introduction &mdash; Fringe Reviews https://wordsmith.social/fringe-reviews/tag:introduction Reviews from the fringes of Role-Playing Games Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:26:50 +0000 Welcome to Fringe Reviews https://wordsmith.social/fringe-reviews/welcome-to-fringe-reviews <![CDATA[A while ago I started a series of reviews on a game-focused web site. The intent was (and remains) to introduce games, both newer and older, that exist on the fringe of the role-playing hobby. Several things happened, however, that slowed me down and eventually ground the reviews to a halt: The game site I was using had pretty bad tools for its blogging. It was always a chore to get things done. I was willing to do it, but it was friction. COVID-19 happened and I spiralled into a bit of a dark space. My personal life got very busy and made spending the effort of in-depth reviewing not worth the friction of the web site's tooling. Gamer+ is now a Mastodon instance (where I'm still active for gaming-related interaction) which leaves my old reviews in archives and makes it impossible for me to continue them—just as I get the motivation to write new ones. So this is where my Fringe Reviews go to now. I will be interlacing re-publications of my old reviews here with new reviews of games, both old and new, that I think are of interest for some reason or another. #FringeReviews #TTRPG #RPG #Reviews #Introduction]]> A while ago I started a series of reviews on a game-focused web site. The intent was (and remains) to introduce games, both newer and older, that exist on the fringe of the role-playing hobby. Several things happened, however, that slowed me down and eventually ground the reviews to a halt:

  1. The game site I was using had pretty bad tools for its blogging. It was always a chore to get things done. I was willing to do it, but it was friction.
  2. COVID-19 happened and I spiralled into a bit of a dark space.
  3. My personal life got very busy and made spending the effort of in-depth reviewing not worth the friction of the web site's tooling.

Gamer+ is now a Mastodon instance (where I'm still active for gaming-related interaction) which leaves my old reviews in archives and makes it impossible for me to continue them—just as I get the motivation to write new ones.

So this is where my Fringe Reviews go to now. I will be interlacing re-publications of my old reviews here with new reviews of games, both old and new, that I think are of interest for some reason or another.

#FringeReviews #TTRPG #RPG #Reviews #Introduction

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