RPGs, tabletop, LARP and everything in between
*Sorry I didn’t get this up over here last week. Migraines suck.* Last week-ish was GenCon.I have never been. Given the stories I’ve heard come out of it, coupled with the fact that it’s huge, I likely never will. But seriously, Nerds. Chris Spivey the author and designer of Harlem Unbound a supplement for Call… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #489 – Get Your Shit Together, Nerds
Ok, I know I haven’t written about gaming in a while. I haven’t gamed in awhile. Part of it is my own doing, because I wanted more time for writing. The rest is because being an adult is gods damned time consuming. Ugh. Seriously, I wouldn’t have tried to grow up so fast if I’d… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #475 – Character Classes = Tropes
So, I said I’d get to this. I was giving Green Ronin a chance to update their proposal, or at the very least take it down pending massive edits, but two and a half weeks later neither of those things has happened, so here goes. The Green Ronin S.T.O.P. Proposal for dealing with sexual harassment… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #457 – Green Ronin’s S.T.O.P Proposal: How NOT to Handle Sexual Harassment
So, yeah, I’m still doing demos for Green Ronin. And as part of doing demos, they sent me a lovely t-shirt. But I don’t wear it for the demos, and I have reasons. When I demo games, I very purposely dress “like a girl.” Meaning, I wear more feminine shirts, I wear jewelry, I wear… Read More Geek Girls Rule #441 – Why I Dress “Like a Girl” when I Demo Games
Hi! So, I spent this weekend running demos of Green Ronin’s Blue Rose at OrcaCon. Several things about this make me happy. 1. I am very fond of Blue Rose. 2. I got to introduce at least two people, favorably, I hope, to gaming. 3. It was at OrcaCon. OrcaCon is run by some dear… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #433 – OrcaCon 2018
Ok, so for DECADES the clarion call of the cis het white dude nerd has been, “If you don’t like it, why don’t you make your own?!” (Imagine me saying that in the whiniest, most nasally voice I can manage. I still have a cold, I can get really nasally right now.) So, a group… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #432 – This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Let’s get the disclaimer out of the way: I’ve been running Blue Rose demos at local conventions and comic shops since October. I agreed to run the demos never having played the game before, and spent a week or so studying the book and rules to get myself up to speed. I like it a… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #416 – Review: Blue Rose RPG
Sorry this was delayed, guys. I’ve been getting ready for Big Bad Con this weekend. So, when this comes up, inevitably, a group of dudes will then ask, “Well, what do you want us to do?” It’s not rocket surgery, guys. Stop hiring harassers, rapists, and abusers. For every, “But he’s nice to me,” there’s… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #411 – How Do You Hold Someone Accountable
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”—Malcolm S. Forbes. Once upon a time, the Geek Husband What Rules and I worked in a dance club. He was head of security and occasional DJ. I was a bouncer, a barback and a bartender.… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #409 – Trying to Hold People Accountable
Several years ago, the Geek Husband What Rules and I were on a panel about games and gaming groups, and I cannot remember what the exact question was that we were responding to, but we told the audience that they did, in fact, have the right to not game with people who did things that… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #408 – Everyone Can’t Be Welcome
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