Archive (Page 2) • Thinking about Games by J.A. Dettman • Buttondown

Cozy Cove

May 21, 2021

I wrote, a few weeks back, about Brindlewood Bay and how the game didn’t work for my group. Lately, I’ve been noodling with ways to fix the game or, more...

Short games, long games, and Amber Diceless

May 7, 2021

I’m having a lot of competing feelings this week. First, I’m pretty sure that I pushed my setting thinking last week too far into “bleak and unfun”...

More Street Wise

April 30, 2021

I fell down a rabbit hole thinking about system for Street Wise this week and ended up all over the place, so this week will (probably) be brief as I stream-...

Street Wise

April 23, 2021

This one is a daydream that is edging into a design. I mean, every daydream is, really, because I can’t usually separate thinking about a game setting or...

The Dreams of Nighttime Animals

April 16, 2021

This is a daydream. It is a completely untested roleplaying game idea. You and your friends are a human beings. When you fall asleep, you dream of being...

Thoughts on Brindlewood Bay

April 9, 2021

We played our second and final session of Brindlewood Bay on Saturday. It didn't really work for us mechanically. Brindlewood Bay is a "cozy" murder solving...

Expectations and Motivations

April 2, 2021

This is not going to be a typical entry. This is about what a typical entry will probably look like and my motivations for writing this newsletter....