The character sheet as portal into the game

Image by Laenulfean via Flickr I noticed something recently when I was playing in Ethan’s D&D game last week (which is a separate issue I will probably blog about at some point). Whenever I’m playing a roleplaying game, I have the same ritual when I first sit down to play — I pull out my character sheet and I study it. For games [...]

What I’m Playing (And What I’ve Learned)

A few days ago, Justin posted about what he’s playing and what he’s learning from them. Like him, I play a lot of games for research as much as I do for enjoyment. I’ve been meaning to talk about this a bit, so I decided to post what I’ve been playing from the last few [...]