I found this gem in the Wayback Machine, our first Indie Games Explosion at Dreamation 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20041212115812/http://incarnadine.indie-rpgs.com:80/ige.html And the schedule grid, handmade by me in CorelDRAW: We offered 26 game sessions and 3 seminars. This year, for our 15th annual IGX, we’ll be offering well over 80 sessions, including some of those same games that … Read more
“I told him you were the lost princess of Kelmaars, called Masuura,” Qaansoole said, wiping the blood from Sabit’s lip. “You are fleeing from an arranged marriage to an ugly, vicious man. You have two rewards upon your head. One from your betrothed and one from your father. Heguir was delighted and dispatched emissaries to … Read more
“No wonder this feral cat refused to tell me her name,” Heguir chuckled after Qaansoole had said her piece about the warrior woman lying chained on the floor. “She will make me a tidy profit. The gold shall be a balm to my wounds she inflicted, as will the knowledge that she is delivered to … Read more
Heguir led his guards and the shackled Sabit through the crowded compound, Rayshabu following behind. She held her head low like a chastized child. The procession wound through reeking barracks of chained captives, awaiting the next buyer of their misery. Their eyes passed over Sabit without hope or pity, the brutality of their daily labor … Read more
The original no-prep game of hilarious workaday horror. Whenever I need to offer another game at a convention, there’s always InSpectres. Everyday people in bizarre situations never cease to amuse. The confessional allows everyone that ironic distance that makes it even funnier. A true gem.
SWoM changed my perspective so much that I published my own hack of it AND started a completely new hobby! It taught me to trust my own narrative voice in a way that 15 years of indie games hadn’t. I learned to trust it so much that I’ve spent the last several years writing sword-and-sorcery … Read more
My wife’s game about the human cost of serial killers is beautifully heartbreaking every single time. Everyone at the table contributes to each other’s obstacles and it works like magic. You laugh with the characters as they struggle to achieve their hopes, and cry with them when their all-too-brief life comes to an end. Your … Read more
I thought I could redefine superheroic role-playing. I thought I could break new ground in the way we made stuff up with each other. I thought I could make a game that I’d be playing for the rest of my life. Turns out I made a game I couldn’t bear to play just a few … Read more
I have laughed more playing this game than probably anything else. With so little structure to the game, it was the first time I realized that _I_ was the one entertaining my friends, not the game. But when this goes wrong, it goes WRONG. I will never offer this as a convention game again. Sometimes … Read more
For a decade now, this has been the game of choice for my local gamer friends. They love the tactical crunch of the system, ladling narrative on top to taste. I’ve gone through love-hate cycles with this, but it’s what my friends like. To be a part of this RL community, 4E is where it’s … Read more