“I’m just playing my character!”
The video below should be useful material for any gamers out there trying to convince their GMs that, yea, indeed, their character with the peg-leg can do that ridiculously acrobatic thing after all:...
View Article…Yeah, that was a bad ending to the DO:A saga.
I’m not going to say anything about it – spoilers, and all that – but I expected a bit more. On the bright side, space cleared for more Mass Effect 2 DLC! No, wait, they’ll release the bridge DLC and...
View ArticleNot buying this SMBC comic.
Not the bit about evolution/homosexuality bit – as I understand it, Darwinian theory is a little bit more nuanced than that when addressing the ways that traits that affect the group/pack/tribe can be...
View ArticleAn exciting (and challenging) stretch goal in @RobinDLaw’s Hillfolk Kickstarter.
Hillfolk is a roleplaying system from Robin D. Laws that emphasizes inter-party relationships and dynamics in a tabletop RPG setting; which is to say, it’s a game that encourages the players to play...
View ArticleThese Bundles of Holding. These freaking Bundles of Holding.
I should know better by now than to click the damn link. There’s always a damn steal of a roleplaying game supplement or core rules in there that justifies buying the whole damned thing, just by...
View ArticleLink: Simon Rogers’‘The Economics of RPG Book Production’
This is a very interesting article on why per-word rates are so low for writers for tabletop RPGS. Pie for everyone, just sliced very thinly: The economics of RPG book production http://t.co/c3FZAhIrdV...
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle piece on Kickstarter and RPGs is up.
Found here. Short version: crowdfunding seems to be working out for pen-and-paper RPGs. Which is a good thing, of course.
View ArticleMy PJLifestyle post on Lovecraft in video game RPGs is up.
Found here. Short version: Lovecraftian icons and themes can be useful for video game RPGs. Also: I finally got around to putting my Patreon link in my profile over there. Seriously, why I didn’t do...
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle post on Retcons is on.
Found here. Short version: retcons happen. They sometimes need to happen, too. So it goes.
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle post on fast-improvising a RPG session is up!
Found here. Short version: you can do it, sure. But I’m kinda going to judge you about it (sotto voce: because I’m a hypocrite, that’s why).
View ArticleMY PJ Lifestyle piece on RPG Mood Enhancers/Breakers is up!
Link here. Short version: easy to offer advice on how to set the mood in a game, but it’s harder than it looks. So don’t feel too bad if it doesn’t work perfectly.
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle piece on historical gaming taboos is up.
Found here. Short version: historical periods typically had what we consider today to be awkward opinions. Figure out what to do about that.
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle post on the best kind of RPG.
Found here. Short version: it’s a trick question. Better question to ask: Why should you give people the privilege of judging you for your tastes in entertainment?
View ArticleMY PJ Lifestyle post on crafting in video games.
Found here. Short version: do you have OCD? Then either do, or do not, play most modern computer RPGs. Because they’ll love to cater to that with their crafting minigames.
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle article on new RPG editions.
Found here. Short version: …you probably already know the answer to it already. Honestly, I’m sometimes just trying to demystify the hobby with these articles.
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle piece on cell phones in RPGs is up.
Found here. Short version: they’re annoying to let players have. But you can finesse the situation.
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle post on con adventures.
Found here. Short version: as in, how to play in one. I figure that GMs already get a lot of advice on how to run ’em. Well, relatively speaking.
View ArticleI need to collect some good RPG site links.
I got a dude asking me about them, and – horribly! – I realized that I don’t have that many good RPG site resources besides some company websites. Which aren’t bad, but I need a few more. I know about...
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle piece on computer RPGs is up.
Found here. Short version: a computer RPG is related to, but not really analogous with, a pen-and-paper RPG. on the plus side: computer RPGs make it much easier to see and hear the orc bandit that’s...
View ArticleMy PJ Lifestyle piece on licensed RPGs.
Found here. Short version: players love officially licensed RPGs like the various Lord of the Rings games. And so do authors.
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