RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: Character Deaths and How Much They Reveal Your Abandonment Issues 18 Feb 202617 Feb 2026 Death in D&D is supposed to be dramatic, meaningful, and narratively satisfying. It’s also a mirror. How your character dies (and how you react) says more about your emotional baggage…
Miniature Games… WiP Wednesday 18/02/26: Prussians and RPG Minis 18 Feb 2026 Just a quick check-in on the painting front. I've not finished any minis for a while. The last time I shared completed models was back in mid-January, with these four…
Blogging… Stonemaier, CMON, and Kickstarter: A Study in Withdrawal 16 Feb 202616 Feb 2026 Two of the biggest names in modern board gaming have built their business on, and then stepped away from, Kickstarter, but the paths they took couldn’t be more different. Stonemaier…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Downcrawl-Skycrawl 16 Feb 2026 Bundle of Holding has a new offer up! Downcrawl and Skycrawl are paired toolkits by Aaron A. Reed, both built around the same idea: you don’t need a pre‑written world…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Binder Proxying 16 Feb 2026 There’s a particular kind of low‑level irritation that settles into the hobby once you’ve been playing long enough: the quiet, recurring chore of moving the same expensive cards from one…
Blogging… CMON Buys Time, Not Stability 16 Feb 2026 CMON has spent the last two years trying to outrun its own momentum. The company that once defined big‑box, big‑plastic crowdfunding is now better known for delayed campaigns, missing financial…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Neon City Overdrive 11 Feb 202612 Feb 2026 Bundle of Holding has revived its Neon City Overdrive offer, bringing back a compact but surprisingly adaptable cyberpunk RPG line built for fast play and quick improvisation. If you like…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: What Your Downtime Activities Reveal About Your Real-World Coping Mechanisms 11 Feb 202617 Nov 2025 Downtime activities are supposed to be fun little side quests. But let’s be honest, they’re just thinly veiled projections of how you handle stress, avoid responsibility, and process trauma. This…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Bundle for Two (Year 4) 9 Feb 2026 Bundle of Holding’s Bundle for Two 4 is a tidy little collection built around games that only need two people. Not “can be played with two,” not “solo with a…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Our Club’s 2026 Typal Challenge Decks 9 Feb 20269 Feb 2026 Our club's Commander typal challenge has arrived, and decks are due in. Here are the decks that have been submitted thus far. I'm expecting a few late entries, and I'll…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: How Much Does Each D&D Background Ruin Session Zero? 4 Feb 202617 Nov 2025 Backgrounds are supposed to help you roleplay. Instead, they help you hijack the plot, derail the party dynamic, and make the DM regret asking for backstories, inviting these fools to…
Card Games… WotC’s Latest Secret Lair Drop Asks One Question: How Much Will You Pay? 3 Feb 20263 Feb 2026 Wizards of the Coast has rolled out a new Secret Lair drop that is, at this point, impossible to read as anything other than open‑air market research. The “Prints Charming”…
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