RPGs, tabletop, LARP and everything in between
So, I’m very nearly done with the first draft/playtest document of a hack of Joe McDaldno’s Monster Hearts, which is itself a hack of Vincent Baker’s Apocalypse World. I’m also finishing up the first real draft of The Novel, which is terrifying in and of itself. But what I’d really like to talk about here… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #239 – Writing Games
So, the concept art for White Wolf’s new product was released briefly on Tuesday, and I’d show it to you but apparently in the face of all the criticism flung its way, they’ve taken the gallery down. The gallery in question featured a bunch of apparently Photoshopped or traced over photos of runway models, with… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #208 – Body Shame in Nerd-dom.
So, I posted my ideas for AmberconNW games for next year, and I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback on the idea of the Victorian Monster hunters game. Now, how I usually prepare for games is I make about half a page of notes that includes three or four high points I’d like them to… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #194 – Plotting a Game
As usual, I had a fantastic time at AmberconNW. For those of you who are new to the blog, AmberconNW is a little teeny roleplaying convention just outside of Portland, OR, devoted primarily to the Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game and other games that can be bent to work in the world of Amber as written… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #193 – AmberconNW Post Con Wrap Up
I am having the worst writer’s block in the history of writer’s block. I’ve got a couple of posts started, but about halfway through they fall apart, and then… feh. So, in lieu of that I’m posting pictures of the Geek Husband What Rules’s new gaming group. And another shot of all these dorks in… Read More In Lieu of Actual Content, You Get Hot Nerd Boys In My House
First off, I apologize, again, for the radio silence. Yeah, moving, sorting, unpacking, trying to figure out what to get rid of, acquiring things we didn’t have and needed, etc… It all takes so very much more out of you than you realize. Add to that work stress and various and other stresses, and yeah…… Read More Geek Girls Rule #179 – News of the Geek and a Review of Mu(t)an(t)s by Leroi
An interview with Filamena Young of Machine Age Productions. We talk about their new game Amaranthine, among other things. Geek Girls Rule! Podcast 22 Or, as always, you can go to the GGR Libsyn page to download it.
It would be way easier to enthuse about my subcultures if they weren’t so busy pissing me off. So, Wizards of the Coast (who in fairness pulled the article really quickly once the complaints started rolling in) allowed Uri Kurlianchik to write an article about girls and gaming and how girls game. Thanks to… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #177 – Girls and Games. AGAIN.
So, Saturday night in order to celebrate a friend’s birthday, a bunch of us met up at Lot No. 3 in Bellevue, and started a game of the Leverage: The Roleplaying Game. David, whose birthday it was (Happy Birthday, David!) is a big fan of the show, as is Lukas, who ran it. Lukas came… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #170 – Leverage RPG
I bet you had given up any hope I was going to finish this series hadn’t you? I had my doubts. Life has been crazy busy and the writing muse has been fickle so I’d better get to it before it gets away. In this final episode we’re going to discuss strategies for making an… Read More Unchartered Territory: Role playing in groups/settings that are unfamiliar to you – Part 3 of 3
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