Through my astronomy interests, I found the Youtube channel of Moiya McTier. Moiya’s an astronomer and folklorist (what a great combination of disciplines!). She and a rotating group of subject-matter experts (political scientists, plate tectonics experts, cephalopod specialists, etc.) start … Continue reading
Category Archives: Gaming
Everyone and their siblings have already posted about this far and wide, but it’s worth making sure: The Itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is a huge bundle of tabletop games, computer games, prose fiction, comics, art assets and … Continue reading
The in-person Wiscon 44 has been canceled, due to the pandemic. I’m sad to miss that; it’s always great to connect with a lot of people in person. However, Wiscon has moved online! Registration for the con, which will be … Continue reading
The measure of a person is not their ‘productivity’. That is always true! And someone with more money is not ‘worth’ more than anyone else. But in a pandemic, of all times, remember that it’s okay to not be at … Continue reading
This is a good time to be thinking about remote gaming. The current pandemic is awful, of course. But we’re lucky in that good internet, videochat, etc. allow us to connect remotely with such ease. Most of my gaming these … Continue reading
The Medieval Mountain Monastery Murder Mystery is a scenario in which all the characters are trans. All the characters. And it deals with some pretty deep trans issues. I’ve done what I can to get the word out about it, … Continue reading
Another thing I perhaps didn’t clarify enough about the Variation Die in the Blade & Crown rules: You can use your Variation Die roll as inspiration for an original, evocative thing you say. It doesn’t just have to be a … Continue reading
While I was preparing for my most recent Blade & Crown campaign session, set in Calteir, I noticed that the wiki entry was number 100. That meant my campaign has had a full hundred sessions. Wow! Not sure how many … Continue reading
I designed B&C with no specific social combat system. As I’ve mentioned before, I and a lot of other people tend to find social combat rather deprotagonizing. That is not to say, though, that B&C couldn’t have a social combat … Continue reading
Another B&C Trait, not inspired by anything in particular: You are naïve. You tend to assume the purest motives in others, to look at the world with childish simplicity, and to perhaps assume that the way things appear now is … Continue reading