Here we are, at the end of August, which was RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question, the final question of the series, is this: What do you anticipate most for gaming in 2018? Oh, well. I guess now it’s time to get down to logistics.
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: What is an RPG genre-mashup you would most like to see? Ah, well, now we’re in dangerous territory, since the stuff I’d most like to see is stuff I’m working on, yes, as in projects I want to write and pitch and sell and get out into the world. I won’t say anything about those because, unlike in fiction, I think in RPGs an interesting and unusual idea is actually worth something, even if execution still matters more than idea. Also, a lot …
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: What film/series is the biggest source of quotes in your group? Huh, funny assumption. I can say I’ve played with people who do this a lot—who love to quote lines from Monty Python or action movies or whatever—but not so much, lately. I don’t have a regular group, right now, but in my last group, I don’t really recall anyone quoting movies so much. That’s not to say there wasn’t comedy, it was just more situational or (imaginary) slapstick comedy. Do groups …
A while ago I mentioned being in the “home stretch” on the book I’m writing. A bunch of people were very encouraging when I said that, which, well, encouraged me. (Thanks, everyone.) Thing is, I still am in that home stretch, pretty close to where I was at the time I made that comment, in fact. I’m kind of stuck there. Not writing-stuck: I would be done the draft if it wasn’t for the exigencies of life. A recurrent, won’t-go-away ear infection has been gnawing on our son, and I developed bronchitis (seemingly the same damned bug), just as a …