Vulpes Ludos
Foxes at Play
Welcome to Vulpes Ludos, a blog of opinion pieces about games - Both digital and tabletop - from someone who likes foxes.
Knotted Thoughts on Tiebreaks
It is difficult to define what a tiebreaker is without sounding redundant. It breaks ties. It's in the name. And it is not hard to see...
Accessibility and Approachability in games
Accessibility features are things that make it easier to play the game for those who are disabled or otherwise have access needs - These...
Countdown
Here is a jumble of nine letters. In 30 seconds, try and find as long a word that you'd be able to find in a standard English dictionary...
Taste Makers
Here's a quick description of four video games that I think had a big impact on my taste in games growing up, and what it is about those...
Exploring the Unmappable
I leave the console room, the door closes behind me. I go through the door in front of me, next to a chest of some kind, and... I'm back...
Just A Game
Who cares if you wind up begging for food in Agricola? It's just a game. We should look critically at what messages about politics are in...
Mario Maker Doesn't Replace Traditional Mario
I love Mario Maker 2. It's an enjoyable tool to use, and one that's possible to make some really cool levels in it relatively easily, or...
Same sex relationships in board games
Whenever someone suggests that board games could use better, more visible, representation of same-sex relationships, a response I often...
Can Legacy Go Further?
Board games, traditionally, sit on a shelf, with no knowledge of when they were last played, or what happened in the last session. They...
Some thoughts on Pokémon Sword
Having just finished the main game of Pokémon Sword, I have some thoughts on it both in isolation and compared with prior iterations of...
An Introduction and Personal Background
I'm Stephen, and this blog is an attempt to get a piece of writing out about games once a week during 2020, sometimes serious, sometimes mor
