Everything you wanted to know about story games in 17k words, 8 actual plays, and one history video

...If you've heard them called social matrix games from this blog and other places, that's fine too. Basically, I'm over bifurcating my brain to make posts for two separate audiences: the OSR/NSR/adventure game types (here) and the storygame/theater kid/writers/storyteller types (on substack). I'm both of those camps, and that "split" is something I've done TO … Continue reading Everything you wanted to know about story games in 17k words, 8 actual plays, and one history video →

Gotta get back, back to the past

When talking about the next storygame we wanted to play, my buddy threw out this moment as something that captured his imagination. Watch this to understand where my head is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fpXACbJ18&ab_channel=AdultSwimEurope Samurai Jack - Jack vs Six Bounty Hunters Let's play in the world of Samurai Jack. It's a world brimming with style, stuffed … Continue reading Gotta get back, back to the past →

“I know what we’re going to do today!”

104 days of summer vacation seems a lifetime away for you and I.... Nevertheless, today we join the boy geniuses of Phineas and Ferb in a social matrix game podcast actual play episode! https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Zl3n0CU44ZzxeR9h5rRIi?si=ByUCZ3QOSXGrINsD4RY51A Is it role-play? Is it improv? Is it just what being in a writer's room is like? I dunno! But I'm … Continue reading “I know what we’re going to do today!” →

A storygame where you forget to roll dice?? (ft. Scooby-Doo)

Crypts and Creatures! "I smite thee with a magic missile! MAGIC MISSILE!" My buddy Kyle Burger and I played a social matrix game, a kind of storygame with incredibly simple rules: Start with the mystery. Set the scene by describing the episode’s problem. Say what happens next. Anyone can add to the story, there’s no … Continue reading A storygame where you forget to roll dice?? (ft. Scooby-Doo) →