Found here. Short version: if you’re not going to do the obvious stuff, try the not-obvious stuff. And contemplate simply going out in a blaze of glory.
Tag: pj lifestyle
My PJ Lifestyle piece on your Friendly Local Gaming Store.
Found here. Short version: …well. I have views on the intersection of certain geekish habits and the retail industry.
My PJ Lifestyles piece on determining if somebody is into RPGs is out.
Found here. Short version: …just ask them, OK? We’re all adults, here.
My PJ Lifestyle piece on how to be funny while running a game.
Found here. Short version: no fear. And no love of your own dignity.
My PJ Lifestyle piece on social class in RPGs.
Found here. Short version: no, not character class. Dukes and lords and whatnot.
My PJ Lifestyle piece on how to take it easy on your players.
Found here. Short version: I wish I had previously seen that John Wick piece on how awful Tomb of Horrors was. I would have referenced that piece in this one.
My PJ Lifestyle piece on religion in RPGs.
Found here. Short version: using fake religions in your game won’t tick people off, but using real ones allows you to evoke, well, more believable religions. Your call on which path to go down, there.
My PJ Lifestyle post on Illness/Disease in RPGs.
Found here. Short version: …well, it’s one way to inconvenience a high-level character. Sometimes you need that for good play.
My PJ Lifestyle piece on the differences in tone between the 1st edition Delta Green and the 2nd.
Found here. Short version: …it’s interesting how a roleplaying game about government conspiracies and cosmic horror can shift over the course of eighteen years. 9/11 casts a very long shadow still, and Delta Green cannot avoid the effects any more than the rest of us did.
My PJ Lifestyle piece on RPGs and immersion.
Found here. Short version: yeah, ‘immersion’ is totally a thing in computer RPGs now. Mind you, we used to call it ‘losing track of time.’