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The Trouble with Trigger Warnings

Research suggests they may do more harm than good

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJanuary 31, 2022October 23, 2022Posted inReferenceTags:psychology, technical writing, trauma, ttrpg2 Comments on The Trouble with Trigger Warnings

Never Going Home: A Game/Book Review

War is literally Hell.

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJanuary 18, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:graphic design, military, textuality, ttrpg, WWILeave a comment on Never Going Home: A Game/Book Review

Mage Knight Redux

Reminiscences of a collectible miniatures game

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJanuary 3, 2022January 12, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:mage knight, materiality, wargamingLeave a comment on Mage Knight Redux

Mörk Borg & Lamentations of the Flame Princess: A Comparative Review

What makes a fantasy TTRPG “weird horror”?

Posted byLīber LūdōrumDecember 20, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:graphic design, LotFP, Mork Borg, rpg, ttrpgLeave a comment on Mörk Borg & Lamentations of the Flame Princess: A Comparative Review

Mörk Borg & Human Occupied Landfill: A Comparative Review

The giant trash fire at the end of the world

Posted byLīber LūdōrumDecember 13, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:comparative analysis, Human Occupied Landfill, materiality, Mork Borg, textuality, ttrpg5 Comments on Mörk Borg & Human Occupied Landfill: A Comparative Review

My Body is a Cage: a material review

Cover of My Body is a Cage by John Battle. Image © 2021 John Battle. Used with permission.

John Battle guides us through the dungeons of the night.

Posted byLīber LūdōrumNovember 29, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:graphic design, john battle, materiality, ttrpg2 Comments on My Body is a Cage: a material review

Ludo-Garbologies

Garbage dumped in the marshes of Spring Creek in Jamaica Bay. US EPA, 1973, public domain.

4 games that make you think about trash

Posted byLīber LūdōrumNovember 10, 2021February 6, 2024Posted inCriticismTags:amanda lee franck, dirt merchant, graphic design, materiality, orion canning, sprinting owl, textuality, ttrpgLeave a comment on Ludo-Garbologies

A Divorce of Druids and the Reviewing of Their Remove, Part 3: Autumn

Contrast and cynicism in a cold season

Posted byLīber LūdōrumOctober 25, 2021November 15, 2024Posted inReviewsTags:A Divorce of Druids, crafting, ttrpg, visual design1 Comment on A Divorce of Druids and the Reviewing of Their Remove, Part 3: Autumn

To Slay the Apocalypse

Illustration from ARC by Momatoes, © 2021. Image used with permission.

DIY doom for every occasion

Posted byLīber LūdōrumOctober 11, 2021November 15, 2024Posted inReviewsTags:ARC, graphic design, momatoes, narrative, textuality, ttrpgLeave a comment on To Slay the Apocalypse

Science & System

Johannes Kepler's platonic solid model of the Solar System, from Mysterium Cosmographicum, 1596. Public domain.

Philosophy of science as RPG theory

Posted byLīber LūdōrumOctober 4, 2021March 21, 2025Posted inTheoryTags:philosophy of science, Theory, ttrpg1 Comment on Science & System

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