by Will Hindmarch | Dec 16, 2008 | Books, Horror, Promotion
The holiday-season promotions continue. Justin Achilli, long-time developer of Vampire: The Masquerade and creator of Vampire: The Requiem, has a reputation. At game conventions, he’s a maniac, a debauchee, and a DJ. Around the office, he’s a pranking...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 15, 2008 | Books, Promotion
‘Tis the season, as they say, so this week at Gameplaywright I’ll be plugging a few things that I’ve gotten my hands on in the last few weeks which might also make fine gifts for yourself or the other game/story fan you’re shopping for. First...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 31, 2008 | MMOs, Musing, RPGs
At first, I just thought it was Jay Bushman tweeting The War of the Worlds in honor of the holiday, but I see I was wrong. It’s actually a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game taking place via Twitter: see it in action here. Participants are playing...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 31, 2008 | Horror, RPGs, Story
I used to run a one-shot RPG story every year around Halloween. Some years it was, naturally, Call of Cthulhu. At least one year I ran a game centered on the Internecivus raptus. I ran Wraith: The Oblivion (which you know I loved) and I ran a spooky fantasy-horror...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 25, 2008 | Fantasy, MMOs, Musing, Promotion, RPGs, Writing
This week I’ve been guest-blogging over at Ecstatic Days, the excellent blog of literary-fantasy writer, anthologist, and world traveler, Jeff VanderMeer. While my posts over there focus mostly on writing and neurosis, I’ve also written a bit about the...
