It’s time we re-examine what we mean when we use the term “quantum ogre”. The seed of this post started when Valeria posted her review of Fabula Ultima and quoted Emanuele Galletto (the game’s author) using the term to describe the game’s playstyle. If I had been vaguely aware of the term beforehand, that post … quantum ogre reborn
Earlier this month, fellow blogger soopersmert (Random Ape Encounter) proposed a mini-collab to investigate the style of play implicit in generic roleplaying games. Soopersmert has already tackled their experience with GURPS, followed by dadstep (To Be Resolved) writing about his perspective on Cypher. Generic game systems used to be one of my major interests, so … generic play: revisiting cortex prime
Gather with me around the fire as I bring you another tale of Meet the RPG. The night is cold and there are spirits moving in the darkness, but perhaps the story will bring some warmth to our tired bones. I was joined once more by my compatriots in the Paper Cult to play a … the legend of legend in the mist
The beacons are lit. Prismatic Wasteland calls for aid. A new blog bandwagon emerges. This holiday season, Warren has assembled us to write a hex based on the Rankin/Bass Christmas cinematic universe. For those who don’t immediately recognize the name, that’s the studio behind the old 60’s stop-motion holiday movies. Everything from Santa Claus to … blogwagon: broken bronco on the silver steppe
On every level except physical, I have been destroyed by the Minimalist TTRPG Jam. A thunderhead of mistakes have led to this state, and we’re gonna unpack them so at least we learn something for the future. I am not inexperienced with game jams: I cut my teeth on them in college and more recently … minimalist jam post-mortem
I watch a lot of anime. I enjoy keeping up with shows that come out each season and picking anywhere from 7 to 30 to watch on a week-by-week basis, along with those that I binge-watch after the season ends. I have a particular fondness for fantasy anime, whether it’s an isekai show or not. … enable some violence; be a scoundrel
I’ve been watching the new season of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. The first season aired in 2010, and it ended on a notorious cliffhanger. The new season just finished airing this year, and it was worth the 15 year wait. I can’t stop thinking to myself “this is a ttrpg waiting to happen”. So … bitch angel ghost killers
Last night, the Paper Cult crew wrapped up our Fabula Ultima game. Out of every game I’ve played with them, this is the game I regretted saying farewell the most. I’ve decided it’s my favorite fantasy game and it probably competes with Lancer for being my all-time favorite some days. It’s been a weird 48 … fabula ultima was made for me
For the past month through the end of October, Binary is hosting the fourth annual Minimalist TTRPG Jam. As part of my efforts to publish a beta for The Serket Hack by the end of the year, I’ve decided to participate. In a feat of monumental laziness, I’m writing this post to kill three birds … 270,336 spells
In a game where every character can participate in commerce, what is a merchant? Every character can pick up a sword or steal, but fighters and thieves are established archetypes. We could conclude, then, that a merchant is someone particularly skilled at business. This perspective is both reductive and conceptually boring: stories of business are … the merchant class
