Joe McDonald has some very interesting things to say. His blog Buried Without Ceremony has quickly risen to the top of my must-read list. In this entry, he not only somehow captures much of the ennui I felt this year at GenCon, but also tosses in some compelling ideas about identity politics and inclusion/exclusion … Read the full post.
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I’ve appreciated the writings of Martin Ralya for several years, from his excellent Treasure Tables site (no longer updated but still an excellent archive of yummy rpg-fodder) and now via his regular participation on Gnome Stew. This morning I encountered his latest Stew entry and decided to jump it right to the front of the line of this week’s planned Waypoints posts. Here it a favorite excerpt, follwed by a link to the entire article:
Matthijs Holter recently started a thread about Setting on Story Games, covering similar territory to the Rob Donoghue thread on Cultures of Play (CoP) that I shared yesterday, but with a different focus. In fact, although I don’t know this for sure, it seems likely to me that Matthjis may not even … Read the full post. Cultures of Play – Setting and the Unknown… …wherin Rob Donoghue, with some very useful input from Josh Roby and several other folks, sparks a discussion about knowability/unknowability in relation to settings for rpgs. I find this a fascinating discussion in the general sense, but it also serves to help reignite my passion … Read the full post. Cultures of Play – Helping each other be awesome. This discussion from Cultures of Play lives right down my back alley. Helping other players address their flags is my number-one growth goal as a roleplayer, and I love that several games have begun to support this notion with actual mechanics and well-made character … Read the full post. |
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