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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, 2021November 15, 2024Posted 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, 2021May 8, 2025Posted 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, 2021November 15, 2024Posted 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, 2021November 15, 2024Posted inReviewsTags:indie, Kingdoms, osr, ttrpg1 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, 2021January 12, 2022Posted 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 12, 2022Posted inTheoryTags: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 12, 2022Posted inCriticismTags:complexity, dystopia, gaming, language, political, ttrpgLeave a comment on Imagining Dystopia

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