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Some links, at least tangentially gaming-related:
My friend Will Wilkinson on “Neurodiversity and Writing Advice” – sometime I’ll elaborate my half-serious theory that the central problem of roleplaying as a hobby is getting Aspies and ADDers to cooperate productively “The School of Night,” by Frederick Turner – I first read this essay about [...]
Wow. Nobilis Week sure got interrupted. By, among other things, Nobilis. Our new play-group had our get-to-know-you dinner and start at chargen last night. My dry-rub ribs were excellent, thank you, and it looks like our PC Estates will be Wood, The Moment, Fatherhood and Separation. We’ll wrap up chargen in earnest next Friday night. [...]
Backswords and Bucklers, Elizabethan fantasy retroclone gaming. Especially for Ginger’s attention. I’ll write more about my read-through when I have more time, but it’s got a lot of nice mods to a white-box D&D base, and I really like the character classes. The Scoundrel is a sweet thief/rogue variant and the Wise Woman class is [...]
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