Peter Rudin-Burgess

Fictional Positioning is the relationship between the characters, their environment and everything in it. For the most part you don’t notice it until something goes wrong, when the GM says “You cannot do that, their is a boulder in the way.” Your character would certainly have seen a huge boulder between them and their escape … Read more

I once wrote a blog post along the lines of Role Playing Games do not exist. The premise was that the rulebooks we buy are not complete games, they are just toolkits. It is using these tools that we construct our own unique games. I think the interest in actual plays is to see how … Read more

Solo games don’t have loops. They have humps. As there is no need to pass information back and forth between GM and player, the understanding in solo play is perfect, as are the descriptions of the setting and the creation of the atmosphere. The basic core loop in RPGs is GM describes situation Players describe … Read more

Until about 20 minutes ago I didn’t know what interaction design is. Apparently the cool kids call it IxD. As it happens Interaction Design is what I have been specialising in for the past two years without even knowing what it is. I kind of like it when I arrive at a conclusion and then … Read more

When I first saw the title for today my first thought was about railroading players. If you have a set objective in mind then you are more likely to be tempted into railroading your players to achieve that objective. Then I remembered Sagas of Midgard (@DHornGames). This is a fairly rules light RPG with just … Read more