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…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: Martial Classes Are the Hobby’s Last Acceptable Target of Bullying 13 May 20264 Apr 2026 There’s a quiet cruelty at the heart of Dungeons & Dragons, and it’s not the murderhoboing, or the goblin‑genocide, or even the fact that every published adventure path is basically…
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 D&D Sucks and So Do You: ChatGPT is Obsessed With Goblins, Just Like Your Stupid Party 6 May 20264 May 2026 If you’ve been using ChatGPT to help flesh out your homebrew campaign lately, you might have noticed something... green. And pointy-eared. And suspiciously obsessed with shiny trinkets. It’s not just…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Why Magic’s Latest Art Scandal Feels Different 4 May 20264 May 2026 Magic: The Gathering is no stranger to art controversy, but the recent firestorm surrounding the new version of The One Ring for The Hobbit expansion has left a particularly sour…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Rules Lawyer’s Eulogy 29 Apr 202620 Feb 2026 They arrived at the table with a 200-page appendix, a pocket rulebook, and a face like a lawyer who’d just found a comma in your soul. The Rules Lawyer wasn’t…
Card Games… Magic Monday: 10 More Cards to Enrage Your Commander Pod 27 Apr 20264 Apr 2026 You’d think a list of the most hated Commander cards would be finite; ten cards, maybe fifteen, and then we all move on with our lives. But Commander has a…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Dice Jail (Or: How to Bully Plastic Because You Can’t Handle Math) 22 Apr 202620 Feb 2026 Let’s talk about your "Dice Jail." You know the one. It’s usually a tiny, 3D-printed cage, a shot glass, or, if you’re particularly creative, a literal salt circle on the…
Card Games… Magic Monday: Changing the Game with Crop Rotation 20 Apr 20264 Apr 2026 Let’s look at some game changers! I’ve got some mixed feelings about WotC’s definition of these powerful cards. They’re staples of the format, and they’re undeniably powerful, but the Game…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Min‑Maxer Survival Kit 15 Apr 20261 Dec 2025 A Field Pamphlet for Enduring Optimisation Tyranny The Warning Signs Spreadsheet at the Table: They arrive with Excel sheets, probability graphs, and a calculator holstered like a weapon. One‑Trick Combat…
Card Games… Magic Monday: 10 Cards to Enrage Your Commander Pod 13 Apr 20264 Apr 2026 Commander is a format built on big plays, splashy spells, and the unspoken agreement that everyone gets to do something before the game ends. But there are cards that take…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: Saving Throws Are Gaslighting Mechanics 8 Apr 20261 Dec 2025 Saving throws are supposed to be the heroic last stand against danger; the dice roll that decides whether you resist poison, dodge fire, or keep your soul intact. In practice,…
