A time back, I wrote a Back to Basics article about how to use symbols in gaming and stories. I had quite a bit of private communication on the subject about how people would have loved to see the discussion go longer on both of the symbols, or how there were others they wanted...
Read more →Fantasy is one of the classic gaming genres – and more often than not, it features all kinds of fantasy races. Elves! Dwarves! Tieflings! Dragonborn! Kender, for the Margaret-Weis-inclined! Sometimes it feels like there’s an embarrassment of riches – so many options, so little time. Today we’ll share what fantasy races we prefer to...
Read more →Welcome to the second installment of our new feature: Dear Gaming As Women! We invite our readers to asks us anything – and we’ll do our best to offer informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining answers. Without further ado, here’s today’s letter: Dear Gaming As Women, Does being a feminist ever get easier? Right now it...
Read more →Language is a central part of gaming. It shapes our thinking, affecting our thoughts on those things we sense. So much so that it seems questionable to go without language to communicate with players and GM. But it’s more than possible, sometimes the best way to say something is without a word at all....
Read more →Legislators in the Michigan House of Representatives voted to approve a new omnibus anti-choice bill designed to deny reproductive health care to as many women as possible. When Rep. Lisa Brown made a statement on the floor of the House against the bill in which she used the word “vagina”, she was then barred...
Read more →There have been quite a few discussions about the way appearance, especially of women, tends to focus on aspects of beauty as the only quality that matters. It seems to me that this is a shockingly two-dimensional viewpoint. I think that both for artists and roleplayers there are a number of reasons to...
Read more →The group sat dressed in their nice comfy clothes in the dark basement. Lucy looked up from her character sheet at the Game Master. “Ok, I’m going to sink my teeth into it and begin to feast!” The Game Master, Deborah, nodded. “Make a Savour roll.” Lucy smiled, this was one of her best...
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