Recent content by M.T. Black

That's a good enough recommendation for me - I've added it to my kindle queue. It helps that it is short (I mostly read books under 200 pages at the moment). Looking at wiki, it seems that R.A. MacAvoy has returned to writing recently after a long absence.

Here you go, Marc: rpghistory.net

Agreed. They are both looking up with a peaceful expression on their faces, like they are in chapel or something. In terms of the hair sprouting from the helmet, it only makes sense if it is a "plume" made of horsehair or something.

I was wondering that the other day. You do have things like Deadlands and Haunted West, but they are very much a weird/horror take. I can only guess it's because the Western is so out of fashion these days. Honestly, it's not clear to be me how well Boot Hill sold - they didn't publish much...

I ended up buying it from the website and enjoyed it thoroughly. Not much new information, but it was nice to hear from so many of Gary's friends, and also lots of historical footage I hadn't seen before.

Dragon Publishing released Dragon #76 in August 1983. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have the ecology of the beholder, more on the Nine Hells, and the Dragon magazine index! This month's special attraction is the Dragon magazine index, which lists every...

I've enjoyed reading all of these comments. Like everyone, I consider this issue to be an absolute "bottler" as we say in Australia - a true classic.

Dragon Publishing released Dragon #75 in July 1983. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have the ecology of the mimic, logical language lessons, and an introduction to the Nine Hells! This month's special attraction is "Can Seapoint Be Saved?" by Bob...

There might be a gap in the market. Where can we learn more about your game?

Tactical/Cinematic: D&D 4E Tactical/Emergent: Dungeon Crawl Classics Dramatic/Cinematic: Fiasco Dramatic/Emergent: Dungeons of Fate The last combo is quite rare!

There have been some questions in this thread around the word "cinematic" which is understandable. It is very broad. I originally got thinking about this topic after Colville stated his new RPG would be both tactical and cinematic, which is partly why I've used those terms. Colville has a...

Cinematic can be used in a lot of different ways. To my mind, a narrative structure is cinematic when it is scripted and moves you from one big beat to another in a serial manner, like a movie does. The emergent narrative structure gives players choices around how the narrative unfolds, and...

When Matt Colville announced he was creating a fantasy RPG that was "cinematic" and "tactical," I immediately wondered what a "non-cinematic" and "non-tactical" RPG would look like. I've been playing around with a four quadrant graph to try and model this sort of play style, and here's what I've...

Thank you for these kind words, folks!