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 Jul 16th, 2018
My first ever bonus cast is on the topic of my favorite LGBTQ+ role-playing game character. Inspired by the prompt for the I Am Hear Pride Month special episode, in this bonus cast I share my full response to the prompt. Bonus casts are something that I want to be doing from time to time. […]
Posted in Announcements, Social Justice on Jul 16th, 2018
I’m super excited to be in the Pride Month special episode of I Am Hear! This episode is a collection of submissions sharing favorite LGBTQ+ role-playing game characters. I Am Hear is a podcast of interviews where women, non-binary people, people of colour, folks with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people who are active in the RPG […]
Posted in on Jun 27th, 2018
My first ever Bonus Cast is on the topic of my favorite LGBTQ+ role-playing game character.
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 Announcements on Jan 26th, 2018
I have created a list of free, short, rules-light tabletop role-playing games in a wide range of genres: everything from space garbage collectors to mouse wrestlers, muppet babies to witches in World War II, some strange ones like cybernetically–augmented deer with a guns in a post apocalyptic world, and many classics like monster hunters, Doctor […]
Posted in Announcements on Sep 9th, 2017
Magic Goes Awry: A high fantasy role-playing system that is light on rules and heavy on magical mayhem This is a rules-light role-playing system designed for people who want to create a fun and interesting high fantasy story together. My goal in creating this game was to capture the fun of Dungeons and Dragons in […]
Posted in Announcements, Gaming on Apr 14th, 2017
Announcing Unfamiliar Heroes, a podcast series in which three disabled and/or chronically ill players and a game master will play story-focused tabletop role-playing games in which all of the player characters have disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. Each game will be a one shot that will be recorded in one to four sessions and then broken […]
