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Role Playing

Hmmm Should I Watch The Superbowl or Televised D&D from Vegas?

by Baz AndersonFebruary 12, 2009

photo credit: Torley
I created a thread on the RPG.net forums yesterday that I think is fun, and you might be interested in. It started off with me musing about the idea of popularizing televised Role Playing Games as a sort of “sport” – much in the same way that poker games have.
I started by [...]

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3 Reasons You Don’t Have To Be A Master Storyteller To Be a Great GameMaster

by Baz AndersonFebruary 11, 2009

photo credit: h.koppdelaney
I’ve seen Master storytellers; Gamemasters who could enthrall groups of players with the most amazing stories, the most perilous adventures and the most delightful characters. I’ve seen game masters who spend hours away from the gaming table crafting entire complex worlds full of wonder, excitement and bristling with daring deeds to be [...]

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Darkon (Full Film)

by Baz AndersonJanuary 20, 2009

Darkon: a film about the games we play, how we play them and what they mean to us. Don’t miss this one. I believe that it shows the deep desire many of us have to transcened the ordinary in our daily lives and seek something perhaps more meaningful. And it shows some of the dangers [...]

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Rethinking Role Playing: The Rise of Independent Thought and Independent Games

by Baz AndersonJanuary 7, 2009

photo credit: pigliapost
Role-playing games that cause kitchen tables to be cleaned of all dinnerware, desks to be cleared off and game store tables to be filled with Styrofoam landscapes, plastic trees and sword wielding miniatures are still a bit of a mystery to the average person.
People may imagine any number and variety of bizarre [...]

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Playing To The Audience Across The Table: An Introduction to Role Playing

by Baz AndersonDecember 8, 2008

photo credit: mOOrango*
For several decades role-playing games meant tabletop role-playing games – pen and paper affairs that left the kitchen table covered in half open rule books, character sheets and other assorted paperwork. Most people have at least a passing familiarity with the idea of a role-playing game. Games like Dungeons and Dragons, World [...]

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