A bunch of years ago I was given the best larp advice I have heard so far. Today I’ll pass it on. ”Involve other people. Involve them, involve them, involve them.” – Henrik Thurfjäll That’s it. The best larp advice I have to offer. The advice might not look like much, and I wasn’t very...
Read more →I don’t know of a single role playing group that hasn’t at some point wished they were recording their antics. Impassioned speeches, out of control jokes, and epic battles make strong impressions, but inevitably the memory fades, and weeks or months or years later you’re going “Remember that speech you gave in character awhile...
Read more →So, you want to be a podcaster. Great! Wondering where to start? Look no further! A little about my podcasting credentials: I’ve been podcasting for about two years now, predominantly recording actual play games for the Fandible.Com Roleplaying Podcast (if you’ve read pretty much any post I’ve ever made here, you’ve heard of Fandible by...
Read more →Let’s talk about props. In this article I use ”props” to mean not just funny hats, but music, pictures, maps and even food. Something outside the game mechanics that adds to the content or mood of the game. Why use props? Have you ever tasted something and suddenly half-forgotten memories flooded your mind? Listened...
Read more →So, you’re in an all male gaming group and the group have a new player and she is a girl. You want her to stick around. Thank you, that is awesome. This is a guide for you and your group then. Because some gaming groups behaviors tend to scare off or piss off girls, making them leave...
Read more →Patricia Vollmer at Wired discusses taking her kids to Dragon*Con – the good and the bad. – Brie Kelly Knox at Wired gives some advice on how to meet other geek parents – pretty basic, but always good to know! – Brie Fantasy Flight is picking up Game of Thrones, Star Wars, and Netrunner,...
Read more →I’m not a Abba fan, but feel free to listen to Abba’s old hit single Money Money Money while reading this article. Because in Sweden, gaming gets funding from the government. This article is about how it works and how it has helped the gaming hobby in Sweden.1 In this example a gaming group...
Read more →I recently did an article on how to introduce sex into role-playing games. In this article I’m going into why you might want sex in your games. Like in the previous article, the word ”sex” is occasionally used as shorthand for sexual content, sexual acts, sexual relationships, sexual feelings and/or sexual tension. I’ll just...
Read more →My big cause right now is figuring out how to introduce new players to RPGs. I think it’s such a fun hobby and, having gone through a painful baptism by fire, I really think it’s important to introduce new members in a friendly, non-threatening manner. Which leads me to two games I’ve tried as...
Read more →Years and years ago, when my oldest was still a baby, David and I spoke at a tiny video game convention. David did Design in an Hour, we both talked indie publishing, then I talked about women in gaming to a huge crowd of six people. Maybe seven. We talked about women’s stories in...
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