Theory
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What is The NSR All About?
I figure I may as well post this message I wrote in the #introductions channel of our NSR Discord a few days ago, so it doesn’t get lost. I’d like to think it will double as an introduction to the Cauldron, if we’re doi… |
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1 | 709 | September 25, 2021 |
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Welcome To Theory!
This category is for discussions about the nature of roleplaying games, how we play, why we play, what we play, and other abstract topics. Discussions about different play-styles, the history of ttrpgs, and so forth go … |
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2 | 126 | September 21, 2021 |
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How do you describe your NPCs? - Or more importantly, what do you not describe?
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4 | 59 | September 22, 2022 |
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What do want/get from a play report?
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3 | 47 | September 15, 2022 |
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ELI5: System matters/doesn't matter
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6 | 110 | September 11, 2022 |
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We Are But Worms: How Far Can One Word Go?
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0 | 91 | June 24, 2022 |
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Story game Big Three Questions and the OSR/NSR version
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27 | 574 | June 22, 2022 |
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Proceduralism -- possibly a manifesto
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14 | 237 | June 21, 2022 |
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[Blog Post] RPGs and Creative Constraints: What’s behind the OSR and FKR?
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14 | 359 | June 16, 2022 |
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List of influential blog posts
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5 | 176 | June 12, 2022 |
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Against incentivizing mechanics
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13 | 349 | May 21, 2022 |
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Light-tracking woes
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17 | 297 | May 16, 2022 |
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Review of Jon Peterson's *Game Wizards* (2021)
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2 | 183 | May 13, 2022 |
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Where do you see your interests progressing to?
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7 | 222 | May 8, 2022 |
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One Year Since "Six Cultures of Play"
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39 | 579 | May 1, 2022 |
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The Negadungeon
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10 | 394 | April 17, 2022 |
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What is Old School, really?
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12 | 225 | March 26, 2022 |
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The Problem With Dungeons
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32 | 756 | March 16, 2022 |
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Is there "Happy" NSR?
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81 | 1849 | March 16, 2022 |
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Supporting emotionally resonant play
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11 | 326 | March 13, 2022 |
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"Is there X around?" or, when do we decide that a convenient thing exists
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19 | 404 | March 13, 2022 |
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The differences between Traditional RPG's and Story Telling games
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47 | 646 | March 8, 2022 |
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Are hexcrawls different from dungeoncrawls?
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4 | 165 | March 7, 2022 |
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Non-Mechanical Strategy—How do we Encourage This?
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10 | 221 | March 6, 2022 |
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Conversion of Media to RPG material
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3 | 170 | January 24, 2022 |
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Call for Dungeon Crawl Questions
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15 | 306 | January 18, 2022 |
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How "Constant" Must a Character Be?
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7 | 178 | January 15, 2022 |
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Why I love Dark Depths
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2 | 357 | January 5, 2022 |
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What is "balance" and is it necessary?
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14 | 280 | December 28, 2021 |
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Let's talk Accessibility
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5 | 216 | December 6, 2021 |