma”

anyway: The Fruitful Void in Game Design A game design must demand that its human audience reach into it to

TonyLB starts a conversation about the Social Footprint inherent in various game and non-game activities — the potential time required

“Every game works better when the players trust each other enough to fully get into collaborative retelling of the world.

I’m just saying… I know how those people who restore historical buildings feel. Except… more blind.

Okay, I can’t leave this alone yet, so… check it. Let’s say we want to chart coherently Narrativist games on

You know… all this searching for common language in terms of game-stuff made me realize something else. I might never

Over in the chocolate/peanut butter post, MT said: I keep thinking that there are challenges that were made by players