The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.
In SPINE, I want players to play with the ttrpg's rulebook in innovative ways.
I wrote this essay to think through the design. It describes the various ways we play with books in ttrpgs, with examples of how we use books as props, as anchors for fictions, and how we recreate them as art.
Then Satan rose up from hell and bellowed, “Little bunny Foo Foo! My most dedicated worshipper! Continue your reign of terror against the field mice in my name.”
I, a tax-paying citizen, am paying for the people who might be disappearing me next year. Donor states are paying for terror squads that beggar states will use to hurt them.
