This post is a placeholder for all the things I’d like to say about the ongoing harassment of women in gaming. A placeholder, because I don’t feel safe saying any more than I already have about it. There are many … Continue reading
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The Bundle of Holding is well over US$9000 now. So I get to use that headline in all sincerity. (Edit: As I check now, it’s over $10,000!) And Julia Bond Ellingboe’s Steal Away Jordan has now been added to the … Continue reading
The mystery revealed — The latest Bundle of Holding features a bunch of cool games: Awesome Adventures by Willow Palecek; Cogs, Cakes, & Swordsticks by Lynne Hardy; A Tragedy in Five Acts by Michelle Lyons-McFarland; Another Fine Mess by Ann … Continue reading
I have gotten the message, at times, that one of my biggest potential selling points for my game(s) is that they’re written by a trans woman. I feel pressure to publicly appeal to that fact in order for them to … Continue reading
My first of only two panels for this year’s Convergence, this one was Friday at noon-thirty. Not especially gaming-related, but the panel was very meta, and so applicable in a way. The panelists started off listing our qualifications for being … Continue reading
Other general things WisCon 38 has me thinking about: As always, WisCon this year had a lot of powerful, important discussions. The discussion about social isolation was, for me, the one most directly related to gaming. But an ongoing, overall … Continue reading
As I mentioned before, a lot of the panels I went to at WisCon this year didn’t have much to do with gaming. This one, however, did: Social Isolation and WisCon For many of us, WisCon can be a magical … Continue reading
Having had it recommended to me many times, I finally watched the movie Ofelas (Pathfinder) recently. It lives up to the reviews; what a good find! It’s set in northern Scandinavia, in the land of the Sami people (sometimes incorrectly … Continue reading
If you missed my Mountain Monastery Mystery at Con of the North, you’ll get another chance to play it this coming Memorial Day weekend (May 23-26) at WisCon! WisCon is a wonderful convention with amazingly deep conversations, but it hasn’t … Continue reading
Recently I re-watched Ladyhawke for the umpteenth time. It’s always been one of my favorite fantasy movies, but this time, I watched it with a specific eye towards gaming. What ideas could I get from it for gaming? How easy … Continue reading