I’ve been inspired by Hilander’s ZLDA dungeons recently. It’s made me reconsider what I view as the essential components of a dungeon. This is not the first time I’ve mused...

The third entry in the Final Fantasy series was a departure from the game design of Akitoshi Kawazu and a spiritual return to the first game. It’s a story about four prophesied...

After wrapping up our Sword World mini-campaign, our meet the rpg crew voted to explore MEGALOS by matara. I hadn’t heard of this game until it was proposed, but after reading...

Final Fantasy II could have been a ttrpg…but it probably would have been even more controversial than its video game counterpart. Despite having relatively limited exposure to...

The first one, I mean. If you’re new here, this is the third post in a series where I talk about video games from a ttrpg perspective. Video games are one of my major...

I’ve been playing my way through Final Fantasy and other Japanese roleplaying games, and I have many thoughts on how their design translates to the tabletop medium. Earlier...

Symbolism is important. I have never experienced an easy dragon fight. I used to hate monsters in ttrpgs because I felt like fights were never interesting unless the opposition...

Sword World 2.5 has been on my list of games to play for several years now, ever since I saw this youtube series discussing Japanese TRPG culture. My understanding of ttrpgs...

In 2025, I wrote a post called “alternative game fantasy: a manifesto“. It was my best attempt at expressing dissatisfaction with the six cultures of play, specifically because...

During college, I used to attend weekly board game nights with some friends. Sentinels of the Multiverse was a repeat favorite: a cooperative, fixed-deck card game. The game is...