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.
My buddy Jahmal is starting a podcast. His elevator pitch: "It's like NPR's Story Corps but for gamers." Go give his first episode a listen! He interviews his son Max about his earliest roleplaying and it's charming. While you're at it, give him a follow on Twitter.
Tonight we begin Godbound, an OSR-adjacent sandbox demigod adventure game from Kevin Crawford (Sine Nomine Publishing). It’s been on my try list for several years now, but its OSR-ness sits in stark contrast with what usually gets played here at IGRC World Headquarters. Other than its D&D substrate, though, I’m not persuaded it shares much… Continue reading Godbound and Tradsplaining in the Late Twenty-Teens
A few weeks ago I got the coolest little surprise in the mail: a copy of Goblinville Gazette #1. It's the first of four 'zines, published as part of Kickstarter's Zine Quest promotion, and contains the complete rules for a little fantasy game called Goblinville. Michael Dunn-O'Connor has started a small press game design shop… Continue reading Goblinville is Your Next High Tech Low Tech Popcorn Game
My very good friend Kit hooked me up with a copy of Fog of Love, a two-player board game about romance. It's not a game for romance! It's not for couples looking to spice up their relationship. It's way more interesting than that. And it's gotten me thinking about how narrow gaming often is. First,… Continue reading Fog of Love: Romance as Game, Games as Romance
I had posted this little playset to Plus a few months ago and scared the heck out of myself this morning that I'd lost the original. But I did not. So here, enjoy, a haunted abandoned golf course for your bunnies to suffer and die in.
