What is hopefully a new feature will be a round up of good blog posts and news articles about gaming and rpgs. Below you will find links to some of the articles I found interesting this week.
The D&D Brand, by Monsters and Manuals
“There is something odd about this notion. We are living in an age of booming popularity for nerdiness…So why on earth can’t somebody make a play at bringing D&D into the mainstream in the same way?”
Great post about how nerd culture is dominant right now, and yet D&D and RPGs are becoming more of a niche market because they don’t represent the stories that people want to tell. I happen to think it’s also related to the rise of board games. Board games allow you to tell a story with rules that are designed to be quick and easy to pick up, but we create RPGs to be the opposite, with 500 page rulebooks. More games should be designed like Apocalypse World/Dungeon World. People should be able to sit down, get a quick idea of the rules, and be able to start playing within 15 minutes. I love me some D&D, but you won’t see me mastering rulesets for 500 page RPG books anytime soon.
30 Days of Gaming, by Polar Bear Dreams via Tim Brannan via Armchair Gamer
This is a great idea, and I’m going to try and do it this in September. Great idea!
These are simply beautiful.
Kuunari 
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