Niche within a Niche: 1800s Role-playing
Start with an RPG geek, who is already by definition existing within a certain subculture outside the mainstream. Dungeons & Dragons is still “for nerds,” though more and more of us are embracing the pejorative these days. Next, make her a storyteller over a powergamer, and cut her off from more than half of her [...]
A Friendly Reminder to Back Up Your Shit
Ladies and gentlemen, at this juncture in time I do heartily recommend that you pause in the midst of your feed-reading and back up any writing, art, notes, etc, on Dropbox (free membership available) or any other web backup or external hard drive of your choice. Yes, you need to do it now. You can [...]
Online or Tabletop, but Never Both; Young Women in Gaming Redux
When asked what my dream freelance project might be, I immediately thought, “boy, wouldn’t it be great if I could buy the RPG rights to Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels Trilogy,” since right now my work on the Lady Blackbird hack is stalled because, well, she expressly forbids RPG’s based off of her games, in spite [...]
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