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Halloween Issues
A lot of my game design and writing these days is a reflection of my fondness for the weird publishing moment of the 90s. Though entirely unsustainable as a business model, you have this rush of high quality print products hit the market seemingly all at once. Bookstores were awash with magazines covering every subject…
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Yggdrasil Magazine. Away We Go!
Last night I launched a crowdfunding effort to bring to life a quarterly gaming magazine called Yggdrasil. I am filled with excitement, and a bit of dread. Excited because I love creating things and sharing those things with others. Dread because of the vulnerability you expose to others when you share your self. So, par…
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Magazines are Special
Magazines are special to me. Growing up, we got Highlights, with all the fun little puzzles and short stories. As I got older, I found myself getting baseball rags, computer magazines, and the venerable Nintendo Power, where I got to read about games I would never own and daydream. Dragon Magazine was my gateway drug…
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The Voyage Begins… in 1990
We begin our voyage of reviews of the Voyages of the Princess Ark articles with a first hand look at some problematic tropes that weren’t at the time of publishing.
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This is a Story
This is a review of an article from 1981, but it also isn’t. It’s a story about a kid being a magazine in a Walden books, but is also isn’t. It’s a story about stories and storytelling, but it also isn’t. Most importantly, it is a story about me, but it also isn’t.
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The Strategic Review
The Strategic Review was first published in 1975 when roleplaying was really just another form of wargaming. As a lifetime game and lover of history I thought I would take a walk through time to look at the state of gaming through the lens of The Dragon.