by Will Hindmarch | Aug 26, 2012 | Musing, Promotion
Just a quick update for those of you who have noticed that Gameplaywright’s blog has left fallow for months: Things are afoot here at GPW but we’ve shifted from a short-term view to a long-term view for a while. We’re brewing up new books, for that...
by Will Hindmarch | May 10, 2012 | Movies, Musing, RPGs
I don’t quite have it yet, but there’s something here. Spoilers for Indiana Jones movies follow. During play, when Indiana Jones is in combat, he must keep moving. When he is fighting in an environment that he can use to his advantage—around a flying wing,...
by Will Hindmarch | Apr 11, 2012 | Conventions, Creativity, Events, Fan Culture, Horror, Play, Social Games
PAX East obliterated Jared Sorensen’s voice but he still had an event left to run. Players were counting on him. The convention schedule had the game session locked in. Sorensen, his voice already spent on conversations and events in the noisy convention venues,...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 19, 2012 | Board Games, Creativity, Events, Fan Culture, Promotion, RPGs, Websites
Writer, actor, geek, gamer, and producer Wil Wheaton has a shiny new web series coming to the shiny new YouTube channel, Geek and Sundry. The show’s called TableTop and its something like Celebrity Poker meets Dinner For Five except instead of dinner or poker...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 11, 2012 | Design, Fan Culture, RPGs, Writing
I want to write a missed-connection piece for those beautiful RPGs that have passed me on the train or gone unmet at the coffeehouse. Different kinds of game texts connect with different kinds of audiences. Naturally an audience may tend to prefer and admire the text...
