An introduction to consumption for Creatives – Session 0

It’s time to get a little weird. If you’re a creative person, no matter what discipline, your brain needs to be fed. Reading books, listening to music, watching films, it does not really matter what you do, as long as you somehow Consume. The following couple of blog posts will contain a guide for how

What happens in the woods`? Three encounters for Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game

Sometimes things just naturally converge. I was considering what happens in the woods of the Woodland, painting idly with watercolour, and eventually I figured that my results could be images of how the denizens perceive the dangerous woods. So here are three encounters ready-to-use for your campaign. The Demon-Bird of the Old Thicket You would

Principles of building creative skill

After my musings on Root, I’ve been thinking a lot about why we categorize some games as beginner, and others intermediate, and I realized it bugged me quite a bit. I think it’s mainly the gatekeeping inherent in the phrase, and how often words such as “entry-level”, “beginner” and “newbie-friendly” have been used to separate

Elephants and Mosquitoes (or why I love both garbage art and masterpieces)

Disclaimer: I don’t particularly like evolutionary analogies, and I don’t think the one I’ll put forward today really has any truth to it, when it comes to actual biology. Think of it more as a picture, an image of how various artforms proliferate in various ways. The average lifespan of a savanna elephant is about