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Playing characters of different gender

I like female characters. I like them in stories. I like them in games as protagonists. In writing I like making female characters as protagonists. And I like playing female characters in ttrpgs. And, shockingly or not, I'm not a woman.

There is probably an interesting psychological thing behind this (or not), but lets not go too deep into the whys. I just find them more interesting in many ways. And I think other players who play female characters feel the...

Life path campaigns

Back in the day when I was introduced to roleplaying, life path games (not sure how it is called in other places) was a thing that I heard a lot about. Basically this is a game where the player characters start at the lowest level possible (in every sense of the word), and then the stories follows them through their journey to greatness or death. Whichever comes first.

Needless to say, almost nobody have done this right or actually went really far with it. It requires a lot...

I was reading the Kids on Bikes 2. edition corebook and I noticed how much it focuses on making the game safe for everyone. The first chapter is all about making sure everyone states what topics can be in the game or should be avoided entirely. It's great. Safety tools are always good to have.

However I have some thoughts about this. First of all most of the rulebooks I have read put the safety tools to the end of the GM section (if they have any safety tools mentioned). I feel putting them right at...