Kitty Bennet, Vampire Slayer: Convention One Shot

April 14, 2007 – 10:52 am

In the comments to Jim Macdonald’s afformentioned post, Heresiarch outlines the convention one-shot version of the Jane Austen + Vampires plot.

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iTunes Music^W Store

September 12, 2006 – 10:33 pm

First impressions: damn, it’s hard to use the wheel to play Vortex with the protective film I put on my iPod.

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Episodic Gaming

June 27, 2006 – 10:52 pm

Clive Thompson writes about ‘episodic gaming’. Instead of investing 50 to 80 hours or more in a game, play a complete story in a couple of hours, then come back (if you want) for the next episode.
But brevity isn’t the only benefit here. There are also artistic advantages. Episodic play lets gamemakers tell stories in [...]

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‘Sniping’ is the best strategy on eBay

June 26, 2006 – 11:46 pm

An analysis of bidding behavior on eBay confirms that ’sniping,’ bidding at the last possible moment of an online auction, is the best way to bid. It would had been great to have access to a data set like eBay’s when I was studying auctions back in grad school

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Saving Some Browser Tabs

June 18, 2006 – 9:27 pm

My gaming group’s starting up an Amber diceless campaign. It’s set in a Nazi-occupied England, and the player characters are part of the The Resistance. John Kim found an article on how the real Nazi’s turned contortions to keep Shakespeare off their banned books register.
An interview with writer Barbara Ehrenreich, who has just started her [...]

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RPG planning with note cards

April 26, 2006 – 11:51 pm

Over at Treasure Tables, Laura Heilman recommends using index cards and a cork board for planning a role playing game. Tinderbox would also work nicely.

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Grrr, Argh.

April 23, 2006 – 10:18 pm

I don’t talk about role playing games here, but it’s something I enjoy.
Friday night I ran the conclusion of Silicon Valley Slayage (SVS) , a campaign I’ve run with John Kim over the past three years using Eden Studio’s officially licensed rules for Buffy the Vampire Slayer-based games.
Badgerbag live blogged the finale, which will give [...]

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New Genres for Hamlet

July 26, 2005 – 11:45 pm

Last weekend, my gaming group tried a “parlor LARP” of Hamlet, set after the Prince kills Polonius, but before Claudius sends him off to England with that letter.
I just found an Infocom-style version of Hamlet you can play in a browser. Now you can type kill claudius. [ via Elizabeth Bear ]

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