Tracing the California Gaming Scene, part I: Steve Perrin in NorCal| The Cryptic Archivist
While riding a hotel shuttle from the San Diego Comic-Con back in the early 90s, I overheard a young man excitedly describe a game to his friends in the seat behind him. The player characters are cartoon-like alien tourists who go on hunting safaris on backwoods planets, tracking and killing the low intelligence native species there. One particular backwoods planet is called "Earth" though, due to a translation error, the alien hunters call it "Dirt." There, the low intelligence native popula...| The Cryptic Archivist
Let's face it, most game fiction isn't very good.| The Cryptic Archivist
I already wrote about my favorite die and how it started me on the path of gaming over 30 years ago. I use it in a set with some of my other oldest dice when feeling nostalgic (which is often).| The Cryptic Archivist
My favorite character is my silver-haired, half-elf jester, Wonko the Sane (yes, named after the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy character).| The Cryptic Archivist
How does one define an "intellectual" game?| The Cryptic Archivist
There are plenty of choices for games that I have played in the past but don't get to play enough - Call of Cthulhu , James Bond 007 , West ...| crypticarchivist.blogspot.com
Obviously, Dread is my favorite horror RPG. But what if I want to play some other sort of horror RPG? There are a lot of options out there, but here are a few of my favorites. I recommend all of th…| The Impossible Dream
Supers is one of my favorite genres for RPGs, which is part of why Four Colors al Fresco exists. But let me tell you a little bit of where it came from—my favorite supers RPG before I created my ow…| The Impossible Dream