June | 2014 | Jim - Yes, THAT Jim

Time Tightens Its Grip

June 20, 2014 Jim Ryan Leave a comment

Mechanical horse jumping over a clock I go on a reflective kickabout and talk about the increasing pressure to do fewer social activities in favor of getting creative work done. This is something that’s been bothering me a lot lately and I decided to talk about it in the hope of relieving a little bit of the pressure. As a result, this episode is a wee bit more serious and soul-searching than most.

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Categories: Observation Tags: psychology, rant, rpg, time, update, writing

To Puzzle or Not To Puzzle

June 12, 2014 Jim Ryan Leave a comment

puzzle I like puzzles. I also like tabletop role-playing games. But for the life of me I have yet to figure out a decent way to combine the two. I love the idea of throwing puzzles at a group of players when I’m running a game, but actually doing it has proven very challenging. Do players enjoy puzzles? Sure, I try to make sure I seriously entertain any ideas players have for getting around the puzzles I present them with, but I’d also like the puzzles themselves to be fun. Is there a good way of doing that? I’m still not sure, but I ramble about it for a while in this episode.

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Music by Kevin MacLeod

Categories: Games Tags: puzzle, rpg

Con Report: ConCarolinas 2014

June 6, 2014 Jim Ryan Leave a comment

I talk for a while about my recent trip to ConCarolinas and how it smashed my brain about with its many wonders and diversions. Silent movies, alcohol and writing panels galore!