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The Probable Chicken
An item for D&D and other TTRPGs. Everyone has heard of Schrödinger’s Cat. ( If you haven’t: it sits in a box with a flask of poison, a...
leodoulton
Feb 32 min read
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Notes towards The Ring Cycle as a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
This is, perhaps, my greatest (only) contribution to the field of Wagner studies. The essential question of: Could you run a D&D campaign...
leodoulton
Jun 14, 20248 min read
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Why Your Fantasy TTRPG’s Secondary Belief System (Might) Have To Be Bad
Real world religions and philosophies exist. Fictional religions and philosophies also exist, in a different way. And most religions and...
leodoulton
Dec 24, 20233 min read
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How Do I GM? A blog of advice I was asked for
A friend and one of my regular players in various TTRPG campaigns recently asked me for GMing advice. While I could wax lyrical for some...
leodoulton
Dec 21, 20238 min read
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Doomed vs. Disposable: Lovecraftian Characters as Protagonists and Collectives
Continuing this week’s theme of cosmic horror, a brief reflection on Lovecraftian characters. The Root A player in a Call of...
leodoulton
Dec 15, 20233 min read
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By Thy Grace Are Mind Flayers Redeemed: morality and cosmic horror monsters.
Introduction There are others who write better about bioessentialism in Dungeons & Dragons, and how it reflects real-world...
leodoulton
Dec 14, 20237 min read
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Fascistic Fantasy: On Avoiding State Violence In D&D
In addition to my theatrical work, and at the beginning of a week of blogs around cosmic horror, I thought I’d delve a little into game...
leodoulton
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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LARP as score
An analogy I see pop up in a certain amount of literature about game-performance from LARPs to interactive theatre is the...
leodoulton
Mar 29, 20234 min read
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2 Sides of A4: The Optimal Length (For Interactive Theatre Knowledge)
Update: I've had some further thoughts on why this is wrong. TL;DR: it’s two well-formatted A4 pages for information that’s regularly...
leodoulton
Mar 19, 20238 min read
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Leo: A Plug
Future Leo, here’s your one-minute pitch next time you have to give one: I’m Leo, a writer, director, game designer and performer working...
leodoulton
Mar 15, 20231 min read
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Horizontal Mechanics, 12-Handed Monopoly, and Nothing Is Ever New
I’ve recently had the pleasure of playtesting 12-Handed Monopoly: A LARP of Capital, Revolution, and Blatant Theft, the second part of my...
leodoulton
Mar 14, 20235 min read
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12-Handed Monopoly: A LARP of capitalism, revolution, and blatant theft
I haven’t always been a game designer, or creator of interactive experiences. But when I was a child, there was a promise on a box I’d...
leodoulton
Dec 22, 20221 min read
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Lost Realms of Hope and Joy
If you play Dungeons & Dragons, you’ve almost certainly encountered the trope of the ancient, evil empire. The one which left vaults of...
leodoulton
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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The Literary TTRPG
Within the indie TTRPG space, there is a common joke: that people have more TTRPGs than they will ever play, but keep buying more. That...
leodoulton
Dec 4, 20222 min read
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What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 3 - What Social Theory Can A Game Opera Have?
This will make very little sense unless you've read the first part (on TTRPGs) here, or the second part (on opera as a social game) here....
leodoulton
Mar 27, 20212 min read
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What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 2, opera as social game
This will make a lot more sense if you've read the first part here. At first, I thought I’d do this via the Marxian models I tend to use....
leodoulton
Mar 27, 20214 min read
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What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 1, games as social theory
I’m currently reworking the game rules used in We Sing/I Sang (working title for the rules: ‘Our People’s Song’). I’m not an expert game...
leodoulton
Mar 27, 20215 min read
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