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Anthology of Game Blogs

I got my copy of Open Game Table, The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs.

Is there some ars ludi in there, you ask? On yeah. The Braunstein: Roots of Roleplaying article is reprinted, along with all five West Marches articles and Making the Party: Wedge Issues.

My only regret is that because of concerns over copyright, the original plan to include some reader comments along with the articles got scrubbed. I really would have liked Major Wesely’s replies to be included with the Braunstein article — what could be more fitting? The reviews of the anthology have included a lot of nice comments about Braunstein, and it’s nice to see both Major Wesely and Dave Arneson getting some well-deserved recognition, plus gamers learning about their roots.

…hmm, just one post in two months? Well it’s not like I normally post on a schedule, but lately I’ve been knee-deep developing microscope. More on that later.

Search Ars Ludi

Added a search field. Don’t ask why this wasn’t there before. Sheer madness. But it’s there now, so search away.

Couldn’t you have just searched with Google? Yes, but if your search string was part of an article title every single post was returned because all the titles appear in the sidebar of every post. Oooh, messy.

Guide my GenCon

Say I was going to GenCon in a day or two (because I am). My current plan it to wander aimlessly through the mighty sea of gamers, but this shows a certain lack of strategy.

Where should I go? What should I do? What are the things I absolutely should not miss?

Gimme the scoop.

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?

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.

Comments Fixed

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