“Goodness, what a beautiful day, my fellow duke duck” – Art by Cecil Aldin
There’s nobody in history that ever gave the benefit of a doubt to the albatross. They’re screaming, evil bastards. Anyone who ever looked at their eyes can say so. They’re an abomination from the skies.
Continue reading “The Thieving Bird War”“Roll another, you did this to yourself” – Art by Harry Clarke
Macabre fiction, be it weird/horror, mystery or just a general feel of the gothic and decadent in drama, it’s a part of my life both personally and professionally. Therefore, I do engage in occasional horror roleplaying, and remain aware of how it’s infamously hard to ‘pull off’.
Continue reading “Thoughts on Horror Roleplaying: “To Pull Off””No, don’t ask me how to spell Rumpelstilltskin by surprise. – Art by Andrew Lang
“True names have power. If you tell someone your true name, they can attempt to have you raised from the dead if you met your end before your time”
Like everything else awesome in WoDu, it barely takes a couple sentences and doesn’t actually explain anything.
Continue reading “World of Dungeons and True Names”“Yeah, I’m leaving, I’m not dealing with this shit.” – Art by Gustave Doré
“One of the difficulties of horror gaming is that horror as a genre demands some limited agency, and gaming is about player agency.”
I don’t disagree that gaming is about player agency, but I disagree with the notion that horror is necessarily about limited agency of the characters over the situation, and that player agency limits horror.
Continue reading “Player Agency and Horror Roleplaying”I don’t need no stinking spirits – Art by Arthur Rackham
Most Magic requires summoning (…) to perform supernatural effects.
Well, only most. Let’s see the rest!
Continue reading “World of Dungeons – Command, Cantrips and Rituals”Well, it does feel like that for a couple of minutes… – Art by Arthur Rackham
There’s a couple of people who are attracted to solo roleplaying. Some simply don’t have the time to play with others. They may want to test games others have no interest in. Or, like me, you desire for the solitude of having a fictional conversation with yourself.
Continue reading “Why I Game Solo”“Is it too late to use Vancian Magic instead?” – Art by John Dickson Batten
World of Dungeons (WoDu), designed by John Harper, is a gem of a game. While I don’t feel much excitement for Dungeon World and Harper’s other RPGs, I constantly return to WoDu. I decided to create a small series of posts about the original game, reading the text and giving my interpretation and feelings about how to use them. First in this series are my thoughts about summoning.
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Roll to Doubt 