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A city girl with midwestern roots, Angela has been on the internet for far too long. A geek of many stripes, when Angela isn't pretending to be a different person every weekend she can be found reading, writing (that novel will come out some day!), or preparing for her eventual life as a crazy cat woman. Angela also blogs about gaming at the blog Gaming as Women http:///www.gamingaswomen.com

Fandible Interview: Anna Kreider, Thou Art But a Warrior

Welcome to our second Fandible interview! Today I’m here with an interview with Anna Kreider about her current IndieGoGo campaign to fund a second edition of her game Thou Art But a Warrior. You might also know Anna from the internet sensation Go Make Me a Sandwich and as a fellow contributor to Gaming as Women….

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New on Fandible: Review and Fair Use Policies

As avid gamers, there’s little the Fandible crew loves more than interacting with other people who love games just as much as we do. For us, those people tend to fall into two groups: the people who design the games we play, and the people who then listen to us play those games. As part…

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#1reasonwhy – Women Talk about Sexism in Gaming Industries

If you follow any sort of gaming people on Twitter this week, you probably saw the #1reasonwhy hashtag. It all started with a simple question: “Why are there so few lady game creators?” The hashtag #1reasonwhy was created in response, and it blew Twitter up. While initially it was about RPG design, it exploded across…

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The strange excitement of costuming Unhallowed Metropolis

If you’ve listened to part 1 of our latest Unhallowed Metropolis game, you’ve undoubtedly heard me geeking the hell out about some 19th century costuming book. In case your interested where all of the costume inspirations came from, check out the full book on Archive.Org Fancy Dresses Described: Or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls….

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Be Productive in November!

Most of you are probably aware of the infamous NaNoWriMo – where insane writers take it upon themselves to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. I can call them insane, because I count myself among them this year! But did you know there’s a similar event in November specially for game designers? Say hello to…

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Post-Sandy Fandible Check-in

As most of our listeners and readers know, the Fandible crew is based in New York City. While there was some devastating damage to the City, all of us here at Fandible made it through unscathed. Our biggest concern at the moment is whether we’ll be able to get together on Saturday as usual! Keep…

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Using player input in your game: Behind the scenes of Supernatural If These Walls Could Talk

I’ve been sitting on the basic story for Fandible’s latest game since May, when Billy and I visited Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. It’s an eerie place, perfect for setting a ghost story. And as described at the end of the podcast, there was a plaque in the prison that took a starring role for…

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The Notepad – My Most Important Tool

In case you haven’t noticed yet, we play a lot of different games here at Fandible. We have 17 different games on the site right now, and I know there’s at least one new game that hasn’t made it up on the site yet. These games have run the gamut of extremely rules-light (see: Dread “I want to…

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