Criticism
A Divorce of Druids and the Reviewing of Their Remove, Part 1: Spring
Reflections on a DIY game of cutting, pasting, endings, beginnings … and adorable druids
Sword & Satire
Subversive humor in 3̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶s̶ 2 games & a “game”
The Things They Carry
Character sheets as gameplay components in Knave, Troika!, and UVG
Ariadne’s Ribbon
Emmy Allen’s Stygian Library in silhouette
Table Talk
TTRPGs as communication & communication in TTRPGs
The Apocalypse Meant Möre
Insight and inspiration from Johan Nohr
Roleplayer’s Dilemma
Making tough choices in RPG theory and game theory
Imagining Dystopia
Neurocity & the cognitive, social, and political functions of RPGs
A Festive Apocalypse
Mörk Borg & Medieval Carnival culture
What Is a Roleplaying Game?
It’s a game by Epidiah Ravachol, of course.
Machina ex Machina: Theoretical Perspectives on Adira & Fen Slattery’s The Machine
At the intersection of schizophrenia, self-replicating automata, and lolcats
Between Civilization & Play: A Cultural Perspective on TTRPGs
Johan Huizinga on tabletop roleplaying games
Six Doors to Darkness
Analysis of an anti-game
Dread Contra Fiasco
Material risk and narrative agency in a pair of peculiar TTRPGs
Anatomy of a Rulebook
Don’t judge a game by its rulebook.
Reviews
*Lance Not Included
But you’ll wish you had one in Chris Bissette’s Freelance RPG
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
Hindsight is d2020
Let the bad times roll
Agon: A Review
Competition is (literally) the name of the game
The Machine: A (Mostly) Material Review
What is the sound of one player writing?
Basilisk’s Legacy: from Dark Fort to Mörk Borg
The prehistory of a spiked flail to the face
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Reference
Rolling Solo
A roster of GM & player emulators, oracles, and engines for TTRPGs
Analyses of the Unreal
A curated reading list of TTRPG theory for designers, players, and thinkers
The Typology and Sociology of Play
A reference sheet for Roger Caillois’s Man, Play and Games
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Hacks & Homebrew
Zeitgeist in Ravenland
GM-less play and material culture in Fria Ligan’s Forbidden Lands
Random BS
Why We Need Mörk Borg Lite
And other cogent, coherent observations
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