Posted inCommentary In-Character Industry

Man vs…

The topic of conversation this morning in the car was the substance of plots. Traditionally, we have plots which are Man versus Man (and yes, I intend to keep the…
Posted inOut-of-Character

Site refresh

Bear with us while we engage in some site jiggery-pokery.  Those of you who subscribe to the feed shouldn't notice any difference.  Also it's a bit harder to tell who…
Posted inCommentary GM Out-of-Character

The usual fare

I don't remember where I got this but it always made me think about the perfect stag do. It's originally from the first edition Dungeon Master's Guide and really proves…
Posted inCommentary Out-of-Character

Heroic imaginations

This is probably more suitable for infurious because it's riffing off Guy Kawasaki. Nurturing a heroic imagination takes five actions: Maintain constant vigilance for situations that require heroic action. Learn…
Posted inCommentary Out-of-Character

Action is character

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “Action is character.” A few years ago a friend of mine came up with the theory that we often play our polar opposites in games. The…
Posted inGM Out-of-Character

Pickup Games

We're not talking about games which are designed to get the GM a date with the hot new girl in the gaming club (as mabmorrigan will likely relate happily later)…
Posted inCommentary Cthulhu GM

DG update…

As I may have mentioned, I'm in KinnyGraham's DeltaGreen game. The other night, after losing one agent to the nameless horror and receiving a chewing from our DG contact, my…
Posted inCommentary GM Out-of-Character

2300AD revival

Am busting out for another game now that kinnygraham has booked Wednesday or Tuesday for a continuation of our much delayed DG campaign. To this end, paulk has nabbed his…