RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Player Who Brings Real‑Life Beef to the Table 27 May 202617 May 2026 One common problem with tabletop RPGs really gets to me, and it’s not the rules arguments, or the scheduling nightmares, or even the fact that someone always insists on playing…
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: Dealing with Difficult Players 5 Mar 202631 Aug 2025 I've been lucky that encounters with particularly difficult players have, for me, been few and far between, especially when running RPGs. There have been a couple, though. The worst, I…
Board Games… Game of the Month, November 2025: Deep Sea Adventure 29 Nov 202529 Nov 2025 This month's game of the month is Deep Sea Adventure, another fun, little game from Oink. We've previously looked at other Oink game, namely Scout and A Fake Artist Goes…
Tabletop Games Drafting a Club Code of Conduct 28 Sep 202521 Sep 2025 Last week, I wrote about the challenges involved in balancing a free exchange of ideas and views, whilst maintaining a functioning, safe, and respectful gaming club. Those were the thoughts…
Learning… Free Speech Isn’t Freedom from Fallout: Navigating Expression and Accountability in Tabletop Gaming Clubs 23 Sep 202515 Sep 2025 Tabletop gaming clubs are microcosms of creative expression, strategy, and storytelling, but they’re also communities, stitched together by shared values and mutual respect. In such spaces, free speech is a…
Board Games… Game of the Month, August 2025: A Fake Artist Goes to New York 31 Aug 202510 Aug 2025 There’s a particular kind of silence that falls over the table when someone draws a suspiciously vague squiggle. Not the silence of confusion, but the charged hush of collective doubt.…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Bullying, Grudges, and the Myth of Being Targeted in Commander 7 Jul 20256 Jul 2025 Commander is a Magic format built on politics, memory, and social nuance. It’s what makes it so compelling, and sometimes, so contentious. One of the most common complaints at the…
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: Kingmaking 10 Apr 202514 Jan 2025 Kingmaking is as satisfying as it is frustrating. It just depends on perspective, really. It can be fun, as a wronged party, to ensure that someone specific triumphs in place…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Magic is About the Gathering 27 Jan 202525 Jan 2025 For many of us, Tabletop gaming isn't really about the games. Oh, the games are fun, but they're social scaffolds. They're a shared social experience. I suppose that's why solo…
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: Group Fade 21 Nov 202414 Oct 2024 At the time I wrote this post, I was really worried about the future of our local gaming group. Our numbers were really down and we seemed to be in…
Blogging… Tabletop Games as a Social Scaffold: Embracing a Community 29 May 202429 May 2024 In today's... today, digital interactions often overshadow face-to-face connections, and tabletop games have carved a niche as a focal point for social engagement. These games, ranging from classic board games…
Board Games… 10 Tips to be a Gracious Gamer 11 May 2024 Gaming etiquette is something I've written about before. It matters. We all engage in a fundamentally social hobby and although the games are important, they are ultimately a social scaffold…
