Behold, the Gods of Gaming: they giveth, and they taketh away. And sometimes, they do it in the opposite order. Remember a while back, when I was lamenting the soon-to-be-closing of my FLGS, Ravenblood Games? Well, those Gods of Gaming decided to...
The Usual Suspects: NPC Flavors
posted by Ang
A while back, a friend and I would regularly discuss our GMing styles and offer each other suggestions and constructive criticism. We were still newish to running games, so the shared feedback was invaluable for both of us. We were in the midst of...
Silent Hill 2 Guilt: Part 1 of Many
posted by Margaret
Hey, folks! Today, I want to start a series of posts about my FAVORITE of the Silent Hill games. In this series of posts, I will share a reworked version of an essay I wrote back in 2011 for a Literary Theory course while I was enrolled in my...
On Playing Characters with Disabilities
posted by Lisa
In many game systems, there are rules in place to accommodate playing characters with disabilities. This article is not so much about the rules as it is about the playing of those characters. The role-playing rather than the roll-playing, if you...
The Event: A Gaming Party
posted by Ang
We can all probably agree that our ultimate goal as gamers is to find and keep a regular, fun, weekly or bi-weekly game. Long running campaigns that slowly craft characters and epic stories over numerous sessions are the Holy Grail to pretty much...
Adventurer Misadventures: Flash Frozen–The Death of Valeria de Valfierno
posted by Caitlin
*Originally this story appeared on my previous blog, Adventurer Misadventures. Every roleplayer has had one of those moments where a sensible little voice inside their brain goes “That’s the stupidest thing you could possibly do!” The most...
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