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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

Imagining Dystopia

H. Gillet, illustration from Anatomie des centres nerveux, 1895; and George Bradshaw, Plan of Haumburg, ca. 1850-1859.

Neurocity & the cognitive, social, and political functions of RPGs

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJanuary 4, 2021January 4, 2021Posted inCriticismTags:complexity, dystopia, gaming, language, political, ttrpgLeave a comment on Imagining Dystopia

A Festive Apocalypse

Mörk Borg & Medieval Carnival culture

Posted byLīber LūdōrumDecember 21, 2020February 7, 2021Posted inCriticismTags:bakhtin, carnival, culture, materiality, Mork Borg, play theory, ttrpgLeave a comment on A Festive Apocalypse

Zeitgeist in Ravenland

Gustave Doré, engraving for The Works of Rabelais

GM-less play and material culture in Fria Ligan’s Forbidden Lands

Posted byLīber LūdōrumNovember 16, 2020February 28, 2021Posted inHacks & HomebrewTags:forbidden lands, fria ligan, gm emulator, gmless, journal, map, solo, ttrpg2 Comments on Zeitgeist in Ravenland

Agon: A Review

Competition is (literally) the name of the game

Posted byLīber LūdōrumNovember 2, 2020Posted inReviewsTags:agon, evil hat, ttrpgLeave a comment on Agon: A Review

Between Civilization & Play: A Cultural Perspective on TTRPGs

Johan Huizinga on tabletop roleplaying games

Posted byLīber LūdōrumOctober 26, 2020November 29, 2020Posted inCriticismTags:culture, huizinga, theory, ttrpg4 Comments on Between Civilization & Play: A Cultural Perspective on TTRPGs

Basilisk’s Legacy: from Dark Fort to Mörk Borg

David Hoskins, ruin basilisk

The prehistory of a spiked flail to the face

Posted byLīber LūdōrumSeptember 20, 2020December 21, 2020Posted inReviewsTags:adaptation, aesthetics, Dark Fort, design, graphics, layout, Mork Borg, ttrpg1 Comment on Basilisk’s Legacy: from Dark Fort to Mörk Borg

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