I recently wrote about my disaffection with gaming – something that’s been creeping over me for a while. There has been a more tangible example recently of my struggles to enjoy my at-the-table experience and how it manifests in game systems. We’ve been playing the Pathfinder 2e playtest. Now, I played a lot of Pathfinder …
Continue reading Shadowrun vs. Pathfinder: Complexity and Cognitive Load
I recently posted about my frustration with some of the oddities of Shadowrun 5e on Facebook and was asked to elaborate on some of the specifics of what I'm encountering. This is a much easier medium to write a long post in than Facebook though, so I'm putting it here - where it will post …
Diceless games are hard. I've written about diceless games before - I love Amber DRPG - and explored other games that don't use dice (or cards, or any sort of randomizer). I tend to very much enjoy games without randomizers, without the disturbance of dice. I've tinkered with trying to create such a game several …
