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Games & Systems

The tradeoff between flexibility and direction, and the pitfalls of thinking about both

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMarch 20, 2023March 20, 2023Posted inTheoryTags:Ava Islam, Ben Milton, Caillois, Carolina Death Crawl, Errant, Fiasco, improv, Jason Morningstar, Linda Codega, Questing Beast, Shab-al-Hiri Roach, ttrpgLeave a comment on Games & Systems

Callers, Multilogue, and the GM as Ant Queen

Army ant bivouac by Geoff Gallice. Used under CC BY 2.0.

More musings on communication and structure in TTRPGs

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJanuary 2, 2023Posted inTheoryTags:communication, complexity, Theory, ttrpgLeave a comment on Callers, Multilogue, and the GM as Ant Queen

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

Frontier Scum: a review & retrospective

Acid Western roleplaying on the Lost Frontier

Posted byLīber LūdōrumAugust 1, 2022August 1, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:graphic design, indie, materiality, textuality, ttrpg2 Comments on Frontier Scum: a review & retrospective

Necromancer Dice: a review

The aesthetics and statistics of Cyberdicegames’s eye-catching offering

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJuly 18, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:design, dice, materiality, ttrpg2 Comments on Necromancer Dice: a review

Revaluating RPGs, Abridged

A summary & discussion of my paper about RPGs and art

Posted byLīber LūdōrumApril 13, 2022October 21, 2022Posted inTheoryTags:Theory, ttrpg3 Comments on Revaluating RPGs, Abridged

Charity Bundle Cavalcade

18 bite-size reviews of TTRPGs from the Trans Rights and Ukraine bundles

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMarch 28, 2022July 15, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:graphic design, indie, materiality, solo, textuality, ttrpg1 Comment on Charity Bundle Cavalcade

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

A Typology of TTRPG Consumers

Some thoughts on understanding behavior in the TTRPG market

Posted byLīber LūdōrumFebruary 14, 2022Posted inTheoryTags:behavioral economics, consumers, industry, ttrpg3 Comments on A Typology of TTRPG Consumers

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

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