Editorials – Page 19

Social Combat – Final Round. Fight!

blut_und_glas July 20, 2017 3

In Round 2, I briefly sketched out the possibility of generally using combat to determine the results of actions and situations and some of the resulting effects on storytelling. But […]

Big and all alone – a small decision

blut_und_glas July 19, 2017 0

A carnival ogre left behind under a tree or an ogre baby placed on temple steps?

Social Combat – Round 2. Fight!

blut_und_glas July 9, 2017 1

Perhaps I should have given this a more universal title when writing Round 1 because it was fairly inevitable that it would escalate beyond simple social interaction. After all, the […]

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 […]