Free RPG Day 2012
Today being my first day off since Saturday, I can finally talk about what was my second RPG day ever personally, and my first RPG day at Dragon’s Den in Poughkeepsie. My friends had talked it up for weeks. You roll a giant inflated d20 and win prizes at the door. There’s hot sales going [...]
Marrakeshi Adversries: The Red Lady & her Wildfire Maidens
Bells and drums and the roar of fire in your ears as the flame-haired dancer leaps back. The guards press forward with muskets in their hands that make them invincible. They do not understand, and soon surround her at gunpoint, waiting for the command to fire. She spins, her hair billowing scarlet, her chiffon skirts [...]
Gamer Chicks and Chicks who Game (con’t): The Mainstream Dilemma
One thing I realized as I finished writing Gamer Chicks and Chicks who Game: Why We Need Both is that my argument hinges on the mainstream element. That is to say, the article generally assumes that going mainstream is a good thing for every system and an end worth pursuing by the industry as a [...]
Gamer Chicks and Chicks who Game: Why We Need Both
From the controversy sparked by Uri Kurlianchik’s article on D&D Kids: Girls at the Table, to Lugh’s discussion of Shared Fantasy’s study on Women Gamers, to Ravyn’s thoughts On the (Comparatively) Lower Frequency of Women Gamers, women in gaming has been a hot-button issue of late. The blogosphere’s seen it all: debates of subjectivity, charges [...]
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