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A Ramble On Maintaining and Creating Online Communities
I want to talk about the role of community and defining community in an online environment because I think this is relevant to a lot of recent news. And it is something that I don’t think I will be able to make into a larger post, as these are observations of a person who doesn’t Continue reading
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What table is good for me?
I am writing this on the day after a game that I did not enjoy, and I will be revisiting this article later for edits before its posting day. I am intentionally scheduling this to post on a day that is later than today, because I want a bit of abstraction about the table that Continue reading
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Superheroes and Secret Identities
I wanted to start a discussion about identity because it occurred to me that in our superhero game, our Cypher system game that is, I don’t address my players who are superheroes by their superhero names. There was a moment 30-ish sessions in or so that we’ve been playing, which has nearly been a year, Continue reading
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The Outside-ness of Being Much Too Late (A Musing On Belonging)
Growing up, there were a good amount of experiences that I did not share with my peers until much later in life. Part of the reason was because my parents had immigrated to the US, and the pool of people who were also being raised in a first-generation, immigrant household was smaller than the pool Continue reading
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D&D Is Not Improv
There are elements of TTRPGs that lend themselves to multiple different domains. Improvised theatre, writing, game design, acting, music direction…prop making. There are a variety of supplements you can use to enhance your experience of your game at your table. As I have been taking improv classes (nearly for a year now!) and performing as Continue reading
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What is your drag?
While scrolling through the very distracting area of YouTube Shorts, I found a tidbit from an interview with Brennan Lee Mulligan about his costuming in Dimension 20’s latest production, Dungeons and Drag Queens. (It’s no secret that I’m a fan of his, and all of the lovely people at College Humor/Dropout. I mean, check every Continue reading
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Grief, Anxiety, and Failure
While in rehearsals for my first bout of scripted theatre, which is quite a recent story, I knew that I was mostly off book. This meant that I knew the gist of my lines, although I wasn’t necessarily word for word. I knew the ideas that I needed to convey to carry ideas to my Continue reading
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What Is Good?
In any sort of medium, space, or activity, there is the question of an objective way to measure skill, or superiority of skill. Who is the best at a thing? It is in our nature. We as people, we as humans enjoy competing in our tribes against other tribes. It’s not just unique to humans. Continue reading
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Why Indie RPGs?
The reason why I got into indie RPGs is not just because of the OGL fiasco. I discussed this in my Perfect Game thing. I am always looking for systems and tools that will help my players feel more comfortable at the table. Whether that is taking improv classes to be able to get them Continue reading
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Not An Original Idea
There’s a thing in social media and in other places–there is a culture of not quoting other people. I grew up with a wonderful education system that is for reference, the United States public education system in the lovely state of Hawaii. Which means a lot of things, as a public school in Hawaii is Continue reading
About Me
An avid storyteller who enjoys all sorts of mediums for storytelling, but primarily games. I have been a Game Master since 2015, text roleplayer since the ambitious age of 8, and a reader since before that. I worry more often about my art than I should.
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