The Burnt Offering The Music and the Dice By Stu Horvath • September 11th, 2023 Like any live performance, a tabletop roleplaying game’s greatest power resides in the moment, experiencing the event as it happens.
Barkeep on the Borderlands By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • September 11th, 2023 Pull up a stool and name your poison!
Interlinked Squall is Extradimensional By Phoenix Simms • September 8th, 2023 When Laguna knew Squall and his allies were there but felt they were like faeries hovering in the ether unseen, wasn’t that what early encounters on forums and instant chat services felt like?
I Played It, Like, Twice... It’s Time to Raise the Curtain on the The Muppet Show Game By Orrin Grey • September 7th, 2023 The game itself is a relic of a time when board games were something very different than they are today.
Here Be Monsters We Can’t Get Out Without Talking About Slenderman By Emma Kostopolus • September 7th, 2023 Born of a 2009 creepypasta and culminating in the 2014 violent assault of a twelve-year-old girl by two classmates, Slenderman was largely responsible for a digital Satanic Panic in miniature.
Mind Palaces Architectural Intent By Maddi Chilton • September 6th, 2023 For a book that is nominally about the hubristic imaginings of a genius architect, Rose/House seems to have no actual interest in architecture.
Self-Insert Mafia By Amanda Hudgins • September 5th, 2023 KinnPorsche is probably the best example of the mafia alternative universe aesthetic. Everyone is beautiful and darkly dressed and prone to drinking and smoking in dark rooms.
Bloodsport Gambler By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • September 4th, 2023 Surely there are easier ways to get out of debt?
Exploits Feature Freaks By Dr. Dobermind • September 1st, 2023 “You laughed at them, shuddered at them. And, yet, but for the accident of birth, you might be one as they are.”
Past Presence Object Lessons #1: Field By Dr. Emily Price • August 31st, 2023 Are fields a stage for action to take place on, or are they the action themselves?
