Author: Darcy Ross

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Darcy Ross

Darcy Ross is a staff member at ConTessa and is interested in getting new people into gaming. Cypher System games are her jam, and she is a snail-ologist by day with a love of weird invertebrate animals.

Gnome Spotlight: Big Bad Con & Gaming For All

Posted by Darcy Ross | Jun 14, 2017 | Spotlight

Welcome to the second installment of Gnome...

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Gnome Spotlight: Lawful Good Gaming

Posted by Darcy Ross | Apr 24, 2017 | Spotlight

Welcome to Gnome Spotlight – an article...

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Punching Injustice In The FACE: Interview With Anna Kreider About The Watch

Posted by Darcy Ross | Feb 14, 2017 | Game Making, General

The Watch (Kickstarter) is some kind of freakish perfect storm; I trust it to produce these hard-to-reach moments, to be a gripping storytelling Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) game, and to inspire deeper thoughts about gender, society, resistance, and love.

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Ghouls & Dolls: Interview With Avery Alder On Monsterhearts 2

Posted by Darcy Ross | Nov 22, 2016 | Game Making, General, News

Your Vampire might sparkle, might sip daintily from her V Juice box, or might be an ill-advised and off-the-books member of MI6. The fundamental mystery we all really want to know is… will there be kissing?

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The Blue Wedding: Interview With Whitney “Strix” BeltrÃ¡n About Bluebeard’s Bride

Posted by Darcy Ross | Oct 25, 2016 | Game Making, News

“You put the key in the lock… You turn the...

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Secret Truths Of The Invisible Sun: A Multisensory Interview With Monte Cook

Posted by Darcy Ross | Sep 1, 2016 | General

You’ve always felt like this wasn’t...

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Support Gnome Stew On Patreon – Help Us Make Awesome Articles

Posted by Poddy Gnomington | Aug 24, 2016 | General, Gnomecast

Three weeks ago, at GenÂ Con, I got to wear the...

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To Absalom, And Beyond: Interviewing James L. Sutter About Starfinder

Posted by Darcy Ross | Jun 28, 2016 | News, Specific RPGs

A few weeks ago, Paizo announcedÂ it was making...

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An Olfactory Review of Adventure Scents

Posted by Angela Murray | May 27, 2016 | General

Adventure Scents provided us with samples of...

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Roll20CON: Guests, Games, and Getting the Hang of Roll20

Posted by Darcy Ross | May 23, 2016 | Gaming Conventions, News

Roll20, a popular browser-based virtual tabletop...

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Pop-up Roleplaying Games

Posted by Darcy Ross | Apr 4, 2016 | Gaming Conventions, GMing Advice

As the weather promises to warm up here in...

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