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Fish, Precioussssssss

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Marissa Doyle

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 →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christmas, games, Georgette Heyer, History, Jane Austen, Marissa Doyle

BVC Announces Free Cornish Army by Chris Dolley

Posted on January 14, 2020 by News Editor

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 →

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Posted in Humor, memoir, New Releases | Tagged chess, cornwall, games, hoax, Humor, memoir, rag

A Bandalore by Any Other Name

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Marissa Doyle

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 →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged games, History, Marissa Doyle, toys

Dice Tales: Conclusion

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Marie Brennan

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 →

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Dice Tales: RPGs as Ritual

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Marie Brennan

(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 →

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Dice Tales: Other Relics

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Marie Brennan

(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 →

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Dice Tales: A Story in Song

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Marie Brennan

(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 →

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Dice Tales: The Magic of Wikis

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Marie Brennan

(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 →

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Dice Tales: Ephemerality

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Marie Brennan

(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 →

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Dice Tales: You Had to Be There

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Marie Brennan

(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 →

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