A little while back I reviewed Heroic Worlds, a Herculean endeavour from Lawrence Schick which emerged in 1991. Rather than being put out by one section of the RPG industry or another, this came ou…| Refereeing and Reflection
The Elusive Shift, published as part of MIT Press’s Game Histories range, can be seen as Jon Peterson’s followup to Playing At the World, picking up on some subjects alluded to in there…| Refereeing and Reflection
Cubicle 7’s history, as is the often the case with RPG publishers who base significant chunks of their portfolio on licensed settings, has had its share of ups and downs. They decided to not …| Refereeing and Reflection
Rolemaster, in terms of its official editions, is stagnant. I know that’s a stark statement, but it’s essentially true. No major new version of the game has come out for over two decade…| Refereeing and Reflection
People like to express doubts as to whether Tolkien’s legendarium is really suited for adapting to tabletop RPGs, but people keep doing it anyway. Over the years we’ve seen the licensin…| Refereeing and Reflection
When The Silmarillion was first released in 1977, it was the first major release of Middle-Earth material since Tolkien’s death. Whilst chunks of the backstory to Middle-Earth had been hinted…| Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
