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*Lance Not Included

Arthur Rackham, How Mordred Was Slain by Arthur, 1917. Public domain.

But you’ll wish you had one in Chris Bissette’s Freelance RPG

Posted byLīber LūdōrumApril 12, 2021Posted inReviews, Hacks & HomebrewTags:rpg, chris bissette, mini-rpg, freelanceLeave a comment on *Lance Not Included

Why We Need Mörk Borg Lite

This is a seriously badass picture of a two-headed basilisk, and if you can't see it, then I feel bad for you.

And other cogent, coherent observations

Posted byLīber LūdōrumApril 1, 2021April 6, 2021Posted inBSTags:April Fools, Mörk BorgLeave a comment on Why We Need Mörk Borg Lite

Sword & Satire

Felix Vallotton's painting of Perseus Killing the Dragon

Subversive humor in 3̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶s̶ 2 games & a “game”

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMarch 29, 2021March 29, 2021Posted inCriticismTags:a dragon game, here's some fucking D&D, satire, sigma bandits1 Comment on Sword & Satire

Rolling Solo

Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the sea of fog, ca. 1817

A roster of GM & player emulators, oracles, and engines for TTRPGs

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMarch 14, 2021March 14, 2021Posted inReferenceTags:emulator, engine, gmless, oracle, solo playLeave a comment on Rolling Solo

The Things They Carry

Louis Anquetin, Ruiter en bedelaar, 1893. Public domain.

Character sheets as gameplay components in Knave, Troika!, and UVG

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMarch 8, 2021March 8, 2021Posted inCriticismTags:character sheets, Knave, material components, Taylor Lane, Troika!, UVGLeave a comment on The Things They Carry

Ariadne’s Ribbon

The Labyrinth, from William Henry Matthews's Mazes and Labyrinths

Emmy Allen’s Stygian Library in silhouette

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMarch 1, 2021March 12, 2021Posted inCriticismTags:books, Emmy Allen, labyrinth, mise en abyme, rhizome, Stygian Library, textualityLeave a comment on Ariadne’s Ribbon

Table Talk

TTRPGs as communication & communication in TTRPGs

Posted byLīber LūdōrumFebruary 15, 2021Posted inCriticismTags:communication, rpg, theory, ttrpg1 Comment on Table Talk

I COME TO BURY THE GOD-KING: A Game/Book Review of Sophia Tinney’s Kingdoms RPG

Forge a dynasty from birth scream to last gasp

Posted byLīber LūdōrumFebruary 8, 2021Posted inReviewsTags:indie, Kingdoms, osr, ttrpgLeave a comment on I COME TO BURY THE GOD-KING: A Game/Book Review of Sophia Tinney’s Kingdoms RPG

The Apocalypse Meant Möre

Art for MBC: Heretic by Johan Nohr

Insight and inspiration from Johan Nohr

Posted byLīber LūdōrumFebruary 1, 2021Posted inCriticismTags:design, Mork Borg, print, ttrpgLeave a comment on The Apocalypse Meant Möre

Roleplayer’s Dilemma

Making tough choices in RPG theory and game theory

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJanuary 18, 2021January 18, 2021Posted inCriticismTags:design, game theory, play styles, rpg, rpg history, rpg theory, ttrpgLeave a comment on Roleplayer’s Dilemma

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