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22 Jun

Out of Play

I was going to post about my road trip, which was a lot of fun, but I’m feeling too annoyed to write about that right now.
Annoyed, irritated, frustrated, disgusted, and stupid.
Why? My main character at Dragon’s Mark has been out of play for more than a month. Stepping aside from that fact that [...]

03 Apr

Recommended Reading: 4/3/08

A few forum posts that caught my fancy and/or were starred in my Google Reader:

Seeking the North (Storm Divine @ rdi.dragonsmark forums): Great scene. . . if only the conversations weren’t in different colors. . . Light pink text is really hard to read.
Thoughts on Elvish Lore and Gameplay (theonekane @ lotro forums): Interesting analysis [...]

01 Feb

Get it right

Over on the Starsider server at Star Wars Galaxies, roleplaying has evolved into a strange and awkward beast.
RP there is generally an “anything goes” system of semi Free Form RolePlay, occasionally and randomly mingled with the restrictions of actual game mechanics and a sort of tabletop RPG power system. This might work if much [...]

12 Jan

The Necessity of Villainy

Conflict is the key to making roleplay fun, engaging, exciting, interesting, and real. This is true no matter what your playstyle is. And villains, and the conflict they inspire, are necessary for roleplaying.
Let’s start with a couple of definitions.
First, what is conflict?
“Conflict is opposition, either to a character’s situation or self. It isn’t always one [...]

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