This is part 8 of our 10-part text AP of Stonetop. We posted part 7 a few weeks back, and if you want to start from the beginning here’s part 1. If you want to see what all the fuss is about, here’s the deep dive on Stonetop I posted a few weeks ago. Enjoy! In November 2023, it had been really hard to… Continue reading Stonetop AP Session 8: The Moot
Stonetop AP Session 7: The Heart of Corruption
This is part 7 of our 10-part text AP of Stonetop. We posted part 6 a few weeks back, and if you want to start from the beginning here’s part 1. If you want to see what all the fuss is about, here’s the deep dive on Stonetop I posted a few weeks ago. Enjoy! Content warning for self-harm in this episode. We played… Continue reading Stonetop AP Session 7: The Heart of Corruption
Ten Unanswerable Evergreen Discourses
One of the most frustrating things about being deep into RPGs in a serious way for a very long time is that the same conversations seem to keep coming up. Year after year, decade after decade. Every few years a new cohort comes along and convinces itself they’re the first ones to have thought of… Continue reading Ten Unanswerable Evergreen Discourses
Deep Dive: Cowboy Bebop
I have a theory: there are two kinds of licensed games. Or, perhaps, licensed games fall on a continuum. The first kind is where the rules provide as little friction as possible while you Do License Things. The game expects you to bring lots of knowledge of the license to bear, and the system does… Continue reading Deep Dive: Cowboy Bebop
Stonetop AP Episode 6: Into the Steplands
This is part 6 of our 10-part text AP of Stonetop. We posted part 5 last week, and if you want to start from the beginning here's part 1. If you want to see what all the fuss is about, here’s the deep dive on Stonetop I posted a few weeks ago. Enjoy! This session's theme: I’ll take imperfect, messy, emergent play… Continue reading Stonetop AP Episode 6: Into the Steplands