ars ludi

art of the game, roleplaying game theory from the brain of ben robbins

Archive for the ‘misc’


Shiny New Format

What the? Black text on a white background? Are your eyes deceiving you?

Have no fear. Ars Ludi has moved over to new blog software and I took the opportunity to flip to what I’m told is a more readable format. Because reading is fundamental.

Old comments haven’t been imported yet, so don’t be surprised that you don’t see them. On the plus side, one of the many benefits of the new software is that you can subscribe to the comments feed for the blog as a whole or just particular posts. How cool is that?

Pax Evil Genius

With the release of Evil Genius #2: Crime & Punishment, I think I have more M&M adventures in print than any other author. My reign of terror marches on unabated.

Gone to playtesting

Generally I post whenever the mood seizes me, but January was particularly slow because I was busy finishing up the playtest draft of Evil Genius #2: Crime & Punishment. But now it's off in the hands of the playtesters, and I'm catching up on the ars ludi posts that were rattling around in the back of my head.

One Year Old

Ars Ludi is one year old today, and it demands cake and presents. It seems like only yesterday that I posted the first entry, Making the Party.

Done with Death

I've been busy finishing up Death of Dr Null, but now that it's done I'm going to post some entries to discuss the techniques developed for those adventures (things like Action Shticks and Revelations) so you can take advantage of them in your own game.

Comments Fixed

I just fixed the comments feature. My apologies if you tried to leave comments before and it didn't work.