In the latest episode of their contrapuntal podcast, Ken and Robin talk adding DramaSystem to F20 games, the Philadelphia poison murders, Claudio Monteverdi’s alchemy, and spontaneous human combustion.
Author Archives: Robin Laws
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A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws A recent observation I’m adding to my Things I Always Say file is that when players worry about a scenario being railroaded or linear, what they really mean is not that it lacked choices or branch points, but that they didn’t get to Do Their Thing. Many […]
In the latest episode of their fully cephalic podcast, Ken and Robin talk adjusting for self-sidelining player choices, the spy-laden Lake Maggiore boat accident, antiquity’s headless humanoids, and the Dorr Rebellion.
In the latest episode of their three-ring podcast, Ken and Robin talk playing a vampire entourage, the Dacian deity Zalmoxis, trapeze drama, and occultist Robert Fludd.
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Various Pelgranes have written mini-posts inspired by a different filtered image of a mysterious man in a suit of nails. Robin’s contribution is a scenario hook for Ashen Stars. The lasers accept a contract from the vas mal Institute for Temporal Folklore to investigate reported appearances of the Time Sentinel on a hypergas extraction rig […]
In the latest episode of their giraffe-rescuing podcast, Ken and Robin talk game table attendance vagaries, Ken’s Potomac book raid, and the Toronto clown-fireman riot.
In the latest episode of their locally beloved podcast, Ken and Robin talk greased rail scenarios, the Chicago rat hole, and our top ten movies of 2023.
In the latest episode of their meticulously planned podcast, Ken and Robin talk Diamond Sutras, a Gildd Age heist mastermind, Reacher as Theseus, and the Isle of Demons.
In the latest episode of their nattily attired podcast, Ken and Robin talk fashion vocabulary in gaming narration, the Johnny Appleseed of dates, the devil’s hunt for skins, and the Pythagoreans.
In the latest episode of their safety-conscious podcast, Ken and Robin talk clutter-free rules systems, a stop sign mystery, and Ken’s raid on the bookstores of NYC.