KAT CLAY https://www.katclay.com/ Author of fiction, reviews, and roleplaying games. Tue, 26 May 2026 00:04:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.katclay.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Favicon-Kat-Clay.ico KAT CLAY https://www.katclay.com/ 32 32 24314318 What this D&D psychology book taught me about game writing https://www.katclay.com/review-the-psychology-of-dungeons-and-dragons/ https://www.katclay.com/review-the-psychology-of-dungeons-and-dragons/#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=10931 Want to know what motivates your players in Dungeons & Dragons? This book might help you...

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/review-the-psychology-of-dungeons-and-dragons/feed/ 0 10931 Replaced Game Review: Stunning Art With a Story Problem https://www.katclay.com/replaced-game-review-stunning-art-with-a-story-problem/ https://www.katclay.com/replaced-game-review-stunning-art-with-a-story-problem/#respond Mon, 04 May 2026 00:04:08 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=10920 Replaced is a graphically gorgeous cyberpunk 2.5D side-scroller. But the cliched plot lets down an otherwise impressive game.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/replaced-game-review-stunning-art-with-a-story-problem/feed/ 0 10920 Resort: My award-winning Call of Cthulhu scenario now in print! https://www.katclay.com/resort-my-award-winning-call-of-cthulhu-scenario-now-in-print/ https://www.katclay.com/resort-my-award-winning-call-of-cthulhu-scenario-now-in-print/#respond Fri, 01 May 2026 23:40:39 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=10892 My award-winning, chaos-inducing, convention-friendly Call of Cthulhu scenario Resort is now in print!

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/resort-my-award-winning-call-of-cthulhu-scenario-now-in-print/feed/ 0 10892 Grindhouse Groundhog GOTY: The Drifter Review https://www.katclay.com/grindhouse-groundhog-goty-the-drifter-review/ https://www.katclay.com/grindhouse-groundhog-goty-the-drifter-review/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:46:46 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=10870 Imagine a game where you keep dying, and you have to find a way to stop the cycle.

And no, it’s not Elden Ring. It’s The Drifter.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/grindhouse-groundhog-goty-the-drifter-review/feed/ 0 10870 How I became a full-time game writer https://www.katclay.com/how-i-became-a-full-time-game-writer/ https://www.katclay.com/how-i-became-a-full-time-game-writer/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:04:15 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=10868 I've been rejected so many times it nearly stopped me writing. Here's how I turned it around and became a game writer.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/how-i-became-a-full-time-game-writer/feed/ 0 10868 The Berlin Apartment Review: A History of Empathy https://www.katclay.com/the-berlin-apartment-review-a-history-of-empathy/ https://www.katclay.com/the-berlin-apartment-review-a-history-of-empathy/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:06:01 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=10861 The Berlin Apartment demands your empathy. We need it more now than ever.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/the-berlin-apartment-review-a-history-of-empathy/feed/ 0 10861 I was wrong about Elden Ring. Here’s why… https://www.katclay.com/i-was-wrong-about-elden-ring-heres-why/ https://www.katclay.com/i-was-wrong-about-elden-ring-heres-why/#respond Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:19:00 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=9447 I hated Elden Ring. But a tough year led me to an even tougher game, which helped me find myself.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/i-was-wrong-about-elden-ring-heres-why/feed/ 0 9447 Best Served Cold Review: A visual novel with a shot of crime https://www.katclay.com/best-served-cold-review-a-visual-novel-with-a-shot-of-crime/ https://www.katclay.com/best-served-cold-review-a-visual-novel-with-a-shot-of-crime/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:59:55 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=9461 Solve crimes and serve cocktails in Best Served Cold, a new visual novel.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/best-served-cold-review-a-visual-novel-with-a-shot-of-crime/feed/ 1 9461 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review – A brush with death https://www.katclay.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-review-a-brush-with-death/ https://www.katclay.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-review-a-brush-with-death/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:54:31 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=9434 What would you give to save someone you love? It's the question at the heart of the new turn-based RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-review-a-brush-with-death/feed/ 0 9434 Into the Cthulhu-Universe: Lovecraftian Horrors in Other Literary Realities – Out now! https://www.katclay.com/into-the-cthulhu-universe-lovecraftian-horrors-in-other-literary-realities-out-now/ https://www.katclay.com/into-the-cthulhu-universe-lovecraftian-horrors-in-other-literary-realities-out-now/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:30:32 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=9031 I've got a short story out this week in a new Lovecraftian anthology, Into the Cthulhu-Universe: Lovecraftian Horrors in Other Literary Realities.

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