Istus Take the Wheel - Who I am, and thoughts on the OSR
I'm an aspiring wanderer of wildernesses that have never been. I'm a dreamer who doesn't get very much done, at the end of the day. I'm a nervous wreck of a carelord. I'm an unbelievable, insufferable, absolute fucking nerd . Don't believe me? Check out this essay I wrote about my history with RPGs, due to appear in Knock Issue #2 ( still mid-KS until the 24th ) - the Knock version has the bonus of fantastic art by the talented Evlyn Moreau and the incredible layout madness that the Mushmen are known for. ------------------- Istus is the goddess of fate and destiny in good old Gary’s Greyhawk campaign setting. She spins the tapestry of the universe from strands of potentiality. She bears the weight of penning the future, down to the most minute detail. She is all-seeing and all-knowing. And I used to think I was her. From the beginning of my RPG obsession, my experience GMing (as a preteen roping my too-young brothers and my tolerant mom into a stumbling, fum...