Monday, 30 November 2020

Vignettes About Adventure

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Self-direction may be recognised not only to be useful, to be a source of considerable happiness, and to make life more interesting and ente...
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Thursday, 26 November 2020

Fantasy and the Human Condition

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We have far too much of this kind of article  in our lives: the random and semi-plausible armchair ponderings of somebody whose only real qu...
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Wednesday, 25 November 2020

The Creative Process in Role Playing Games

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Iain McGilchrist is probably the most important contemporary thinker, and last night I listened to a good two part interview with him, here ...
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Monday, 23 November 2020

Lares

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Patron demigods were brought to the Great North in their thousands by the Emperor’s servants during his reign, each being given purview over...
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Thursday, 19 November 2020

The Love of Mapping and the Beauty of Hexographer

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  I love Hexographer, and I love Hexographer maps. More than that, though, I love the exercise of map-making.  I would like to say that this...
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Tuesday, 17 November 2020

The Imagination in Times of Lockdown

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The UK is currently in a 'second lockdown'. What this means in practice is: you can still go out freely and meet people outdoors (th...
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Sunday, 15 November 2020

In Praise of Formula

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'Formulaic' is a four-letter word in criticism of books, films, music. We all know how dispiriting it is to encounter a work of art ...
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Tuesday, 3 November 2020

A Map

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Not a finished product but a draft to show to the person who will be drawing the real thing. The red borders are the regions of the Great No...
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Wednesday, 28 October 2020

We Need Long Campaigns

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Pay close attention to what has happened to your mind. You are beset, besieged, bewildered by notifications from your phone, your social med...
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Saturday, 24 October 2020

An Introduction

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What does one do when it is a Saturday night (the worst time for blog traffic)? Certainly not post a content-only post (the worst type of po...
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