Dragonmeet and widening the RPG audience

I had a great time at Dragonmeet on Saturday. It may surprise some people to know that this was my first Dragonmeet (London’s premiere roleplaying convention which I believe has been going since the 1980s) but in fact, UK Games Expo this year was the first gaming convention I’d gone to since, I think, Games… Continue reading Dragonmeet and widening the RPG audience

Microscope: roleplaying history fractally

I’ve been exploring quite a lot of roleplaying games recently, but Microscope is probably the most unique I’ve come across thus far. Arguably, it isn’t even a roleplaying game, although roleplaying is part of it. The goal of the players is not to play a character but to create a fictional history, potentially spanning tens… Continue reading Microscope: roleplaying history fractally

Fighting Fantasy

A filmmaker is attempting to raise £40,000 on Kickstarter to make a film about the development and legacy of Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson’s Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. It’s an ambitious project which I’d love to see happen, so I’ve chipped in and would encourage you to do the same. I was one of the first… Continue reading Fighting Fantasy