In my A Game Per Year project, my goal has been to read one roleplaying game corebook for every year they’ve been published. However, I soon started to feel that it was hard to decipher how the games were really meant to be played. For this reason, I decided to start a Continue Reading
Books
A Game Per Year: Steal Away Jordan (Bonus 2008)
I started to feel that I didn’t know roleplaying games well enough so I came up with the plan to read a roleplaying game corebook for every year they have been published. Selection criteria is whatever I find interesting. In Steal Away Jordan, you play Black slaves during the period Continue Reading
A Game Per Year: Cartel (Bonus 2020)
I started to feel that I didn’t know roleplaying games well enough so I came up with the plan to read a roleplaying game corebook for every year they have been published. Selection criteria is whatever I find interesting. It often feels that in the world of American roleplaying games, Continue Reading
A Game Per Year: My Body is a Cage (Bonus 2021)
I started to feel that I didn’t know roleplaying games well enough so I came up with the plan to read a roleplaying game corebook for every year they have been published. Selection criteria is whatever I find interesting. My Body is a Cage is a deceptively simple game with Continue Reading
75/52 New RPGs: The Lonely Giant
I’m on a study project to improve my understanding of roleplaying games. To this end, I already have two reading projects, A Game Per Year and An Adventure Per Year. This is the third, with the goal of reading or playing 52 games made in the last few years. Originally I considered making Continue Reading
74/52 New RPGs: A Game About Throwing Tantrums By an Ex Problem Child
I’m on a study project to improve my understanding of roleplaying games. To this end, I already have two reading projects, A Game Per Year and An Adventure Per Year. This is the third, with the goal of reading or playing 52 games made in the last few years. Originally I considered making Continue Reading
A Game Per Year: Call of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook (Bonus 2014)
I started to feel that I didn’t know roleplaying games well enough so I came up with the plan to read a roleplaying game corebook for every year they have been published. Selection criteria is whatever I find interesting. Traditionally, the business of roleplaying games gets its money by selling Continue Reading
A Game Per Year: Free From the Yoke (Bonus 2019)
I started to feel that I didn’t know roleplaying games well enough so I came up with the plan to read a roleplaying game corebook for every year they have been published. Selection criteria is whatever I find interesting. The first time I encountered the idea that you’d play both Continue Reading
A Game Per Year: Donjon (Bonus 2002)
I started to feel that I didn’t know roleplaying games well enough so I came up with the plan to read a roleplaying game corebook for every year they have been published. Selection criteria is whatever I find interesting. In the early 2000’s when the play culture of my particular Continue Reading
73/52 New RPGs: I Eat Mantras For Breakfast
I’m on a study project to improve my understanding of roleplaying games. To this end, I already have two reading projects, A Game Per Year and An Adventure Per Year. This is the third, with the goal of reading or playing 52 games made in the last few years. Originally I considered making Continue Reading