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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, 2021July 15, 2022Posted 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, 2021March 14, 2022Posted 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, 2021January 12, 2022Posted 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, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inTheoryTags:philosophy of science, Theory, ttrpg1 Comment on Science & System

Databases & Dragons

Dragon by Pearson Scott Foresman. Public domain. Modified using Text-Image's ASCII converter tool.

New media’s influence on RPG design and experience

Posted byLīber LūdōrumSeptember 6, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inTheoryTags:narrative, new media, ttrpg1 Comment on Databases & Dragons

A Divorce of Druids and the Reviewing of Their Remove, Part 2: Summer

A Divorce of Druids: Summer cover image by Kier Spilsbury. Used with the permission of Long Tail Games.

Repetition with difference in the division of a new domain

Posted byLīber LūdōrumAugust 23, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:A Divorce of Druids, crafting, Long Tail Games, ttrpg, visual design2 Comments on A Divorce of Druids and the Reviewing of Their Remove, Part 2: Summer

Thousand Year Old Vampire Secret Companion Volume: A Review

An almost spoiler-free review

Posted byLīber LūdōrumAugust 10, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inBS, ReviewsTags:graphic design, hutchings, indie, journaling, textuality, ttrpg, tyov1 Comment on Thousand Year Old Vampire Secret Companion Volume: A Review

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