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Tuning Into Wednesday

Little did I know I would be stepping into a nightmare. Full of mystery, mayhem, and murder. I think I’m going to love it...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

Approaching Scum & Villainy

These days I like to choose games to run where the challenge is in the execution not in just memorising the rules. This tends...
Ian O'Rourke
7 min read

The Perfection of Andor

I’d always had high hopes for Andor and I had those confirmed when I watched the first three episodes and talked about my hopes...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

Bourne-tastic Vampire Thriller

We recently came back from CottageCon, our weekend of gaming. It was a unique experience in that this was a CottageCon with the smallest...
Ian O'Rourke
7 min read

The Challenges of Online Play

Since the death of the gaming group, my pattern of actual play is changing. It’s switched from regular, long-form play to two alternate methods....
Ian O'Rourke
12 min read

Andor: The Reckoning

I’ve watched the first three episodes of Andor that have been released on Disney+ and they are a glorious thing. The first season is...
Ian O'Rourke
10 min read

Playing The One Ring

I recently got to play The One Ring a game designed to give you the Tolkien experience. I’m not a big fan of setting-heavy...
Ian O'Rourke
5 min read

Forged Powered in the Dark Apocalypse

Where we are inspired to write about some of the difference between two great fiction first systems
Ian O'Rourke
11 min read

Great Narrative Tropes

I’m doing my usual thing and considering what I may run next as part of my tabletop role-playing endeavours. As usual, I’m taking what...
Ian O'Rourke
12 min read

The Nature of World Building

One of the things I find myself saying occasionally on #ttrpg Twitter is we don’t do world-building. People are often shocked by this. Some...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read