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Drüben beim Rollenspiel-Blogs Forum gibt es eine Diskussion über "Szenenbasiertes Rollenspiel". Das mäandert ziemlich, aber es stecken auch interessante Dinge drin. Insgesamt brachte es mich dazu, darüber nachzudenken wie ich Rollenspiel leite und meine Abenteuer, Szenarien und Kampagnen plane. Wer mich kennt, weiß dass ich sehr gerne
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I spent the last weekend at a semi-regular gaming meetup. The beauty of this thing is that while it does host more than a few dozen people, but all of them are invited known persons. Friends and family one could say. Blechpirat and me usually use this gathering to
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For a bit over 5 years, I'm more or less regularly participating in Crowdfunding campaigns. Most of the stuff is geeky technology or gaming things, but there were also art, music or fashion projects. Kickstarter alone counts 89 successfully backed projects. Of those, these actually failed to deliver
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A while ago, I explained how we have fewer adbreaks here in german TV. Of course, we cought up a bit over the years, but it's still a socialist paradise in comparison. But there is also of course a distinct... german-ness to the ads I was seeing
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Today, I'll tell you about the close relationship of the really popular "Schlager" genre and, well, critical anti-establishment voices. But first, I need to take a slight detour. With cat content. Well, cat-and-mouse content. Regardless if you're a german or US-
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This is the story of Bob: Bob is active in her chosen field, which exposes her to some wider audience. As Bob does things that people value, she has a podium on which to speak and she uses it to some effect. Alas, Bob has a problem. For some reason,
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In der letzten Zeit, und auf verschiedenen Blogs und Foren in denen ich involviert bin, trudeln Kommentare ein, die auf den ersten Blick hilfreich und on-topic ausschauen. Ihnen gemeinsam ist aber: * sie tauchen in recht alten Beiträgen auf * sie enthalten einen Link auf eine Seite, die im Endeffekt ein
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To understand the following, you have to keep in mind that basically all germans for several generations have grown up with the stories of the brave and noble apache chief Winnetou, and his friend Old Shatterhand. The german author Karl May penned those, claiming they were the novelized diaries of
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If you ever looked at one of these Buzzfeed lists like "10 dark original endings of Disney princesses" or similar things, you certainly know that european, and especially german fairy tales are dark. Gloomy, doomy, dark. You might know of old-school things like the Struwwelpeter: An educational
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If you've ever spent new years eve in germany, you probably have encountered this: Dinner for One This sketch, performed by two british variety actors (and tumblers) is a german ritual for generations by now - despite the fact that it is indeed performed in english, without any german
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Disclaimer: Those who know this genre, please forgive me for simplifying things A LOT, and probably getting even more wrong and for certain omitting key players. This is not my music, nor my scene, and I have no clue what I'm writing about. For quite a while, HipHop
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While I was doing research for Terrifying German Culture Hour, something occurred to me: German TV, especially in the 70ies and 80ies had way less advertising than comparable shows in the US. That sounds like a trivial "so what?" insight, but it is actually huge: For starters, they