This is as close as I’m ever gonna get to “theory” talk on the blog.
We played four sessions of Tales of Xadia over the past couple months. Tales is the first complete and self-contained game to come out of Cortex Prime, the third generation of the Cortex ruleset by Cam Banks. My personal experience with long-form Cortex play was a rough start with Serenity way back in the day,… Continue reading Tales of Xadia and the Limits of Canon
Sometimes I find myself in the mood to peruse a lore*-heavy game rather than work my way through a book-book. Ugh, fiction/non-fiction, so much work! I want a short, easy imaginative jaunt just long enough for a bathroom break. Or I’m between campaigns and I’m hoping for inspiration. (*Lore for the purposes of what I’m… Continue reading Furniture Store Lore
How little game can you get away with and still have an RPG session? And what will you learn when you play?
RPG scholar, author and designer Bill White talks about how running games online isn't just a convenience, but an entirely new form of play.
How much time do you think you have to game? Maybe less than you think.
