Past Updates

April 7, 2000 This update included:

I Have No Words and I Must Design by Greg Costikyan

A Set of Rules for Game Reviews by Ken Rolston

March 16, 2000 This update included:

The Hidden Art: Slouching Towards A Critical Framework for RPGs by Robin D. Laws

Starbase 315 and the BeTau Sector Design Notes by Louis J. Prosperi

Also, contributing author Paul Beakley recommends The Experience Economy.

February 14, 2000! A mini-update, including:

The Interactive Toolkit, Part Four: Running Story Entertainments by Christopher Kubasik

Feburary 3, 2000 Second update, including:

The Interactive Toolkit, Part Three: Character, Character, Character by Christopher Kubasik

What is a Role Playing Game? by Guy McLimore

Unknown Armies Designers' Notes by John Tynes & Greg Stolze

January 10, 2000 First update, including:

The Interactive Toolkit, Part Two: Why Do Modules Suck? by Christopher Kubasik

Horror: Motifs and Actualities by Phil Masters

Where We've Been, Where We're Going by Greg Porter

December 18, 1999: Initial Launch, including:

Games for Beginners: A Manifesto by Paul Beakley

The Interactive Toolkit, Part One: Simulation or Story? by Christopher Kubasik

On the Vocabulary of Role-Playing by Phil Masters

I Was a Teenage Game Master by Chris Pramas

Creating Your Favorite RPG by Louis J. Prosperi

My Problem with the Storytelling Movement by Louis J. Prosperi

Johnny Come Lately by John Tynes

Do the Right Thing: A Commentary by Allen Varney

In Defense of Computer Story-Games by Ray Winninger

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