by Will Hindmarch | Sep 9, 2013 | Conventions, Fantasy, Play, RPGs, Story
We’ve talked here before about the worst game sessions we’ve ever presided over as GM. I don’t think this one was my worst ever but it was certainly my worst in recent memory — my worst ever playing Dungeon World, for sure — and it was at a big table...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 25, 2013 | Board Games, card games, Fan Culture, Play, Promotion, RPGs, Websites
Geek & Sundry’s fun and fantastic series about games and gamers, TableTop, is returning for a new season of episodes as soon as April 4th. This is wonderful and welcome news. Host and producer Wil Wheaton hints at some of the games and guests to feature on...
by Will Hindmarch | Sep 17, 2012 | Design, Fantasy, RPGs, Video Games
This weekend I ran the first session of an ongoing campaign-in-miniature set in Middle-earth, using the game rules from Francesco Nepitello’s The One Ring (TOR). In the parlance of play, I’m hacking and drifting this game in bits and bobs to get a certain...
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 | 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...
