The Questions We Ask And The Questions We Answer: Procedural Generation in RPGs
Noa Chazan explores the history and nature of procedural generation in role-playing games: from random tables to card prompts and computer calculations.
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Scenes and their Progeny
Evan Torner explores the history of magazines in the role-playing game scene
Collage and Play
Tor Truslow writes, plays and collages in this visual essay created for Playtest Material Issue One.
Playtest Material Issue One: An RPG Is Like...
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Playtest Material’s First Subscription Drive - A Resounding Success
Last week, we launched a subscription drive for the inaugural issue of Playtest Material.
Our aim was to meet a target of 75, which would allow our magazine to break even after paying contributors’ royalties.
We ended with over 90 print subscribers; and the expectation that we may reach 100
Sitting Down and Telling Stories: learning TTRPG skills from Rakugo
What do tabletop role-playing games have in common with Japanese sit-down comedy? In this article, D. "Zhen" C. explores the art of Rakugo and explains how TTRPG GMs and players can learn from its structured storytelling techniques.
Spectating Play: Theatre, RPGs, and Critical Spectatorship
Nicholas Orvis discusses the links between theatre and role-playing; what it means to perform and to watch others performing.
Playtest Material launches its first ever subscription drive
Playtest Material needs 75 subscribers to break even — one of those could be you.
Issue One of Playtest Material: A look inside our pages
I’m thrilled today to be able to say that the layout for the first issue of Playtest Material is complete.
Though there are still refinements to be made, (proofreading, reference checking and final layout shifts) we’re looking at almost 100 pages and over 44,000 words of analysis,
Role-playing Games Are Raucous and Transformative
Introductions from the editors to the first issue of Playtest Material.