I don’t do reviews. I’ve considered it, don’t get me wrong. It’s not as if I’m opposed to reviews as a format, or anything like that. After playing an RPG for some time, I tend...

The first RPG I ever played was D&D 3.5. It wasn’t my introduction to RPGs. I knew full well what they were like. I had grown up around them, listening in on my family’s...

I like to make a point of trying new things. I find it’s very easy to feel like I’ve gotten stuck in a rut, and to not have a sense of how to get out of it, or even if there’s...

I’ve been having an interesting time with Draw Steel recently. At the start of 2023, Dungeons & Dragons’ new Open Gaming License was released, and people got upset. The history...

So, I’ve been getting back into Exalted recently. Exalted is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. Normally, I don’t traffic in guilt. I think it’s a rather useless emotion,...

Roleplaying is a creative exercise. I forget this, sometimes. Pretty continuously, as a matter of fact. I play a lot of roleplaying games on a regular basis in my life, and I...

I’ve been doing some reading on GNS lately. (Please don’t leave, I haven’t even gotten to the bad part yet.) More specifically, I encountered this post by the irreplaceable...

Have you ever GMed before? …This is a blog post, I can’t hear your answer. I don’t know why you bothered. To some degree, the GM is just a role like any other. Plenty of games...

I don’t like dying very much. (For clarity, this is a post about RPGs. My thoughts regarding death in real life are a matter for another time.) I get attached to characters...

There’s a mechanic that I hate, whenever I see it. It goes something like this: “When a player narrates their action in a cool or exciting way, they gain [insert bonus].” Or,...

…Ugh. I do not enjoy this. So, a disclaimer. I am a rather negative person, in demeanor in general, but especially in critique. I try to make a point of reining that in when in...