Author Sarah Newton talks about what should really be at the heart of SF RPGs: the sense of wonder, and the conflict of great ideas. Sarah’s company, Mindjammer Press, is running a Kickstarter campaign, currently approaching x3 funding, for the next phase of the transhuman RPG. [Back this Campaign] A sense of wonder in SF […]
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Suggestions for Safer Larps: Living Games’ Coordinator Offers Tips
This is a guest post by Sarah Lynne Bowman, Ph.D. is a role-playing studies scholar and adjunct professor in English, Communication, and Humanities. Historically, one of the most common worries about role-playing games has involved concerns about their psychological effects. In the past, alarmist parents and other non-gamers have complained that RPGs might negatively impact […]
The Man with Ten Thousand Eyes born from five movie posters
Late last year Geek Native featured The coolest Kaiju films that didn’t feature Godzilla. It was a post from freelance artist and comic creator Joe Badon. Badon’s back with another Kickstarter – The Man with Ten Thousand Eyes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857321894/the-man-with-ten-thousand-eyes That’s some surreal storytelling right there! Imagine having all that power but all those eyes running […]
An Author’s Guide to playing God and Influencing People
Hello. My Name is Kira Morgana and I’m a Writing Fanatic. I’ve been writing things down for sixteen years now and there doesn’t seem to be any kind of cure or medication that can help me. So I’ve decided to talk about writing in an effort to calm down my muse (he’s a dragon) and […]
The Victorians that Weren’t
“The Victorians that Weren’t” is a guest post from Gail Z. Martin the co-author of Solaris Publishing’s forthcoming Iron and Blood steampunk adventure. How true do characters in alternative history–including Steampunk–need to remain to the beliefs, mores and biases of their time? It’s a thorny question, as our ancestors–hell, our parents–held beliefs about the world, […]
GM Tips: Why your campaign needs a boat
Pierce Fraser is the creator of the HC SVNT DRACONES tabletop roleplaying game and the 8-10-12 dice system that powers it. He’s a long time player and narrator of a variety of systems and settings, and his game is noteworthy for making players decide how to approach problems, instead of waiting for the DM to […]
5 Fallen Angels You’ve Probably Never Heard Of…
R.E. Vance is the author of Paradise Lot: GoneGodWorld. The gods are gone. All of them. Their last message to humanity was: “Thank you for believing in us, but it is not enough. We’re leaving. Good luck.” Their sudden departure has forced the denizens of all the heavens and hells to Earth where they’re living […]
From the Inkwell: 12 Realms and Bedtime Stories
One of the success stories Geek Native has been able to chart has been Mage Company. The publisher pulls together clever board game ideas, well thought out Kickstarters and binds them together with savvy business models. In this guest post Geek Native shares the floor with Alexander Argyropoulos & Michael Andresakis the two Mage brains. […]
Top 5 Worst Character Backstories for LARP
Kristin Brumley is the creator and executive producer of Basic Adventuring 101, a webseries about Live Action Role Play (LARP). The series highlights women in the hobby as well as in the Indiefilm world, and is currently looking for audience support on their Seed&Spark campaign. Whether you are in a LARP, playing a game of […]
10 ways to alter your Purple Consciousness
This is a guest post from the author of The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence. If you click on that link and are not signed into DriveThruRPG you’ll hit the adult content warning. Be warned. Venger Satanis here from Venger’s Old School Gaming Blog. Hi. Originally, this piece was going to be called Ten Tips for […]
