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Category Archives: Criticism

Rewarding Roleplaying

Gaspar van den Hoecke, "Croesus showing his treasures to Solon", 1630s. Public domain.

On facilitating and incentivizing character depth in TTRPG systems

Posted byLīber LūdōrumSeptember 2, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:character, narrative, rpg, ttrpg, xpLeave a comment on Rewarding Roleplaying

A Divorce of Druids and the Reviewing of their Remove, Part 4: Winter

The irony of the circle’s end

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMarch 14, 2022September 14, 2022Posted inCriticism, ReviewsTags:A Divorce of Druids, indie, Long Tail Games, narrative, ttrpgLeave a comment on A Divorce of Druids and the Reviewing of their Remove, Part 4: Winter

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

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, 2021July 15, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:amanda lee franck, dirt merchant, graphic design, materiality, orion canning, sprinting owl, textuality, ttrpgLeave a comment on Ludo-Garbologies

Dice x Space

Using shiny math rocks for more than shiny math

Posted byLīber LūdōrumSeptember 20, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:dice, dungeons, maps, materialityLeave a comment on Dice x Space

GAME OVER

How 4 TTRPGs imagine the end of the world

Posted byLīber LūdōrumAugust 9, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:apocalypse, ARC, disaster, Kingdoms, Mörk Borg, The World is Ending and We Are Very Large Dogs, ttrpgLeave a comment on GAME OVER

Neoteny in Print

From Aether Operations by World Champ Game Co. in association with Floating Chair Club, © 2021. Image used with permission.

Aether Operations & the process of (un)becoming a book

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJune 21, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:Aether Operations, biology, Floating Chair Club, materiality, print, psychedelic, ttrpg, World Champ Game Co.Leave a comment on Neoteny in Print

Gaming the Meta

A partial view of the Mandelbrot set generated by Wolfgang Beyer. Cropped version of the original used here under CC BY-SA 3.0.

The funhouse of games about metagame culture

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMay 31, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:meta, momatoes, richard kelly, tragos games, ttrpg2 Comments on Gaming the Meta

Eat Your Favorite RPG

Lamprey mouths in M.E. Blochii ... Systema ichthyologiae iconibus CX illustratum, 1801. Public domain.

Dinner and dessert with Game Lamprey

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMay 24, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:lamprey, materiality, ttrpgLeave a comment on Eat Your Favorite RPG

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