This blog leans pretty heavy on the nostalgia. I'd call it an "old school" blog, but it's been aggressively pointed out to me that none of the games I dig are "old school," most emphatically Vampire . In any case, it doesn't matter. Most of the games that I'm passionate about are the games from my youth-- Vampire , yes, but also AD&D, West End Games version of Star Wars , Call of Cthulhu , etc. Maybe it's just a generic nostalgia for that time in my life, or maybe it's because these are the games that set my standards for what gaming SHOULD be. In order to draw even more ire from the "storytelling games suck" crowd, in Forge terms, I'm a Simulationist . I like my rules and mechanics to do a decent job reflecting the reality of the genre they're trying to emulate (fantasy adventurer, horror, etc.), and they get the heck out of the way. The "story" for me is what happens when the troupe (players and GM) int...