Thanks. I peeked at them. Likely I won’t have time to thoroughly read, and digest them until next week, as Forge Midwest is this weekend, and I’m really busy trying to have something playtest-able, and getting ahead on the podcast since I won’t have this weekend to edit.

Well, that’s the beauty of Nordic theory – the discource takes the form of published articles.

http://www.saunalahti.fi/~hohakkar/meilahti/foreword.html

http://users.tkk.fi/~mmontola/diegesis.html

http://temppeli.org/rpg/process_model/

Thanks. I haven’t run out of theory though, it’s just I always have interviews I’m sitting on. They’re about all worked through now for the weekly schedule. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, there’s lots of The Big Model left to cover. I’ve been covering it as it’s the one I know. The podcast grew out of a desire to present the big model in a more understandable manner than through the Forge forums.

I really know nothing about Nordic theory. Is there a place where the ideas are presented in a clear, all encompassing manner? I don’t even have much time to go to the Forge anymore, so trying to dig out the whole of ideas, from say a forum or discussions across blogs, is well beyond my ken. I would love to learn more, if it doesn’t involve months or years of digging like I’ve done for the big model.

Also if the folks you mention don’t hit the few large American conventions I go to, it will be hard for me to interview them in person. I’ll do Skype for a discussion based thing like Discussions from the Closet, but interviews I do in person. I make a janitor’s wage so it’s unlikely I’ll be going overseas anytime soon.

However, it seems that you’ve ran out of theory to comment on or get out of the closet. That’s because, you’ve exclusively focused on the Forge-theory.

I would really like, if you’d get back to what makes this podcast special and bring new theory from the closet. Check out the Nordic stuff next or whatever else that is new. I’m sure that for example Montola, Hakkarainen & Stenros would have a lot to say about the Meilahti school and beyond. The Solmukohta books have a lot of interresting articles and persons behind those.

Thanks a lot.

Ogre,

you can call me whatever you want.

So, should I start calling it Uncle Theory From the Closet now?

Keep your head up, and keep casting!!!