CATMAIL #4

Look what the cat dragged in. Switching things up with a shorter CATMAIL. Let’s see how it works. To reduce eye-glazing for you, dear reader, I moved the big link pile out of the newsletter. Worry not, it isn't gone. The newsletter now includes the posts I have extra thoughts about, while the longer archive list lives on the blog as a companion piece. I'll see how this turns out. Let me know if you have suggestions! In this Issue New blog posts Rootring and map updates Favorite reads from the month Cat Scraps companion archive The Yarn BallWhat I've been doing! New on the BlogFinally back to writing some actual blog posts! I resurrected an old draft because I kept circling back to it. Recently Marcia referred to some GM work as backend, and I immediately thought "Hang on a minute! Haven't I written something similar before?" So yeah, I cleaned it up and expanded it into a framework for analyzing playstyle, mechanics, and modules: Fullstack Refereeing! I wrote an essay about what maps…