Posts by: Dan

Playing, RPG
An in-depth review of the Mouse Guard RPG
Gritty, not grimy Mouse Guard isn’t the place to find morally compromised anti-heroes who want […]

Designing, RPG
It’s difficult to engineer something to capture the zeitgeist
Some RPGs are more popular than others, and it can be difficult to figure out […]

Dan Reads Games, Reading
Webcomic 13: Spotlight Hogs
Explaining jokes always makes them less funny. In this case, if you don’t get the […]

Designing, RPG
The Meaning of Fun
In this blog post I’m going to articulate a theory of what “fun” is. I’m […]

Designing
Four Panels
That image has the complete rules, but you can also read them in this more […]