by Will Hindmarch | Nov 9, 2011 | Books, MMOs, Play, RPGs, Video Games, Websites
I’ve just scratched the surface of Lord of the Rings: War in the North but I’d been looking forward to this game for a while. What drew me in was its promise of an original story set in Middle-earth’s less-visited locales, like Mirkwood or the ruined...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 20, 2010 | Dice, Play, RPGs
Today, on Twitter, Rob Donoghue (@RDonoghue) asked: GMs: If you strongly object to dice fudging, do you equally strongly support data transparency, such as visible enemy stats & Powers? After some dialogue, Tracy Hurley (@SarahDarkmagic) wrote: To turn it around,...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 14, 2010 | Play, Question, RPGs
In this fascinating thread over at Story Games, a few Apocalypse World players are wrestling with one player’s actual-play issues and discussing some of the edges of the Apocalypse World GM’s job. (I think.) In that thread, you’ll find some...
by Will Hindmarch | Jul 16, 2010 | Play, Question, RPGs
Another week, another question from my tumblelog that I think is best served by hearing multiple voices sound off on the subject. I could sound off on this alone, but I know some of you have approaches that I haven’t thought of, so let’s hear them. This...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 27, 2009 | Play, RPGs, Writing
If you’re not careful, Google Wave becomes just another play-by-chat option. Everyone’s typing at once, filing their character’s actions in order, creating a mess of information from which meaning must be extracted and the narrative of play...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 21, 2009 | Horror, Play, Writing
I’m happy to announce that Gameplaywright Press is sponsoring what looks to be a terrific new Halloween story-game: Cthalloween! (@cthalloween) This is the new Twitter-based storytelling experience from Jay Bushman, in the vein of last year’s Halloween...
