Join an improv class in Cape Town!
I’m not personally affiliated with this group. However, I did this course a few years back and I cannot recommend it highly enough. If you’re in Cape Town, sign up! You won’t regret it.
ZwodderZA
I’m a white South African who grew up gay and nerdy in a small town; today I find nerdy shit to obsess about all the time. I joined my first tabletop roleplaying game in my 20s and I’ve been hooked ever since. I write and edit for a living, but in my free time I blog about boardgames, RPGs, crafting, the creative or gaming-related projects my friends and I are involved in, cool shit that’s happening, various things that I think are great, and things that piss me off. My pet project is a series of posts filled with GMing advice for new players and GMs – people who, like me, came into the hobby late and did not always feel welcome. I also run and play as many RPGs as I possibly can. Social justice iop.
How I started playing (and running) TTRPGs
The first time I played a tabletop RPG, I was in my early 20s. Like most people, I started as a player, but it wasn’t long before I was the one running the story. BWAHAHAHA! The power! The admin! Also,...
Tabletop RPGs: Where do you start?
So you want to be a game master. Or maybe you feel you don’t have a choice, because you want to play TTRPGs* and you don’t know anyone else willing to take on the responsibilities for running it. The good...
Wenric’s Waivers and Warranties: Rare audio discovered!
I missed last week’s update because I became distracted. So I will be updating the blog twice this week to make up for it. First, as payment for my sins, I thought I would ‘treat’ you to a recording of...
Hype! Cosmic Horror and Conventions, oh my!
It’s FanCon in Cape Town this weekend! My partner and I have been going every year and it’s a great time all round. We get to wander around, ogling all the cool stuff, and occasionally even add something to our...
How to choose a TTRPG system
I’m going to let you into a secret. You only need three things to run a TTRPG: a set of rules, a group of players, and a story. That’s it. TL;DR Choosing a game system is hard, but don’t rush...
FreeRPG Day & Kickstarter!
Happy #FreeRPGDay! What better way to celebrate than by downloading some FREE RPG STUFF? (Warning: this post contains a LOT of hype. But I am extremely excited by this whole thing.) But first … Today I helped the #SanJenaroCoOp launch our...
#BuyIndie: The San Jenaro Co-op Digest Vol. 1
The month of May surprised me by being a particularly creative month. We posted five pieces of creative writing on the site, as well as our first audio file and character sheets. But we also added another regular contributor. Welcome,...
Wenric Loudbottle and Leaves-In-Wind
What’s better than creative writing, character creation, and prizes? Why, all three together! Deven Rue, cartographer to the stars, ran a contest in 2018, where she asked people to submit characters to populate Kor’Treum, the world she created. I figured...
Becoming a storyteller for TTRPGs
I have been thinking about ways to introduce people to tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). If we want to see a more diverse community of people in the hobby, we need to make it easier for people to join in. This...
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