In the latest episode of their towering podcast, Ken and Robin talk Gygaxian naturalism, Utah giants, the path from game to story and Elvis/Nixon.
Author Archives: Robin Laws
The scene in which the hero is taken prisoner by adversaries is as deep a staple of adventure fiction as you could ask for. In roleplaying this basic scene has always acted as bugaboo. Players cling vehemently to their characters’ agency. Some would rather have their characters killed than tossed in a cell. If we […]
In the latest episode of their transcendent podcast, Ken and Robin talk out-of-body guns, Russian spying 101, reluctant heroes and Hypatia of Alexandria.
In the latest episode of their serpentine podcast, Ken and Robin talk player plans, the Black Dahlia, CCTV vs weirdness, and Moorish sovereign citizens vs Yig.
See Page XX a column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws In his influential book on the films of Howard Hawks, the late film critic Robin Wood identified one of the director’s key themes as “the Lure of Irresponsibility.” This phrase has stuck in my head over the years, connecting itself to a subject far […]
In a flu-ravaged episode of their 100% malediction-free podcast, Ken and Robin talk dude PCs in Amazon land, Bulgarian occult, cursed places and 30s LA cults.
In the latest episode of their tapas-strewn podcast, Ken and Robin talk vampires in Asturias, Slenderman, plot immunity and Glenn Miller.
In the latest episode of their fourth wall shattering podcast, Ken and Robin talk metagaming, food crimes, and Ken’s Bay Area book haul.
Ripped from the history books, here’s a great choice the next time you’re asked to create a Trail of Cthulhu player character: Bessie Coleman, aka Queen Bess, pioneering African American aviator. An active protagonist if ever there was one, she taught herself to fly when neither women nor black people were supposed to do so. […]
In the latest episode of their melodic yet searching podcast, Ken and Robin talk riffed townie conspirators, theosophical composers, NPC party members and Wilhelm Reich.