Marshall Miller
@mease19.bsky.social
Games/Game Design/Game Studies, Nutrition, Psychology, Aging, The Warren, Larpbus, Nanoworld, 200WRPGC, he/him.
It’s a good number for Blood on the Clocktower… Sea Dracula or Ghost Court? Matrix game? Diplomacy variant but with funny voices and hats?
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s a good number for Blood on the Clocktower… Sea Dracula or Ghost Court? Matrix game? Diplomacy variant but with funny voices and hats?
The Internet Archive has a good collection of Diplomacy zines. UK Diplomacy Archive also has a good collection.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Internet Archive has a good collection of Diplomacy zines. UK Diplomacy Archive also has a good collection.
Honestly, it still rules! I ran a 17-issue Dip zine for my students over the summer and it was very well received.
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Honestly, it still rules! I ran a 17-issue Dip zine for my students over the summer and it was very well received.
Networks - choose a zine (probably from a provided list) and then create a citation network graph of every other zine mentioned (and every zine they mention) and annotated bibliography.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Networks - choose a zine (probably from a provided list) and then create a citation network graph of every other zine mentioned (and every zine they mention) and annotated bibliography.
The transition from zines to websites/blogs feels important, maybe compare and contrast a zine and site/blog on the same topic. Could be a good chance to introduce the internet archive.
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The transition from zines to websites/blogs feels important, maybe compare and contrast a zine and site/blog on the same topic. Could be a good chance to introduce the internet archive.
Swaps and in-kind trades feel like a key aspect of the culture. Maybe students find a zinester to swap with and combine it with an interview or correspondence?
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Swaps and in-kind trades feel like a key aspect of the culture. Maybe students find a zinester to swap with and combine it with an interview or correspondence?
Play-by-Mail - Run a weekly postal game zine for students (or have them collectively run a postal game zine for another class). Diplomacy? Railway Rivals?
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Play-by-Mail - Run a weekly postal game zine for students (or have them collectively run a postal game zine for another class). Diplomacy? Railway Rivals?
Zine Fest - reserve a public space and run a tiny zine festival to showcase your zines at the end of the semester. A table for you and a table for you and a table for you!
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Zine Fest - reserve a public space and run a tiny zine festival to showcase your zines at the end of the semester. A table for you and a table for you and a table for you!
University Archives - take a field trip to the library to deposit a collection of your zines in the archives. Next time you teach the class, take field trip to access previous year’s archived zines.
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
University Archives - take a field trip to the library to deposit a collection of your zines in the archives. Next time you teach the class, take field trip to access previous year’s archived zines.
Treasure hunt - find a zine in the wild, document and reflect on the space where it was found. Who frequents the space? What themes connect the zine to the space?
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Treasure hunt - find a zine in the wild, document and reflect on the space where it was found. Who frequents the space? What themes connect the zine to the space?
Dwarves are hatched from eggs (unconfirmed), kobolds are very much into hip hop, eagles are big jerks.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Dwarves are hatched from eggs (unconfirmed), kobolds are very much into hip hop, eagles are big jerks.
Maybe use this on the back cover so that it mirrors the front cover?
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Maybe use this on the back cover so that it mirrors the front cover?
You should totally make a game that you start playing with a new ink cartridge and the game ends when it's empty. Could be your printer cartridge, could be your fountain pen.
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
You should totally make a game that you start playing with a new ink cartridge and the game ends when it's empty. Could be your printer cartridge, could be your fountain pen.
That was me 5 years ago. Drafting a syllabus and then doing informal interviews with folk who were already teaching game design and getting their feedback was really helpful.
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
That was me 5 years ago. Drafting a syllabus and then doing informal interviews with folk who were already teaching game design and getting their feedback was really helpful.
So... a TTRPG about the politics of textiles? Please. :-)
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So... a TTRPG about the politics of textiles? Please. :-)
If you wanted some fresh eyes or potentially 1/3, I’d be excited to check it out…
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If you wanted some fresh eyes or potentially 1/3, I’d be excited to check it out…
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Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
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November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
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November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM