H.G. Wells, Dungeons & Dragons, and Call of Duty (The New York Times Book Review)

"Basic Training," an interesting article in The New York Times Sunday Book Review by game designer, Mark Wallace, tracing the history of modern role-playing games back to H.G. Wells book, Little Wars. It may not be new information for some, but it is nice little article.

The First Time Is Always Special: Our Upcoming Session with "Spirit of the Century"

So this weekend—if all goes as planned—I will have my first experience running Spirit of the Century. My face-to-face gaming group has only met once in the last year for a Castles & Crusades session, although previous to that we did have a couple of character creation sessions for the Dresden RPG (a FATE-based system, like Spirit of the Century). I think FATE will be a good match for our group.