Arrowed - Arrowed is Gaming

four players sit a while a fifth, the GM, gestures. Above, fantasy characters come to life: an elf with tattoos, a wizard in a pointy hat, a paladin in white, a rogue in a vest.

An Ode to My Players

I'm a bit of a "forever GM," as they say [Ed. note: who? who says this?], someone who ends up in the role of Game Master (or Dungeon Master or Referee) most of the time. (I'm a forever GM because I like being a

Game Report: The Grateful (Un)dead

Editor's Note: I run a Drakkenheim 5E campaign every other Thursday; this week, we had some player absences, so I pivoted to teaching the present players my favorite RPG: Delta Green! Drakkenheim recaps will resume in January 2026. One of the things I enjoy is roleplaying in the

a cow stands before a wall with two openings; both lead to the slaughterhouse. the caption is "the illusion...of free choice."

Agency? In This Economy?

I have been thinking a lot about what "Player Agency" means and how it can be a useful concept in our desire to run great TTRPGs. One nit that keeps begging me to pick it is the idea of agency to do what? Let's back up.

A spider's web superimposed on a set of logs, with the text "Web + log = 'blog'."

News

What even is this? (answer: a blog)

Hi! I'm Arrowed. I love Web logs, or "blogs" as the kids call them today. [Ed. Note: the people using the term "blog" haven't been kids for two decades.] I grew up in the 90s, when the Internet was capitalized, wild, and