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Tag Archives: ttrpg

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

Story & 💿🐴

How narratology can clarify (and confound) discussions of story in RPGs

Posted byLīber LūdōrumAugust 2, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inTheoryTags:discourse, narrative, narratology, story, Theory, ttrpgLeave a comment on Story & 💿🐴

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Indie RPGs (& How You Can Too)

Where do you turn when D&D isn’t enough … or becomes too much?

Posted byLīber LūdōrumJune 28, 2021January 8, 2023Posted inReferenceTags:5e, D&D, indie, pathfinder, small press, ttrpg1 Comment on How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Indie RPGs (& How You Can Too)

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

William Blake: poet, painter, indie zine maker

Bust of William Blake made by James de Ville c. 1807. Public domain.

Echoes of a 18th-19th century creative in 21st century RPG culture

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMay 17, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:blake, graphic design, indie, materiality, ttrpg, zineLeave a comment on William Blake: poet, painter, indie zine maker

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

Posted byLīber LūdōrumMay 3, 2021March 14, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:A Divorce of Druids, crafting, Long Tail Games, ttrpg3 Comments on A Divorce of Druids and the Reviewing of Their Remove, Part 1: Spring

Table Talk

TTRPGs as communication & communication in TTRPGs

Posted byLīber LūdōrumFebruary 15, 2021June 6, 2022Posted inTheoryTags:communication, rpg, Theory, ttrpg3 Comments 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, 2021January 12, 2022Posted inReviewsTags:indie, Kingdoms, osr, ttrpg1 Comment on I COME TO BURY THE GOD-KING: A Game/Book Review of Sophia Tinney’s Kingdoms RPG

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