Sitemap - 2017 - +4 Blog of Arcane Secrets

How I Build A Playtest Session

Spice Up Your Magic

The Five Games I Want To Run in 2018

Wrestling Games Should Be Crazier

Collaborative Mystery Games

One Goal, Two Executions: Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild

Super Mario Odyssey And Clever Puzzle Design

Dark Souls Is Not A Role-Playing Game (And Some Stuff That Isn't Pointless Too)

10 Good Ideas: Bloodborne and Trick Weapons

Every Game I Beat This Summer, Reviewed As Beverages

You Open Your Mouth But The Words Just Won't Come Out: Dialogue Systems In Games

10 Good Ideas: The Darkness and ... Darkness

10 Good Ideas: You Don't Know Jack and Screws

10 Good Ideas: Mass Effect 2 and Interrupts

10 Good Ideas: Gears of War 3 and the Retro Lancer

Bleak Rains: My Foray Into The Apocalypse

10 Good Ideas: Dead Rising 2 and Combo Weapons

10 Good Ideas: Halo 3 ODST and Non-Linear Storytelling

10 Good Ideas: Blitz: The League II and Thirty Yard Downs

10 Good Ideas: Fallout: New Vegas and the Faction System

10 Good Ideas: Age of Mythology and God Powers

A Gaijin's Perspective on Gaming in Japan: Tabletop Gaming

September Announcement: The 10 Good Ideas Series

A Gaijin's Perspective on Gaming In Japan: Video Games

#RPGaDAY 2017: Days 26-31

#RPGaDAY 2017: Days 21-25

#RPGaDAY 2017: Days 16-20

#RPGaDAY 2017: Days 11-15

#RPGaDAY 2017: Days 6-10

Sorting My Library (and, An Accidental Review of Ninefox Gambit)

#RPGaDAY 2017: Days 1-5

Centralized vs. Decentralized Complexity

The Devil You Don't: Hidden Antagonists As A Game Design Concept

Turn It Up To 11: Music In Tabletop RPGs

A Love Letter To The Game of My Childhood: Team Fortress 2

What If We Had Concerts For Games?

Deadly Premonition Is Either The Best or Worst Game I've Ever Played

E3 2017 Analysis: Not Very Surprising, Except For The Insane Surprises

A York By Any Other Name

Classifying RPGs Mechanically With The Tabletop RPG Triangle

It's Really Kill or Be Killed In The Last of Us

Open Design and the Thrill of the Hunt in Prey

Why The Hell Can't I Stop Playing Fire Emblem Heroes?

Running Jojo's Bizarre Adventure as a Tabletop RPG

Campaign Idea: March of the Hellgates

Getting Your Hands on Feats

The Journey of a Thousand Miles: How I Prep Session 0

The Switcharoo: Impressions on the Nintendo Switch

Rip And Tear: How To Make Very Smart Stupid Things

The League of Extraordinary Roleplayers: From Swamps To Superheroes