Play: Aarne Linden: Hulluuden vuorilla (Tikkurilan teatteri, 2018) Hulluuden vuorilla (At the Mountains of Madness) is a play based on the H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name, dramatized and directed by Aarne Linden. It consists of a single scene in which the organizers of a new Antarctic expedition hear Continue Reading
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Tuhannen viillon kuolema nyt äänikirjana!
Meitsin romaani Tuhannen viillon kuolema on nyt saatavilla myös äänikirjana, esimerkiksi täällä!
Non-Digital: Itras by – the Menagerie
The Menagerie is a supplement for the Norwegian roleplaying game Itras by, created by Ole Peder Giæver and Martin Bull Gudmundsen. However, if you’re familiar with roleplaying game supplements, this is definitely something else. As befits the surreal nature of Itras by, the Menagerie calls into question the very meaning of Continue Reading
Kuparihärkä on tullut painosta!
Meitsin kolmas romaani Kuparihärkä on tullut painosta! Aina hieno fiilis kyllä kun kirja muuttuu fyysiseksi esineeksi. Julkkarit on Toverissa ensi viikolla, 4.10. Kaikki paikalle vaan! Aikaistin aloitusta kuudesta puoli kuuteen jotta voi tulla luontevasti suoraan töistä. Ohjelma on kevyttä, puhun kirjasta ja myös trilogian edellisen osan Tuhannen viillon Continue Reading
Non-Digital: Analog Game Studies vol. 2
I’ve read the second of the Analog Game Studies books in my quest to catch up on the series. You can check out the book here or read the articles here. After the introductory first book, this second volume is where the series really gets going. It feels like in Continue Reading
Non-Digital: Slowquest and Roleplaying Game Culture
I was at the Helsinki Comics Festival recently, lured in by the promise of roleplaying game related indie stuff. The Australian illustrator Bodie Hartley was there with a series of little booklets published under the title Slowquest. They’re interesting because while they are not roleplaying games, they are most definitely Continue Reading
Kuparihärkä-romaanin julkkarit 4.10.!
Kuparihärkä-romaanin julkaisua juhlistetaan 4.10. Toverissa!
Non-Digital: Our History
The Finnish Museum of Games opened a new exhibit on the history of tabletop roleplaying games in Finland yesterday. It’s wonderful stuff and I expected the feelings of nostalgia revisiting all these old things brought me. But the real surprise was in how much there was I’d never heard of Continue Reading
Non-Digital: Analog Game Studies vol. 1
I’ve worked a lot on tabletop games this year because of my involvement with Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition, and I developed a yearning for the kind of design writing about tabletop games that we have for larp in the form of the Knutepunkt books. As sometimes happens, it turns Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #166 – Kohteena Etelämanner
Discussion panel: University of Helsinki: Kohteena Etelämanner (Focus on Antarctica), 2018 Kohteena Etelämanner (Focus on Antarctica) is a public discussion held by the University of Helsinki on 27.8.2018. It’s also available as a video recording on the university website. In the discussion, three Finnish scientists who have worked at the Continue Reading