by Guild Member H. Benjamin York, Ph.D. | Nov 9, 2019 | B Series, College of Gaming
B4 Series #3 As we wind down the Halloween season (I swear it was just a day when I was a kid), Guild Master Scott wanted to continue the column series on horror. It is a genre that has evolved from very ancient myths and stories. It is about what we can’t understand...
by Guild Master Scott P | Oct 12, 2019 | B Series, College of Gaming
B4 Series #2 When the term “horror genre” is mentioned, the initial association is made to classic and sometimes cheesy monster movies or the more modern gore-intensive film experience. These particular approaches do have their place in the genre but there...
by Guild Master Scott P | Oct 5, 2019 | B Series, College of Gaming
B4 Series #1 During our column series in Guild Year 19, we ran a few installments about genres in role playing games. We are making a return to that topic in honor of October’s arrival. The month, and its very popular holiday and trappings, heightens our...
by Guild Member Gus B | Mar 23, 2019 | B Series, College of Gaming
B3 Series • #1 Genre-mixing (or bashing) is not a new concept in role playing games. My knowledge is not all-encompassing, but I do recall seeing conversions for Gamma World and Boot Hill in the 1st Dungeon Master’s Guide, which were some of the earliest attempts to...
by Guild Exchequer Rich B | Mar 16, 2019 | B Series, College of Gaming
B2 Series • #1 The whole concept of genres has changed considerably in gaming design over the past decade or so. In the past, game systems were mostly set in a specific genre, and many of them were a specific setting, with the gaming system going hand in hand with...
by Guild Master Scott P | Mar 9, 2019 | B Series, College of Gaming
B1 Series • #2 A role playing game is a story told through cooperative narration within a framework of rules and set in a dynamic fictional world. That make-believe land is defined by certain elements and tropes that combined are known as a “genre.”...
