Patchwork Newsletter (Vol 2, Issue 34)

Welcome to the weekly newsletter! This week on the blog I wrote Reading in the Dark. The most popular posts were Kickstarter Whales – Guest Post, Dungeon, Inc., A First Review, Close and Distant Playstyles, Dolmenwood Resources for You and A Dolmenwood Retrospective. Subscribe to get this in your inbox every Saturday. Discord Discussions Blog posts to readProjects to Bookmark and DownloadPlay reportsArrivals Chez PaladinPoem Discord Discussions This week, we talked about what makes us love playing RPGs. All appearances to the contrary, it is not endless bickering about rules or what constitutes the OSR. Instead, people replied that they loved the social content, the creativity of creating worlds and characters and solving problems, as well as the performance and seeing their fellow players perform and experiencing their creativity. The repeated experience of shared creativity and playfulness and the chance to make true friends makes our games into something special in our life. Having…