by Will Hindmarch | May 23, 2011 | Books, Question, RPGs
What do you look for in RPG books describing or detailing historical periods of play? Graham Walmsley asks over at the Story Games forums, and I thought I’d echo the question here, to get some more takes on the subject. What do you like to see? What do you need...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 29, 2010 | ARGs, Board Games, card games, Question, RPGs
2010 is on its way out. You’ve played a lot of games this year. What sticks out? Not the titles—not just the titles—but the big wins and the bad beats. What do you recall from this year’s epic battles, risky bets, sly bargains, and other outré gaming...
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 | Nov 12, 2010 | Design, Question, RPGs
I was asked, via Twitter, why I think Apocalypse World is such a popular game for hacks and remixes. I have my own opinions, but smarter and better informed people are weighing in right now on Twitter, in ways that might be hard to follow in just a few hours. So...
by Will Hindmarch | Sep 1, 2010 | Design, Question, RPGs
Here’s a question that’s occurred to me quite a lot over the past couple of weeks, since Gen Con. I offer it up without much preamble, save for this: Whether you’re hacking a tightly focused game like Apocalypse World or devising a campaign for...
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...
