Genre is Rule 0
Posted by Runeslinger on January 27, 2013 · 6 Comments
I watched a video clip yesterday evening which asked “Why?” in connection to the disparity in numbers between those who will choose to respond to an ad looking for D&D or Pathfinder players as compared to the number who will respond to ads for other roleplaying games – mainstream or otherwise. The thoughts which followed … Read more
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The Five Games that Influenced the Way I Play
Posted by Runeslinger on April 11, 2012 · 5 Comments
When checking my blog feed after posting today, I discovered that a very similar idea had been proposed for discussion already. I caught wind of it from Dice Monkey’s post, which in turn sent me to Character Generation, and trawling through the comments of each. The similarities and curious differences in the lists presented are … Read more


