Tag: TTRPGs
The Game Wants to Be Played!
Exploring collectables, repair, stewardship, and games.
My Life as a Cursed Sword: A Review of Artefact
Truly, I really wanted to like Artefact. Several people pointed it out to me as comparable to my current project, Awakened Applewood. Both include conscious objects reckoning with their existence and seeking answers to questions innate to their form that have no correct answer.…
Small Souls in a Big World: A Wanderhome Setting
There are two parallel worlds, although none can tell you where one ends and the other begins. The True world is whimsical and rich with emotion, where animalfolk live lives of gentleness, curiosity, and pastoral comfort. The Weird world is a strange, surreal mirror; a medieval…
Re-Writing Your Adventure: Stewpot & Narrative Therapy
Stewpot is a 2025 TTRPG from Evil Hat where you and your friends play adventurers who have retired to start a tavern. The book is marketed with a cozy, slice-of-life theme, and you could even bring characters from another more traditional campaign that you’d like to retire.…
If You’ve Only Ever Played D&D, You’re Missing Out
Tabletop RPGs are story engines. Why would you want to tell only one kind of story?
Oh Fyora, We're Really In It Now
When the ttrpg discourse drops tea so hot it remakes your first blog post
The Journey to Define Cozy Games
I’ve been on a journey for a few months trying to understand coziness in games from a top-down perspective. I think I’ve finally found, in reading some philosophy of language, a workable answer.