Editorials – Page 18

allcaps

blut_und_glas July 8, 2017 4

Makes the use of capitalisation in a game’s title a difference? Are Hunter hunter HUNTER perceived differently? Are they completely different games? And what about HuNtEr hUntEr … ?

[German] International Classification of Disadvantages

blut_und_glas July 6, 2017 0

Everytime someone starts talking about how useful “the ICD” is for a “mature”, “deep” and “realistic” portrayal of characters with mental disorders, I cannot help but think that what the […]

Social Combat – Round 1. Fight!

blut_und_glas July 4, 2017 1

Fight is my Diplomacy! Sometimes, everything just clicks together suddenly. Of course there is not need for interaction rules when trying to capture the storytelling of fighting games with an […]

[German] Alltagsinspiration

blut_und_glas July 3, 2017 2

Some German musings on inspiration from everyday life.

Twilight Imperium – Pagan Mind Break Edition

blut_und_glas July 2, 2017 1

Board game saturday. Reptiletongue: Jol Nar. Isn’t that the hammer of Odin? The Paganboy: ……………………………………………………..

[German] Tage des Ruins: Gedanken, Hintergründe, Entstehungsgeschichte

blut_und_glas July 1, 2017 2

Backgrounds and notes on our series of daily ruins (which finished today). In German.

Influencing character creation via music? My initial impulse is to say that this will work best with computer assissted character creation. Although that thought obviously stems from the association with […]

[German] Karneval der Archive – Thema: Ruinen

blut_und_glas June 28, 2017 0

The archives lie in ruins! Old articles fitting in with the “ruins” topic of this month’s German RPG bloggers’ carnival. In German, as usual.

Language Validation and Translating Games

blut_und_glas June 27, 2017 2

Since Geh nicht in den Winterwald, the German language version of Don’t Walk in Winter Wood, came out earlier this year, I cannot quite shake the thought of language validation […]

Cyber Law: Double Body Jeopardy

blut_und_glas June 26, 2017 2

Scenario: A person can transfer their consciousness between different bodies (and/or bodyless forms of existence). Violence is perpetrated against one such body while it is currently uninhabited by the person’s […]