TTRPG
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The OSR and Me
At my local nerd convention, I had the opportunity to run one of the many games that I prepped for that convention weekend. That game was Mazes, which as a modern Old School Renaissance (OSR) game that has a wonderful mix between modern games and older games. I am not sponsored, but it was a Continue reading
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D&D, yes…and Improv
I am taking part in a new improv show that is being prepared at our local theatre. While I will not spoil anything, because part of the joy of the form and the show is to see it in person, I will talk about some of the experience of running the show in practice that Continue reading
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The Archetype vs The Character
I took an acting workshop relatively recently, and there was a note that was given to another person in that class when they were doing a scene with someone else. It was a scene where the actor had chosen that one of the characters, as informed by the script, was a nerd. The note that Continue reading
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“What do you want, Paul?” – On Wants and Character Motivation
“What’s that one concrete goal that motivates all your actions?” One of the gifts of the Internet that keep on giving is Starkid’s musical, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals. Among one of its many musical numbers is a number called What Do You Want Paul, where Paul’s boss interrogates him on behalf of the Continue reading
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Capturing Life in a Game
I want to capture the feeling of an experience–and that’s the essence of most forms of art. We want to evoke things that we’ve experienced in our lives and transport it like a picture frame…like a portal to that place for others. There’s something about that capturing process in the different mediums of art that Continue reading
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The Theme Park MMO and the Parallels with TTRPG Design
I am a big fan of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) genre of games. I grew up playing RuneScape, and I still play Old School RuneScape today. Because I am still an MMORPG fan, it comes with no surprise that I am a fan of Josh Strife Hayes, who creates videos surrounding Continue reading
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On Jam Culture and Community
If you’ve been keeping up with this blog in any amount of way, it is not a secret that I am both an improviser, but that I am also a fan of jazz. I am a fan of the music, the culture, and the magical things that can happen when you share a language–albeit a Continue reading
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Selecting TTRPGs for a general convention
I am currently preparing a list of games that I would like to run at a local nerd convention! This nerd convention is a general convention, and it has various sorts of nerd things going on: cosplay, panels, and gaming rooms. There is both a video gaming room and a table top gaming room, which Continue reading
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Developing Taste and Still Enjoying Food (and Games)
Reading tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) can be like eating food– And don’t forget it, because literally, that is this whole blogpost. From baby to bigger kid 2023 was a big year for TTRPGs, and a big year for me. We started the year with the Open Game License (OGL) fiasco, which resulted in me jumping 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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