I’m on a study project to improve my understanding of roleplaying games. To this end, I already have two reading projects, A Game Per Year and An Adventure Per Year. This is the third, with the goal of reading or playing 52 games made this year or last year. Originally I considered making Continue Reading
Books
A Game Per Year: Traveller (bonus 1977)
I started to feel that I didn’t know roleplaying games well enough so I came up with the plan to read a roleplaying game corebook for every year they have been published. Selection criteria is whatever I find interesting. My reading project is already in the Nineties, but there was Continue Reading
An Adventure Per Year: In Search of the Unknown & The Keep on the Borderlands (1979)
In my A Game Per Year project, my goal has been to read one roleplaying game corebook for every year they’ve been published. However, I soon started to feel that it was hard to decipher how the games were really meant to be played. For this reason, I decided to start a Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #170 – DeepFreeze!
Non-fiction: Robert A. McCabe: DeepFreeze! (International Photography Publishers, 2010) DeepFreeze! is a photobook documenting a trip to the Antarctic by the American photojournalist Robert A. McCabe. The title of the book comes from Operation Deep Freeze, the name of the American Antarctic programs started in 1955. McCabe’s visit to Antarctica Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #169 – Forbush and the Penguins
Fiction: Graham Billing: Forbush and the Penguins (Coronet Books, 1970) Considering that New Zealand is one of the two gateway countries to Antarctica (the other is Chile), it’s surprising that so few Antarctic creative works have come from there. Because of that, it was nice to read this novel, originally Continue Reading
Maa
Last Friday saw the publication of the fourth roleplaying game I’ve worked on in a major capacity. I can safely say that it’s also the most unusual game of my career so far. Maa (that’s Earth in Finnish; the game is bilingual Finnish/English) got started last summer when the American Continue Reading
Tuhannen viillon kuolema nyt äänikirjana!
Meitsin romaani Tuhannen viillon kuolema on nyt saatavilla myös äänikirjana, esimerkiksi täällä!
Non-Digital: Itras by – the Menagerie
The Menagerie is a supplement for the Norwegian roleplaying game Itras by, created by Ole Peder Giæver and Martin Bull Gudmundsen. However, if you’re familiar with roleplaying game supplements, this is definitely something else. As befits the surreal nature of Itras by, the Menagerie calls into question the very meaning of Continue Reading
Kuparihärkä on tullut painosta!
Meitsin kolmas romaani Kuparihärkä on tullut painosta! Aina hieno fiilis kyllä kun kirja muuttuu fyysiseksi esineeksi. Julkkarit on Toverissa ensi viikolla, 4.10. Kaikki paikalle vaan! Aikaistin aloitusta kuudesta puoli kuuteen jotta voi tulla luontevasti suoraan töistä. Ohjelma on kevyttä, puhun kirjasta ja myös trilogian edellisen osan Tuhannen viillon Continue Reading
Non-Digital: Analog Game Studies vol. 2
I’ve read the second of the Analog Game Studies books in my quest to catch up on the series. You can check out the book here or read the articles here. After the introductory first book, this second volume is where the series really gets going. It feels like in Continue Reading