Uncategorized Paranoia One-Shot: Welcome to Alpha Complex (Part 1) 26 Jun 2016 This week, I cracked open the second hand copy of the second edition of Paranoia that I picked up from Oxfam a few months back. What followed was an evening…
Audio Great Games with Traitor Mechanisms: An Audio Followup 26 Jun 2016 Earlier this week, I posted an article that featured a handful of games that make good use of traitor mechanisms. Here, I reflect a little on this article and discuss…
No Rerolls Radio No Rerolls Radio, Episode 1: An Introduction to Stuart and Alex 22 Jun 201622 Jun 2016 In the first episode of our new podcast, our intrepid hosts introduce themselves and utterly fail to follow any sort of structure. This acts as an hour and half long…
Board Games… Tracking Collections Using Board Game Geek 20 Jun 2016 The website, Board Game Geek, is a fantastic resource. Founded in the year 2000, it is the definitive database of board and card games, cataloguing many tens of thousands of items.…
RPGs The Cover Up: D&D Players Handbook Part 4 15 Jun 2016 Hello and welcome back to the Cover Up! Today we will be looking at the current version of the Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook in 5th edition. This was only…
Board Games 4 Great Board Games with Traitor Mechanisms 11 Jun 201612 Jun 2016 Games are fantastic social tools. They are a scaffolding for social interaction and a great source of shared experience and enjoyment. Cooperative games give a great opportunity for camaraderie and…
RPGs The Cover Up: D&D Player’s Handbook Part 3 7 Jun 2016 Welcome back to the Cover up! Today we’ll have a bit of a quick-fire round to analyse the 3.5 (the 3rd edition cover was essentially the same but less fancy,…
Rant I Have Never Wanted to Turn Off Chat in a Tabletop Game 5 Jun 2016 This has been rattling around my head and needs to get out. Don't expect coherence in this post, please! Thank you for your indulgence. I love Overwatch. I'd go so far…
Learning… Games & Learning: A Short Literature Review on Games and Autism 2 Jun 2016 Another Start to Another Irregular Series, Games & Learning will focus on both games and... wait for it... learning. As a teacher, I think that games are fantastic tools for…