Themes in tabletop gaming seem to come and go in popularity. For a while zombies were all the range, yet now they seem to have fallen out of favor with the masses. However, one theme that seems to eternally…
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Adding Tension to Your Story
by John Briggs One simple idea can give your story much-needed tension. One phrase — one sentence, really — can help most authors make their stories more tense, more dramatic, more gripping. “If your characters ever meet you, they…
Science Fiction is the herald of possibility: How fantastic fiction has become science fact
Science fiction—earlier termed fantastic fiction and later speculative fiction for its probing multi-sided search of the world of “What If?”—has anticipated major developments in science and technology for decades. Concepts now gaining widespread scientific recognition—ranging from microchip implants, robot drones…
Call of Cthulhu makes you question whether events are real
Cyanide Studio’s Call of Cthulhu is very much an investigative game, one that sees you weave your way through a Lovecraftian narrative, and when we chatted with lead game designer Jean-Marc Gueney in Paris recently we also learned a little…
How To Handle Character Death From A GM’s Point Of View
How To Handle Character Death From A GM’s Point Of View Posted by Rick Heinz on Games Tabletop Games GM Tips, hosted by the talented veteran Game Master Satine Phoenix, is our show to help Dungeon Masters and Game Masters…
It’s OK to Love D&D, damn it
On – 20 Feb, 2018 By Brook H https://popcultureuncovered.com/2018/02/20/tabletop-tuesday-its-ok-to-love-dd/ A month ago, I wrote an article about how there’s more to roleplaying games than Dungeons & Dragons. This piece was in response to a common question: “Why do you play…
Ditch the grammar and teach children storytelling instead
A report in the Times has quoted a secondary school teacher who complained that their year 7 intake no longer knew how to tell a story. “They knew what a fronted adverbial was, and how to spot an internal clause,…
Death in a Genre of Respawns, Reboots and Reincarnation – Gamelit LitRPG Core Philosophy
Respawn. Has a gamer heard any words more sweet than those? And now that I’m writing in worlds that are governed by the mechanics of games, the way death is dealt with is at the very core of everything. And…
Can Virtual Reality Help Cure PTSD? – Rolling Stone
Chris Merkle had no intention of revisiting the traumatic events he experienced in war. After three tours in Iraq and four in Afghanistan, there was plenty to process – but his concern was moving forward, not revisiting the past. “I’m…
Call of Cthulhu’s Main Path Will Take 12-15 Hours; Devs Explain How Sanity and Phobias Will Work
2018 should be an exciting year for Call of Cthulhu fans. There’s The Sinking City by Frogwares, an open world investigation game inspired by Lovecraft’s beloved mythos, due this year. Meanwhile, Cyanide and Focus Home Interactive have been working on…
