by Will Hindmarch | Feb 11, 2012 | Creativity, Musing, Play, Question, RPGs
I’ve wanted to do this but never have. Have you done it? The idea is simple, the execution complex. For each major chapter in your RPG campaign, you use a different game to resolve the action. You hack and modify the games you want to use like crazy, some more...
by Will Hindmarch | Jan 19, 2012 | Musing, RPGs
Each roleplaying game is a city. This is what I’ve been thinking about as I’ve been turning over definitions of roleplaying games and story games in my head, these past few days. RPGs and cities are two of my favorite things to read about and explore. I...
by Will Hindmarch | Jan 13, 2012 | Musing, Question, RPGs
The Reverb Gamers blog prompts, from Atlas Games, have inspired quite a few game bloggers this month. The project offers thirty-one prompts for thirty-one days of January blogging. It’s a fine idea. Alas, without the time to devote to daily blogging, I’ve...
by Will Hindmarch | Nov 29, 2011 | Fantasy, Movies, Musing, Question, RPGs, Video Games
Again with War in the North. I’m using this game to explore some questions because (a) I am currently playing it and (b) because it’s a relatable property even if you’re not playing it—I feel safe assuming that many of you have seen the Lord of the...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 11, 2011 | Design, Musing, Question, RPGs, Websites
Here’s another thing that’s been open in my browser for a while: Mike Birkhead, via Gamasutra, asking “What makes combat fun?” I love reading this kind of article. Birkhead gets into details in this piece, breaking down what combat actually is...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 5, 2011 | Musing, Video Games, Websites
This has been open in a tab in my browser for weeks. I think I found this through Gamasutra. I keep meaning to ask you about it. The link is this: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Most Suprisingly Feminist Game of the Year Contender. An excerpt: [2nd Lieutenant...
