Stories You Play
Posted in General, Heads or Tales, Indie RPGs, Theory on Dec 18th, 2006
I’m currently reading a book called Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel Dennett. Dennett’s a brilliant contemporary philosopher. His book is about evolution and religion, which is very interesting to me, personally. But, page 126 of his book has something that should be very interesting for anyone who’s into Narrativism (i.e. [...]
Posted in Heads or Tales, Theory on Dec 5th, 2006
In my previous entry, I explained the divide I observe between GM-heavy creativity and democratized creativity in gaming. I said that Robin Laws' The Esoterrorists appears to stand pretty firmly in the GM-heavy camp. It's likely a superb game, but I'd be more interested if it took more chances toward the shared authority camp.
But, let [...]
Posted in Heads or Tales, Indie RPGs on Dec 5th, 2006
I really need to check out The Esoterrorists, a new RPG by Robin Laws. Robin’s a great guy, and a great game designer. I’ve met him, and I’ve long admired his games. Among his designs are Over the Edge (with Jonathan Tweet), Rune, Feng Shui, The Dying Earth, and far and away my favorite of [...]
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