Category: Geek Culture

  • Let’s Stat at the Beginning, Part One

    Back in the Before Times (2022) I talked about taking on a little personal project, to approach D&D 5e as if I were doing a developmental edit on a manuscript. Basically, taking the “just house rule it!” advice we’re barraged with on social media whenever a problem with the game is brought up, and going…

  • Wandering Grateful

    Last night we aired the second part of Ways and Wanderings: The Beginning, the Wanderhome RPG actual play that started planning back in June. I had mixed feeling as I watched it; proud to see the thing we had accomplished on screen and shared with people, but also sad as the project came to a…

  • Solo Saturday Part Two!

    This past Saturday was Solo Saturday the First! By every metric I care about it was a rousing success: folks came by and engaged, I had returning viewers, some of the creators dropped by at various points, money was donated to Extra Life, I got new followers, and I played four excellent games. It was…

  • Solo Saturday!

    Tomorrow, starting at 10am MST/Noon EST, I am playing eight hours of Solo TTRPGs in support of Extra Life! There will also be chatting, and prize giveaways, and stuff. “Oo, stuff! Tell us more about the Stuff, Brent!” I will, I promise, but let’s take things in order. Games! Picking up from where I left…

  • My Extra Life got an Extra Life!

    I had glorious plans for Extra Life back in the summer. Laid them all out, started organizing, planning, it was great! And then when I tried to execute on those plans at the beginning of September, I discovered that my hardware was not up to the task, even in the simplest ways. So I shelved…

  • Just a Coffee

    This is a hard post to write. I try as much as possible to focus on TTRPG stuff and show off a good mix of the myriad projects and events going on in the space, along with projects I’m working on. But there is no getting around it, I need to ask for some help.…

  • There’s No “We” in AI

    AI generated art has been the hot button topic in the TTRPG space for the last little while. There are, as so often happens, respected voices in the industry coming out on all sides of the, well, let’s call it a “conversation” to be polite, which it mostly hasn’t been. And that’s understandable, especially as…

  • Monday at The Rat Hole

    Another week another Monday! Which means another interview over at The Rat Hole. I’m particular happy to get this interview, I hope you’ll give it a read and grab a copy of Navathem’s End.

  • Change of Plans

    If you’ve been following my Extra Life plans you might have wondered why there were no ads going out for games this weekend. There’s good reason for that. Sadly, I had to cancel my planned games this weekend. The loss of my best friend last month, coupled with the death of my cousin Randy a…

  • The Rat Hole for August 15

    Today over at The Rat Hole I have an interview with Côme Martin & Nicolas Folliot about the new edition of Meanwhile, In the Subway. Head on over and give it a read, then check out the game!