Ah, holiday customs. At my house, we’ve developed a new one over the last few years: after exchanging presents and eating Christmas dinner and pulling crackers (we lurrrrve Christmas crackers!) and nibbling at dessert, we usually play a rollicking game … Continue reading
Free Cornish Army by Chris Dolley A short memoir of a huge hoax. The true story of a student who, to publicise Plymouth Charities Week, created the Free Cornish Army and convinced the UK media that Cornwall had risen up … Continue reading
It is a truth universally acknowledged that historical research is probably the most fun you can have with your corset on. I was doing research on Eton in the early nineteenth century a week or so ago, and was on … Continue reading
The Dice Tales column has been running since the beginning of the year; now it’s time to bring it to a close. All the posts will remain available here on Book View Cafe, though spam prevention measures mean the comment … Continue reading
(This is the forty-seventh installment of Dice Tales, an ongoing series of posts about RPGs as storytelling.) *** The Dice Tales series is nearly done, but before I close it out, I want to bring up one thing that may … Continue reading
(This is the forty-sixth installment of Dice Tales, an ongoing series of posts about RPGs as storytelling.) *** I used to work as an archaeologist. People think that field is all about finding Stuff: graves, tools, buildings. But the truth … Continue reading
(This is the forty-fifth installment of Dice Tales, an ongoing series of posts about RPGs as storytelling.) *** There’s another kind of game record that I think may be, if not unique to my own circle of gamers, then decidedly … Continue reading
(This is the forty-fourth installment of Dice Tales, an ongoing series of posts about RPGs as storytelling.) *** Last week we talked about the ephemerality of game narratives and what you would have to do in order to record one … Continue reading
(This is the forty-third installment of Dice Tales, an ongoing series of posts about RPGs as storytelling.) *** When I was studying RPGs in graduate school, I assembled a list of terms to describe the narratives they create. We already … Continue reading
(This is the forty-second installment of Dice Tales, an ongoing series of posts about RPGs as storytelling.) *** Given that RPGs can be seen as a form of storytelling, you would think they’d make for great anecdotes. And they can … Continue reading
