Chess Series
Interview 1: Seraphina on RPGs, Board Games, and Eisegesis
The author of "What do we mean when we say a game supports play?"
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay 1: Chess Supports Roleplay
Reading into chess and other abstract games.
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay: The Problem with Production Value
A Retrospective on SPINE and Production Value
Essays on TTRPGs
Playing Alone Together
My essay in The Soloist, plus the social dyanamics of solo RPGs.
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay: The GM Is Dead
In Firebrands, The GM Is Dead.
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay: Solo RPGs: An open or shut case?
On open-ended and close-ended solo rpgs and what group play can learn from them
Essays on TTRPGs
Interview 3: Liz Little on Games and Ergodic Lit
An interview with Liz Little on Games and Ergodic Literature
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs
An essay on how reading is part of playing ttrpgs (and why that matters)
Essays on TTRPGs
Interview 2: Clayton Notestine on Book Design
An interview with Clayton Notestine about book design and how it can invite play
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books?
An essay on how we talk about ttrpg books, plus how book design invites bookplay.
Essays on TTRPGs
Interview 1: Jay Dragon on Bookplay
An interview with Jay Dragon about how ttrpgs play with books
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs
An essay on how we play with books in ttrpgs, also SPINE the ttrpg