Contemplating a Libertarian RPG Campaign
I've been contemplating running a play-by-email campaign for a while now, and with the launch of the Libertarian Gamers Project I've decided to make it a campaign with a libertarian bent. Offline,...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Spycraft, Part 1
Spycraft is Alderac's d20-based game of modern espionage. It draws upon the classics of the genre -- James Bond, Mission: Impossible, The A Team, Sneakers, Alias -- to create a game that's reminiscent...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Spycraft, Part 2
In The Libertarian Gamer: Spycraft, Part 1, I discussed the basic outline of the campaign and possible heroic organizations. But what's a hero without a villain?
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Politics and Gaming
Reactions to the Libertarian Gamers Project have been largely positive -- in the month since I started promoting it, we've had 21 members join up, and a few good conversations over at the...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Arcana Unearthed, Part 1: Campaign Set-Up
Monte Cooke's Arcana Unearthed is an alternative Players Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons that ditches the game's time-honored fantasy classes in favor of wholly new classes that contain echoes of...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Arcana Unearthed, Part 2: Races & Classes
In Part 1 of this column, I gave an overview of Monte Cook's Diamond Throne campaign setting for Arcana Unearthed and talked about the sort of adventures I'd like to run there. In Part 2, I talk about...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Gamma World, Part 1
In the distant future, Earth will be in ruins. The land will have been ravaged by a horrific assortment of doomsday weapons, from nuclear bombs to genetically engineered super-viruses to hunter-killer...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Gamma World, Part 2
In the last issue of the Libertarian Gamer, I laid the ground work for a libertarian campaign set in the classic post-apocalyptic setting known as Gamma World, laying down some campaign guidelines and...
View ArticleAnimal Crossing as Capitalist Paradise
A few months ago I picked up Animal Crossing: Wild World for the Nintendo DS, partly because I'd heard good things about it, partly because its a kid-friendly game I can play with my daughter, and...
View ArticleLibertarian Gamer: Zombies, GenCon and Databases
The Libertarian Gamers forum shows some signs of life in 2007 with discussions of the politics of zombie fiction, the Weird West, a libertarian gamer database and who's going to GenCon Indy.
View ArticleLibertarian Gamers: Could vs. Should, Star Wars: Age of Alderaan, Civil War
The Libertarian Gamers Project is having a lively conversation about using the Star Wars campaign setting to run just about any type of game imaginable, from space opera to noir detective stories to...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Superheroes!
Atlas stood crouched on the launch pad, his arms holding up the bulky form of a $250 million, 1.5 ton communications satellite. He shifted the weight easily, adjusting his grip on the titanium...
View ArticleReason: We the Living Dead
If I ever get back to writing my Libertarian Gamer columns, I'll be sure to do one on the Living Dead. Zombie flicks have had political overtones almost since the beginning reaching their pinnacle with...
View ArticleContemplating a Libertarian RPG Campaign
I've been contemplating running a play-by-email campaign for a while now, and with the launch of the Libertarian Gamers Project I've decided to make it a campaign with a libertarian bent. Offline,...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Spycraft, Part 1
Spycraft is Alderac's d20-based game of modern espionage. It draws upon the classics of the genre -- James Bond, Mission: Impossible, The A Team, Sneakers, Alias -- to create a game that's reminiscent...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Spycraft, Part 2
In The Libertarian Gamer: Spycraft, Part 1, I discussed the basic outline of the campaign and possible heroic organizations. But what's a hero without a villain?
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Politics and Gaming
Reactions to the Libertarian Gamers Project have been largely positive -- in the month since I started promoting it, we've had 21 members join up, and a few good conversations over at the...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Arcana Unearthed, Part 1: Campaign Set-Up
Monte Cooke's Arcana Unearthed is an alternative Players Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons that ditches the game's time-honored fantasy classes in favor of wholly new classes that contain echoes of...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Arcana Unearthed, Part 2: Races & Classes
In Part 1 of this column, I gave an overview of Monte Cook's Diamond Throne campaign setting for Arcana Unearthed and talked about the sort of adventures I'd like to run there. In Part 2, I talk about...
View ArticleThe Libertarian Gamer: Gamma World, Part 1
In the distant future, Earth will be in ruins. The land will have been ravaged by a horrific assortment of doomsday weapons, from nuclear bombs to genetically engineered super-viruses to hunter-killer...
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