Another week, another year looking back at the 20-teens and what they brought to small press roleplaying. To recap the games I’ve focused on so far: 2010 was Apocalypse World,...
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Inside You There Are Six Wolves
Movie critic Roger Ebert once famously said, “It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it is about it.” The same thing applies to games. It’s why systems, among...
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Band of Blades: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
We wrapped up our tenth and final session of Band of Blades this week, bringing our campaign to a close. The Legion arrived at Skydagger Keep for their final showdown...
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Band of Blades and What Even is Forged in the Dark?
Today I offer you three short posts for the price of one. Had an interesting conversation with a prominent indie game publisher/designer recently. It came on the heels of our...
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Band of Blades and Recompiling Code
My current favorite metaphor for learning game rules: it’s compiling code in my brain. We started a Band of Blades campaign this week, right? It’s a Forged in the Dark...