by Jeff Tidball | Jan 6, 2009 | Board Games, card games, Design, Movies, RPGs, Story, Writing
A couple of months ago, I read a post on Signal vs. Noise about the virtue of packing half of what you think you’ll need. They’re generalizing from travel advice like this… You see that pile of stuff sitting on your bed, waiting to be stuffed into your...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 22, 2008 | Fantasy, MMOs, Promotion, RPGs
The game I’ve been playing the most, without a doubt, and for something like the past year, is Lord of the Rings Online. I’ve written about it around here before, and I’ll write about it again soon. More fun than reading about the game, though, is...
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...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 6, 2008 | Board Games, Business, Design, RPGs
Earlier this year, I was looking forward to D&D’s Fourth Edition. I was preparing game designs and a publishing plan for a new solo design venture. I had budgets, I had outlines, I had a timeline, I had drive and ambition. When I finally saw D&D 4E, I...
