Post #8 in the Hidden Gobin series rewrites Basic D&D with some hidden goblin rules!..read more
Categories: Essays, GAMES, Tabletop Games, WRITING
Post #8 in the Hidden Gobin series rewrites Basic D&D with some hidden goblin rules!..read more
Post #8 in the Hidden Gobin series rewrites Basic D&D with some hidden goblin rules!..read more
This is the 7th post in a series about the hidden work of the GM in tabletop role-playing games. This time we’re..read more
Categories: Essays, GAMES, Tabletop Games, WRITING
Post #6 on hidden goblins in RPGs, and we get right into the weeds with jargon and acronyms and all..read more
Categories: Essays, GAMES, Tabletop Games, WRITING
#5 in the hidden goblin series takes us into Apocalypse World, for the first ever solution to the hidden goblin..read more
Categories: Essays, GAMES, Tabletop Games, WRITING
Post #4 in the hidden goblin series. Nine great games to think about in terms of the hidden play in..read more
Categories: Essays, GAMES, Tabletop Games, WRITING
The 3rd post in the series on hidden goblins goes to “Ravenloft”, which isn’t really known for its goblins if..read more
Categories: Essays, GAMES, Tabletop Games, WRITING
This is part two of a series about the hidden goblin problem in RPGs. Goblin illustration above by Tony Diterlizzi,..read more
Categories: Essays, GAMES, Tabletop Games, WRITING
“The hidden goblin problem is about the things you don't say in a game that's made of saying stuff. It's..read more
Categories: Essays, GAMES, Tabletop Games, WRITING
[Note: this is spoiler-free!] Literary heavyweight Isabel Allende published in 2014 a crime novel, Ripper. A fascinating, swirling study of..read more
Illustration by Michael Komarck; thanks Evie for finding this! “The Call of Cthulhu” is H. P. Lovecraft’s most famous story,..read more
Categories: Essays