Getting Back in the (Worm’s) Saddle | The Mule Abides
Wow! So, it’s been… (checks notes) …12 years since I last posted here? That’s as many as four threes. And that’s terrible. During that time I was heavily invested in w…| The Mule Abides
Wow! So, it’s been… (checks notes) …12 years since I last posted here? That’s as many as four threes. And that’s terrible. During that time I was heavily invested in w…| The Mule Abides
A mere 10 months ago (hot off the presses by what James refers to as our shambolic standards), “The Problem with Appendix N” over at Grognardia lamented: Yet, for all that, Appendix N s…| The Mule Abides
By Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, published December 20, 1940. This is the official position of the Mule.| The Mule Abides
So, the thing is, I kinda forgot that we had this blog. Once a year or so I would remember it, and sigh, thinking of happier (or at least more dice-filled) times, and get too overwrought to post an…| The Mule Abides
In “The First Female Gamers” (2014), Jon Peterson identifies three “decidedly female names” in the of the December 1959 subscriber list of Jack Scruby’s War Game Digest before considering the trajectory of women in war gaming and the early fantasy role-playing games of the 70s: “Virginia Esten of Hammond, Indiana; a Jane Sala of Bolton, […]| The Mule Abides
In 2014, Jon Peterson published an essay, The First Female Gamers, describing the gender dynamics around early D&D, how those fit into a longer trajectory of wargaming history, and how they beg…| The Mule Abides
Introductory Complaining If I’m running a low-power game, I like 0-level play: It sets the tone, establishes more of the character at the table, and introduces new players to the game in play…| The Mule Abides
To promote the Kickstarter for Dwimmermount, we ran a banner ad with the tag “The megadungeon the OSR has been waiting for.” I’m happy to say that, two years and four months later…| The Mule Abides
I was asked to run some Marvel Super Heroes for Tavis’s son and his friend, who are X-Men fanatics. To resolve some curiosity from my own childhood, I’m breaking out MX1: Nightmares of…| The Mule Abides
Well, if Joesky can find the strength to post, so can I. He is the beery wind beneath my wings. attention must be paid Ain’t my campaign, but word in the New York Red Box is that co-blogger …| The Mule Abides
