Since the last time I collected my current Blade & Crown campaign notes into a PDF, they have (of course) only grown. I recently completed a re-read of them. It was very instructive, as well as fun. This time, I … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2016
I don’t talk too much about fiction here, and I don’t talk much about awards, either. But I have to mention this year’s Hugo for Best Short Story. The story that won was “Cat Pictures Please,” which might seem at … Continue reading
Joss Whedon has had a lot of influence on geeky storytelling, I think. Not just with his particular cleverness with dialogue, or in his original (though in their own way trope-laden) characterizations. The way I’m thinking of is in how … Continue reading
Don’t look now*, but SJG’s Warehouse 23 basement is back. All sorts of weird objects, many hilarious, many slightly creepy, many just kind of head-scratchingly incomprehensible. My favorite continues to be the 1:1 scale map of North America. Potentially good … Continue reading
Since my move to Taiwan, my monthly Blade & Crown group has continued pretty much unabated. Our group is now pretty widely scattered. Most of the players are in the Twin Cities, but one is in the Pacific Northwest, and … Continue reading