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The ripperbox: Rippers Resurrected as a sandbox campaign

Tabletop RPGs / Martin Ralya / June 2, 2016

My booty from the Rippers Resurrected Kickstarter came in on Tuesday, and I’ve had a chance to spend a bit of time with all three books. As is so often the case, my first thought was, “How well would Rippers work as a sandbox?” All of the ingredients are there, and the hook is so […]

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What’s one unit of play for an RPG?

Story games, Tabletop RPGs / Martin Ralya / May 24, 2016

With RPGs, what counts as one unit of play? Or, basically, what is a single session of a roleplaying game? Lately I’ve been playing The Beast, a single-player epistolary RPG that takes place over the course of sessions, each lasting 5-15 minutes, and it’s gotten me thinking more closely about units of play and the

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