In light of upcoming ZineQuest '24, I thought it would be fun to dig through some of my more zine-like treasures. So up today is Mouth Brood, from Amanda Lee Franck and Games Omnivorous. I splurged for the physical copy of this little module for reasons I don't quite remember, although it probably has to do with the Annihilation-esque vibe it gives off, and the delightful illustration of fungi on the cover. Technically outside of my goal of going through my crowdfunding pile, but it's too cool to pass up. Let's delve!
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Monday, January 22, 2024
Archive Delving - Winter Harvest
Time for a little more archival work! Today I'll be reading through Winter Harvest! It's been awfully cold this past week, and I've been thinking about wintertime, and this is another game from some of my earlier kickstarter purchases. This is one I do remember reading through - but I don't remember any content! The blurb puts me in mind of what I think of as a spate of cozy games, coinciding with and following Wanderhome's emergence onto the scene (even though I think Wanderhome doesn't neatly fit "cozy", or is doing something different with coziness). But that's a different game for a different time! Let's get feasting.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Archive Delving - Bleak Spirit
Friday, January 12, 2024
Root: The RPG - A Semi-Motivated Review
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Inaugural Posting
Wow! A new blog, in the year 2024! It must appear at least as ridiculous to you as it seems to me. But with the ongoing collapse of social media, I thought it would be nice to have a place to "post", and I'm hoping to do some more longform posting, of a kind that seems out of place even on Cohost. If you've found this blog, you probably already know that I publish games at benkrosenbloom.itch.io, but if you've somehow stumbled across this, welcome! Most of my blogging I anticipate to be about tabletop games or adjacent to games - reviews, after-action reports, design thoughts, etc - but I've been reading books again, and I can imagine being sufficiently moved by a book to write something about it here.
Review: ARCANA (for Heart: The City Beneath)
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Time for a little more archival work! Today I'll be reading through Winter Harvest ! It's been awfully cold this past week, and I...