The Three Laws of Emergent Story Motion
As part of character creation for a FRG campaign, I asked one of the players some clarifying questions about his character’s background because I had story idea...
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So Long, Farewell, Vale, Nentir Vale
I’d like to stay and taste my first champagneSo long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbyeI leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye — Goodbye!I’m...
Acting and Representation as Character Roleplaying
Johnn Four over at Roleplaying Tips has a discussion about what it means to roleplay a character. He has a distinction between acting and representation as role...
Plot Devices, Plot Opportunities, Published Adventures, and FRG
I admit that I use a lot of published adventures in my campaigns partly because I’m lazy, partly because some of them are pretty good but mostly because m...
What is a role-playing game?
Well that certainly is a pretentious title, eh? I don’t really mean for it to be pretentious and, in fact, I’m not all that interested in defining r...
Choices
I’ve had choicesSince the day that I was bornThere were voicesThat told me right from wrongIf I had listenedNo I wouldn’t be here todayLiving and dy...