When I mentioned to her that the Witcher and Dark Souls also fit in Grimdark, she suddenly realised what sort of game I was talking about, and it wasn’t what she’d imagined.
Genre Police: All Are One
Perhaps there is a moment here for a hopeful diaspora of players who don’t leave the hobby but take this moment to try out new things.
Genre Police: Approaching Death
So if we were to think about death and injury in our games, I’d hope we can see that there are lots of different ways to work it around.
Genre Police: The Road Winds Ever Onwards
I’m going to take a moment to introduce you to my ‘Blending of Shadows’ campaign and show you how to evolve a game into something new while continuing to keep the throughline of the narrative.
Genre Police: Evolve Or Die
I am sitting in the afterglow of a summer full of blockbuster moments in campaigns, at least one epic ‘Empire Strikes Back’ style campaign ending, and there are few players who are leaving for other things or shuffling which nights they play on.
Genre Police: Passing Down(time)
Last article, I talked about the narrative session structure (‘NSS’ for short), a way of viewing a game session so you can think about pacing in a constructive way.
Genre Police: Making Mistakes
I discussed decoupling narratives and how we can change and challenge stereotypes.
Genre Police: Pacemaker
We’ve never talked about structure when it comes to the nitty gritty of a game; how to build and run a session, how to build and run a campaign.
Genre Police: All Adventurers Welcome
The reason I have done this is that I want people to be able to play characters that look like themselves without resorting to stereotypes – not every person with darker skin has to be from some desert empire.
Genre Police: Widescreen
Now I’d like to crank the dial the other way and up the scale to the nation and world-changing campaign. Focus on giving your campaign a sense of depth and scale. How do you make a world and story feel massive?
