Posted in Announcements on Sep 12th, 2019
In this episode, Fay, Mimsy, and Rhi dive deep into how the RPG community can become a more accessible and welcoming space for disabled players, GMs, and designers. Learn about some of the excellent work that Fay and Mimsy are already doing in this space, and leave with plenty of ideas on how to play, […]
Posted in on Sep 12th, 2019
In this episode, Fay, Mimsy, and Rhi dive deep into how the RPG community can become a more accessible and welcoming space for disabled players, GMs, and designers. Learn about some of the excellent work that Fay and Mimsy are already doing in this space, and leave with plenty of ideas on how to play, run, and make games that are better for all players.
Posted in Transcripts on Sep 12th, 2019
In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an […]
Posted in Articles, Gaming, Social Justice on Apr 1st, 2019
Any time I am running a game or writing a story, I want to create a diverse cast of characters. With so many different types of oppression and identities to be aware of, this is something that takes a bit of thought and intention. Trying to think about every type of oppression at once […]
Posted in Articles, Gaming, Social Justice on Feb 21st, 2019
I’m going to start by saying that it isn’t inherently wrong to create game mechanics that treat disability as a limitation. However many of the mechanics that exist create dynamics that reinforce negative ideas about disability. The most common problems are mechanics that use derogatory language for disability, fail to represent important experiences of […]
Posted in Articles, Gaming, Social Justice on Jan 31st, 2019
I have majorly expanded this discussion in Ridding Your Monsters of Ableism. Check it out on the Mythcreants blog! What it Is Traits associated with specific disabilities are regularly used to make monstrous and evil creatures seem more creepy, frightening, or disgusting. For example, disability associated traits like hunchbacks, non-normative limb shapes, and joints […]
Posted in Announcements on May 21st, 2018
Producing the Writing Alchemy Podcast every three week takes up a significant amount of time and energy. However I am working on a number of different projects in between podcast episodes. Many of these are larger projects that I will be completing and releasing over the summer. Since I am excited about these projects, […]
Posted in Articles, Gaming, Social Justice on May 12th, 2018
What It Is There are a number of cosmic horror tabletop role-playing games based on the Cthulhu Mythos that was originated by H. P. Lovecraft in the twenties and thirties (list of fiction in chronological order). This mythos has been picked up and continued by others. Deeply rooted in this mythos is the idea […]
Posted in on Oct 6th, 2015
The purpose of this episode is to give new listeners an introduction to the two different podcast series in Writing Alchemy and to present some different options for good places to start listening.
