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In Defense of “Boring” Worlds
Caroline has stepped up to the typewriter to talk about the beauty of creating “boring” settings with In This World. Worlds that aren’t incredibly strange or fant… May 4
Our Last Beautiful Dream
I could tell you about our In This World game the other night, when we explored the topic of Dreams. I could tell you about the Leviathan haunting our nightmares, or planned dreams… May 3
A Bard, As In Shakespeare
We’ve been using In This World to explore D&D concepts, as you do. Last week: dungeons. This week: character classes. One of our statements is, in normal D&D, bards a… May 3
The Layer Cake of Gaming
Every time we sit down to play a role-playing game, we build this layer cake, stacking each level upon the previous one: First we decide what our game is about. What are the themes… Apr 26