Seattle Weekly - tech: Recasting the die: This article talks about how the internet has reinvigorated tabletop gaming. It's a good read, though I was hoping it was going to tell me how to run a pencil and paper game across an instant-message application. It mentions Steve Jackson Games, and has a quote from Evil Stevie himself, but doesn't go so far as to mention how SJG has embraced the internet, such as transforming their former dead-tree magazine into the best online gaming mag, evar: Pyramid. Or the fact that their beta test process is open to all subscribers, and is debated in their hosted forums. (That does it, I'm going to renew my subscription.)
“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he ...
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