Card Games… Magic Monday: Seeing Double 25 May 20269 May 2026 Jace Beleren has a habit of "fixing" things until they break, and his latest project, the Echoverse, is no exception. While the lore for the October 2026 set, Reality Fracture,…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Mood Swings 18 May 20269 May 2026 For nearly three decades, Magic: The Gathering head designer Mark Rosewater has been carrying a secret in his pocket: a passion project that began in 1998. During MagicCon: Las Vegas…
Card Games… Magic Monday: The “Strictly Better” Rule is Dead 11 May 20269 May 2026 For decades, one of the golden rules of Magic: The Gathering design was a philosophy established by Richard Garfield himself: don't print cards that are "strictly better" than existing ones.…
RPGs Crafting Iconic Villains: Antagonist Design in RPGs 16 Sep 2023 The heroes that we play in our roleplaying games are bound by quests, destinies, and (often) the pursuit of virtue. Yet, lurking in the shadows, a different kind of character…
Card Games… Throwback Thursday: Triple Triad Card Numbering Guide 8 Jun 202320 May 2023 Okay, so... this might genuinely be the most niche Throwback Thursday I've yet done. Everything on here is pretty niche, but this one is something else. I've written before about…
Card Games… Humble Bundle: Make Your Card Game! 6 Oct 2019 There's an interesting bundle available just now from Humble Bundle. It's a set of resources for making your own card game. I know that a lot of gamers like to…
Card Games… Triple Triad Cards: My Final Fantasy V Deck 22 Dec 201822 Dec 2018 A while back, there was a Triple Triad site called TripleTriadX. They were the second of the browser-based (rather than client-based) Triple Triad sites, and they represented my peak interest…
Board Games… Are Modern Games Overproduced? 5 Oct 20185 Oct 2018 Modern games. Many of them are not only fun and interesting games, but are beautiful objects in their own right. The thing is, these huge, impressive production values come at…
Board Games… Humble Bundle: Game Design & Puzzlecraft Bundle 3 Aug 2018 Most of the bundles we link to come from the fine folk at Bundle of Holding, which are almost always RPG-focused bundles. Today, we have something a little bit different…
Card Games… Triple Triad Realms: Showcase of Classic Templates and Cards 17 Jul 201817 Jul 2018 I have made a few sets of Triple Triad templates, and I have seen some nice work from others, but by far the best set of templates I have even…
Card Games… Triple Triad Card Numbering Guide 7 Jul 20187 Jul 2018 This site is talkin' a bit more about Triple Triad, with a particular focus on the creation of custom cards. Now, obviously, your custom card can have whatever numbers you…
