I recently attended Breakout Con in Toronto for the first time; it’s a close enough drive to be almost local and I had quite a few friends who were making the trip as well. It was an amazing convention, and…
Tag: gaming
Diving Into Indie RPGs
So, for a while now, I’ve been making more of an effort to seek out and play more indie RPGs, ones that aren’t the big names and aren’t put out by the big publishers. Games like Dungeons & Dragons and…
Storytelling, Emotional Investment, and Cooperation in Gaming
If you hadn’t noticed, I started doing write-ups of my Out of the Abyss D&D sessions here on the blog. I initially just started doing it to keep track of the story myself, and maybe give my players a way…
Adventure Time, D&D, and the Sliding Scale of Silliness vs Seriousness
This summer starts the official launch of Dungeons and Dragons Next, or 5th edition. I’m pretty excited for it, and I’ll admit that I’m pretty optimistic about it after hearing the reviews from some of the many play-testers (of which…