Heya.
This thing you have found is a blog about roleplaying games. The kind you play on a tabletop, not the bedroom. Mostly, I discuss games such as Pathfinder RPG, D&D and Finnish roleplaying games, but anything that catches my eye is fair game.
I’m the sole writer of the blog, and go by the handle NiTessine online. To my knowledge, I am the only one in the world using that handle, so if you see a NiTessine posting somewhere, especially a game-related forum or IRC channel, it is me. Outside the internet, I go by the name Jukka Särkijärvi. I am Finnish.
In this blog, I post thoughts on gaming, reviews and reports of game sessions and conventions. You will find little gaming material here, as crunching numbers and actual game design is not one of my gifts. Writing posts that exceed what I was aiming for by about 3,000 words is. I ponder, analyze, publicize and occasionally rant, though I’m trying to cut back on that last one.
In addition to this blog, I have written a nonfiction book about roleplaying games, Roolipelikirja (BTJ Kustannus, 2007), as well as a number of articles for the now-defunct gaming magazine Roolipelaaja. I also worked on the Living Greyhawk campaign and wrote two adventures for it, which I have made available for download on this website after the campaign ended. In addition, I’ve contributed a short text on H.P. Lovecraft for Lamentations of the Flame Princess: Weird Fantasy Role-Playing and done some other odd writing and translating jobs here and there, such as translating an essay for Unelma Keltaisesta kuninkaasta ja muita tanskalaisia roolipelejä. I am also the primary translator of the recent Stalker roleplaying game.
I have worked as the Master of Game Masters for the Finnish gaming convention Ropecon since 2009 and looks like will be continuing in the job for the time being.
I can be contacted by e-mail at jukka.sarkijarvi@gmail.com.
