Getting Back in the Game
Hey look, it’s a storify blog post! I had some things to say about tabletop RPGs and how they’ve impacted me as a storyteller. Here you go: [<a...
View ArticleLight a Candle
Things have been pretty scary the past few weeks, even within the hard year that 2017 has been. We had a family health scare just a little while ago (all better now), plus the ongoing garbage fire that...
View ArticleSolipsism and Celebrities
I like Community, but Dan Harmon is just plain wrong here. Tabletop RPGs never stopped innovating and refining. The 80s saw, for example: Call of Cthulhu (81), Paranoia (84), Ars Magica (87), d6 Star...
View ArticleGiant Spiders, the Action Economy, and Your Game
Last session, my D&D party had a great RP-driven evening, having just survived a huge throwdown with a fiend-controlled Arch-druid, a humongo spider, and a zillion spiderlings. That fight is what...
View ArticleWherin I Heap Love Upon Blades in the Dark
After reading Austin Walker‘s comments over the weekend (read the whole thread), I dipped back into the tabletop RPG Blades in the Dark. Reading the game, I was struck again at what a fabulous...
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D&D – Wayfinders, Drama Systems, and Me
I’ve been thinking a lot about D&D and tabletop RPGs, not just in general, but for some specific reasons that will become clear pretty soon (/tease). Here are some of these thoughts, prompted by a...
View ArticleBFGCon Schedule
This weekend, I’m headed to BFGCon, a regional games conference in Frederick, MD. I’m presenting on a few panels, but will otherwise just be hanging out and taking in the gaming goodness. Friday 1300 –...
View ArticleOrigins 2019 schedule
Hello again! It’s still convention season, and Origins will be my third con in six weeks and the end of my busy period with travel for the summer. I’ll be moderating several panels and speaking on a...
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Streaming on Twitch!
Promotional Image for Twitch.tv/TurboTango I’ve relaunched my channel “TurboTango” on Twitch, which I’m hoping to use to stream both video games and some future TTRPG actual play. In last Sunday’s...
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Speculate Marathon + Fundraiser Nov 12th
Speculate Marathon Schedule graphic Hi folks! I haven’t been very active on this feed, mostly because I’ve just now started returning to in-person cons and I’ve been hard at work on writing without as...
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