I was very excited when BubbleGumshoe was announced because it seemed like the first iteration of the game engine that would be about detection first and foremost. What was the last roleplaying game you played that didn’t have a weird factor? Magic, super-powers, faeries, monsters of some kind: the weird is ubiquitous. Each of the iterations of ( Read more... )

One of the things which has often perturbed me a little about the so-called "Story Games" has been how they shy away from really getting to grips with the mechanics of the genre form they're going to try and emulate.

For example, A Wilderness of Mirrors brings onto the table the concepts of planning a mission and Control eliminating a "rogue" ( Read more... )

There has been a lot of discussion about investigative games recently and their pitfalls. However, after some thought, I find myself beginning to wonder if "investigative" is the right word, in the sense that is the "investigation" is actually the core of the problem ( Read more... )