A PlotField is comprised of all objects, characters and locations which may interact in a prepared setting. The PlotField Diagram illustrates the relations between them at a glance. The diagram does not define any actual plot, but describes the field from which a plot...
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ThisIsFractopia.com is the home base of the Fractopia Podcast: forecasting the facts of tomorrow through the fiction of today. In this series, AIP founder Tod Foley examines current trends and developments in technology and science fiction, in order to create...
Take a tour of the UbiquiCity anthology in this dynamic slideshow.
Tales of the Fractopian Future Nine authors collaborate to build a “Smart City” of the first world 100 years in the future, examining the results of projected modern trends such as ubiquitous computing, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, biotech, anti-aging...
An essay on the science fiction of the "Golden Age," circa 1930-1950. Excerpted from Golden Age Adventures (2016).
An essay on surrealism in art and literature, excerpted from the DayTrippers GameMasters Guide.
Drawn broadly, the category of "surreal science fiction" includes two main classes of stories. One encompasses the first popular science fiction shorts, appearing in pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories and Astounding Stories (later to become Analog Science Fact &...
ScenePlay is a card-based collaborative narrative game that creates movie and tv stories. It's one of my latest obsessions. ScenePlay Version 0.13 is a beta test document, which has been released to all members of the As If Collective for edification, playtesting and...
The words "Narrative" and "Story" are often used interchangeably, but they are not synonymous. The Difference between Narrative and Story is part of a structuralist approach to game design and interactive storytelling currently being explored by the As If Collective....
Released under Creative Commons, this is an open-source version of the DayTrippers RPG rules for customization. NOW AVAILABLE AT: DrivethruRPG
Over at Coming Out of the Basement, Jack Stephenson-Carr is engaging in an in-depth analysis of the question (and the assumptions behind the question): "Are Roleplaying Games Art?" Here's my take on it. Certainly they are, if they convey meaning. But they're not...