A Gnome's Ponderings

  One of the questions I recently found myself pondering yet again is the difference between character interaction and player interaction.  ...

When reminiscing about Dungeons and Dragons and loophole abuse, I found myself musing about the red-headed stepchild of the system, fourth e...

The  Since I left the world of playing in a weekly Dungeon and Dragons game that plays all year round, I have realized that different season...

OfOver the last few years, I have looked at a decent number of micro RPGs. Those aren't just RPGs that are designed for one-shots but on...

I just stumbled down a rabbit hole and a blast from the past when I rediscovered the role playing game Time Lord. It was the second role pla...

I recently reread Ocean, partly to get myself back into reading RPGs for fun. I first read it when I was just starting to explore indie game...

In Something Global, you play an ape rising up against humanity in rebellion in pretend and tweet about it in real life. Your success as an ...

The kingdom is at war and the king lies dying. A power struggle has begun between the rightful prince, the supreme general and the the reso...

I don't know if it is a shift in my interest in role-playing games or if there is an actual shift in the industry or culture of role-pla...

I want to like Into the Odd so much more than I do. True to its name, it's an odd combination of indie mechanical sensibilities and seri...

It is after the end. Civilization has collapsed. Everything has fallen apart. Your fears are all around you, threatening to destroy you and ...

Monophobia is a collection of three Call of Cthulhu adventures that are specifically designed for just one player. After I already wrote abo...

One Missed Call is a short form role playing game for two people trust explores physical and emotional distance.  Seriously, some of these s...

Role playing games that are designed for two people has always seemed like an odd design space for me. Since my earliest experiences with ga...

Microscope has been the GM-free RPG I have played the most over the past couple years. Quite frankly, it's the RPG that I've played ...

While I have yet to play The Final Girl, it's been a game that has been discussed in my circles for years. And, while its focus isn...

Imagine, if you will, that you are an escaped convict from an intergalactic prison. You and your fellow escaped convicts have managed to t...