We've cracked £150,000, which means Lin's essay is officially going in the book. This means I have now finished assembling my Marvel-style dream team of contributors. It's a pretty strong lineup, I hope you'll agree.
Next:
£175,000: MORE KIERON If you know Kieron at all, it will not shock you to learn he's got more than one idea for a Metadungeon chapter. He's keeping his cards close to his chest - it'll be something that's either extremely meta, even more than the rest of this dungeon, or something about the historical forerunners to roleplaying games as we know them. RPG prehistory, if you like. I'm not saying it'll be about Kriegsspiel, but I am saying you should go and read about Kriegsspiel just in case.
With 48 hours to go, I think this is our last stretch goal. It's an ambitious target but I think we might just make it, y'all.
Speaking of ambitious, let's meet our penultimate Master. The Master of Ceremonies is from the 2010s, and they represent the movement towards centring players in games: their actions, their decisions, their stories. This is the GM that sets up interesting situations and gives you room to make interesting choices. They're on your side. They're your biggest cheerleader. But you won't have room to play to your full potential if they don't make your characters' lives hard. What's that? The characters are you and if you die (or are traumatised) in the game, that's with you for the rest of your life? Oh. How sad.
