Shadowrun Campaign Pitch – Songs in the Key of X
Sea of Stars RPGPlanning for a new campaign of Shadowrun . . . if my players are interested.
Tag: Group Dynamics
RPG safety has always been important: A review of Safety Tools of the OSR Table
Geek NativeSafety Tools of the OSR Table, a new Pay What You Want to download, blows apart the myth that safety considerations in tabletop RPGs are new or unwelcome.
Sean’s GenCon Advice 2021
My advice for GenCon (and convention goers in general)! Hope to see you there.
Genre Police: Wangrods and Warriors
To summarise Coleville, The Wangrod Defence is when a player uses ‘But that’s what my character would do’ as an excuse for problematic behaviour.
Genre Police: Meta-Lurgy
Sometimes people talk about characters as ‘meta’. It’s almost always used in a negative context. But one survey shows that people don’t use ‘meta’ in the same way, and sometimes it can be good to ‘meta game’.
Genre Police: Keep On Marching
Professional GM Ben Jackson-Ellery shares some wisdom and practical tips for anyone hoping to set up and run tabletop RPG campaigns “West Marches” style.
Canon, Your Homegrown Setting, and You
RJD20Our lives change constantly, as do our views and levels of creativity. For those of us who construct vast Dungeons & Dragons settings and worlds for our players to place their characters in and explore, this brings a dilemma. How do we stay true to all the wild escapades, heart-racing adventures, and ground-breaking campaigns that occur in our world? We all have an opinion on the role of canon in works of fiction—and we should carve one out for our own worlds as well.
Genre Police: Towards a shared language
Have you heard of gamers talking about West Marches style of RPG campaigns? Do you know what it means? The Genre Police kick off a series on RPG terminology and using a shared language for our games.
Genre Police: Dialling Back In
The number of players can really be one of the most important decisions you make as a GM and can actually affect your ability to play.
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