W. F. Smith 2/27/26 W. F. Smith 2/27/26

Pokémon Is OSR

I elucidate the ways that the Pokémon games embody several principles of the OSR playstyle, which is maybe unsurprising when you consider the history of JRPGs.

W. F. Smith 5/20/25 W. F. Smith 5/20/25

Remember Books? They’re Back, in Blog Form

If the best TTRPG writing has, for at least a decade, proliferated online (which it has), shouldn’t we start putting that writing where it belongs on our bookshelves?