Essays on TTRPGs
Interview: David Harris on Adaptation and the Public Domain Game Jam
Six-time winner of the Public Domain game jam
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay: Chess has Baggage
Designing with and around "baggage"
Chess Series
Interview: Jason Morningstar on Boxed RPGs
The designer of Fiasco, Desperation, and Zhenya's Wonder Tales.
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay: Chess is a Boxed RPG
"Unboxed" RPGs and repurposing board game components.
Chess Series
Interview: 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: 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)