18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
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I’m a tenured prof who studies storytelling outside the rules of mass media. This has included never-published manuscripts from during the age of print (1750-1900) & of late has made me a leader in the study of #TTRPG Actual Play.
I’ve learned a lot about friendship along the way.
At the same time, there’s this desire for (different kinds of) complexity & sophistication, but we don’t have a sense of beginner/intermediate/expert even within one style/culture of play.
Just curious. Because much of the text of a well-written RPG rulebook is that kind of new-player introduction — and yet it’s… NOT the game.
At the same time, there’s this desire for (different kinds of) complexity & sophistication, but we don’t have a sense of beginner/intermediate/expert even within one style/culture of play.
by far my favorite era was forums, but also i rarely posted. contrast with *gesturing here* so what happened? forums were an ongoing record of conversations, and i only contributed when i could be pretty certain a topic or angle was thus far absent
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
No Thank You Evil is by Monte Cook Games, aimed at kids. Sodalitas is a bright adventuring game by French designers Jan Van Houten and Nicolas Folliot.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
No Thank You Evil is by Monte Cook Games, aimed at kids. Sodalitas is a bright adventuring game by French designers Jan Van Houten and Nicolas Folliot.
8th Dec, 1-2:30pm GMT
6 speakers reflect on the relationship between Romanticism & creativity as it permeates writing, teaching and research. Chaired by @adamneikirk.bsky.social
More details & free tickets: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6228
8th Dec, 1-2:30pm GMT
6 speakers reflect on the relationship between Romanticism & creativity as it permeates writing, teaching and research. Chaired by @adamneikirk.bsky.social
More details & free tickets: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6228
I hope you too are surprised by joy and beauty in the middle of so much that is hard, uncertain.
I hope you too are surprised by joy and beauty in the middle of so much that is hard, uncertain.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
I’m grateful to sit with folks who’ve known me over half my life, rarely seen but treasured.
I hope you have people you belong to & belong to you, this day & always.
I’m grateful to sit with folks who’ve known me over half my life, rarely seen but treasured.
I hope you have people you belong to & belong to you, this day & always.
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
We will have copies for sale at #Dragonmeet2025 this Saturday and I'll put a link below to the Backerkit Christmas Holiday Sale which has a Lovecraftesque bundle in it!
#boxisthefuture #ttrpg #rpg #cosmichorror
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
We will have copies for sale at #Dragonmeet2025 this Saturday and I'll put a link below to the Backerkit Christmas Holiday Sale which has a Lovecraftesque bundle in it!
#boxisthefuture #ttrpg #rpg #cosmichorror
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*