The last game I played at Metatopia was Novapunk, a forthcoming dystopian cyberpunk fantasy game from Legendsmiths. Shane Harsch, whom you may remember from my write up of How to Make Hacking Interesting in RPGs from my Friday Metatopia panels, … Continue reading
Hyperreality is a bonkers, gonzo game of reality game show parody. Tim Rodriguez, of Brooklyn Indie Games and Dice + Food + Lodging, ran a play test session for Adrian Stein, Quinn Murphy, Fred Hicks, Julia Ellingboe, and me. If Spın̈al Tap turns it up … Continue reading
The one game I preregistered for at Metatopia was Mark Diaz Truman’s By the Book, a Powered by the Apocalypse game of straight cops in a dirty city with a budding vigilante/superhero loose on the streets. The major influence here … Continue reading
Inspired by the insanely high quality of the panels on Friday, I tried to take better notes at panels on Saturday. I also went out of my way to attend panels that were about heavier, more challenging topics than Friday’s … Continue reading
Metatopia has a surprisingly robust panel track because of its strict focus on game design, development, and play testing. When I sat down to arrange my schedule, I found myself filling in something for every hour of every day. The … Continue reading
I went to my seventh GenCon this past week and had a blast. It was a different beast from previous years but it was still an utter delight. As always, I learned a number of things about myself as a … Continue reading
