Blogging… Our Top 10 Posts of 2020 11 Jan 202111 Jan 2021 Another year, another nice increase in traffic. I think this might be the year that we stop doubling our visitors and views, as we have since 2016. I'm delighted with…
Blogging… 2020 In Review and Goals for 2021 31 Dec 202031 Dec 2020 Let's just start off by saying that we 2020 didn't really go as expected for any of us. This blog is all about celebrating the hobby, so I'm not going…
RPGs… Developing the Ark: The Satisfaction of Base-Building in Mutant Year Zero 29 Sep 202030 Sep 2020 Recently, I started an ill-fated game of Mutant: Year Zero. It started off pretty well, but over time people had scheduling conflicts and things kind of just ground to a…
RPGs… The Vampire (Chronicle) Diaries: Chicago by Night 15 Aug 202015 Aug 2020 If you've been around here for a while, you'll know that I do love Vampire: the Masquerade. It was my first RPG, the first game I ran as GM (storyteller,…
Pop Culture… Middleditch, Schwartz and a Masterclass in Fiasco 31 May 202031 May 2020 In April, Netflix posted a series of three comedy specials from Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz. These names may be familiar to you. Middleditch is best known for his starring…
RPGs… Humble Bundle: Deathwatch 17 May 202016 May 2020 So, there were a few Warhammer 40,000 RPGs released by Fantasy Flight Games over the years that they held a license from Games Workshop. They were all the same system,…
Previews… Review: Beta edition of the Stargate RPG 16 May 2020 I posted some time ago about the Stargate RPG coming from Wyvern Gaming and the opportunity to do a bit of playtesting. Not long after this post, I managed to…
Reviews… Review: Warcraft 5E Manual of Monsters 7 Apr 2020 Last year I posted a review of a fan-made PDF offering a 5E conversion for World of Warcraft. You can go and read the review if you like but, in…
Board Games… Step Through the Stargate: Playtest for Wyvern Games 1 Mar 2020 Stargate was a fantastic franchise. The original movie was great, but what I really loved was everything that came after it. Specifically, the series really took on a new life…
RPGs… Humble Bundle: Cypher System & The Strange 18 Feb 2020 Monte Cook is a very accomplished games designer who is known for his work on the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons (yay!), his unique one-off take on the World…
