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Grey Ranks at TheRPGSite

Posted by Jason on August 22nd, 2008 — in Uncategorized

I’m having a pretty involved conversation over at TheRPGSite, which has been very interesting. It started as a thread about the Indie RPG Awards, and I registered and waded in when they started talking about Grey Ranks. I offered to answer questions and correct any misapprehensions and a number of thoughtful people took me up on it. They are asking some challenging questions and it’s been very good for me to formulate cogent answers. It’s making me realize how insular my gaming/Internet world is - why haven’t I been asked these questions before now? We need better critical faculties and mechanisms as a community.

We’re also talking a bit about the Indie RPG Awards and how to make them better, which is strictly awesome.

Of course, this truly productive conversation is occasionally interrupted by some lunatic screaming “SHITCOCK!” in my ear, which baffles me, but that’s the noise in a lot of good signal.

The Roach in Retrospect

Posted by Jason on August 19th, 2008 — in Design, The Roach

Matt McElroy asked me to write an article for Flames Rising, so I did!

Pop Matters on Grey Ranks

Posted by Jason on August 18th, 2008 — in Check this out dude, Grey Ranks

Pop Matters “In the Field” column at Gen Con. I wrote Glenn McDonald and was all “dude! I so don’t sell my game out of my living room! Also, Wolfgang Baur!” But it’s a fun piece and Glenn’s very nice.

One Cool Thing I Saw At Gen Con 2008

Posted by Jason on August 18th, 2008 — in Conventions


One Cool Thing I Saw At Gen Con 2008

Quote of the Con

Posted by Jason on August 18th, 2008 — in Conventions, Medical Hospital

I have a lot to say, but I’m looking at my Medical Hospital playtest notes, so first a shout out to Marc Majcher:

“I’m glad you’ve come here to dilute the pool of bastards”
–Dr. Elena Markova, Indianapolis General Hospital