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How Playing Skyrim Can Make Your Assassins Scarier
It’s the season of spooky, with Halloween nearly arrived, and I’ve got the dark on my brain. Let’s talk about assassins. Not the idealistic ones in white (popularized by the shiny ongoing series...
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Kickstart This: BEARD! The Card Game
BEARD! the Card Game has launched on Kickstarter and there’s less than 2 weeks left! Now’s your time to head over and buy the game that has people talking, and laughing, and growing the facial hair of...
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One Campaign, Many Systems: An Experiment (Part VIII) – The Big Wrapup
So, here’s the obligatory wrapup post. How did it go versus my expectations, what did I learn, yadda yadda. But first, here’s a list of the RPGs we played over the summer, in the order that we played...
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D&D Encounters – A Coordinator’s Review
My husband and I are coordinators for D&D Encounters. We schedule, organize, and supply the program, while our local favorite gaming store supplies the space. As we approach the final weeks of the...
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Choice in Games: Does It Require Nonlinearity?
Choice. It’s something that nobody really considers to be a “bad” thing in gaming. However, it is also something that is fundamentally misunderstood by a lot of people in gaming. I’ve seen people...
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Google Glass and the Future of Tabletop RPGs
Disclaimer: This article references Google Glass specifically, but it should be noted that there are other products out there that may arrive at RPG friendly AR more quickly. Like this one. Or this...
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Why “Bad” Games Are So Successful, And Why It Doesn’t Matter
One thing that a lot of people who describe themselves as “hardcore” gamers lament is how the highest profile games always are the ones that are the least like what they want to see in the market. For...
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The History of Star Wars RPGs Part 2: Star Wars d20
This is the second in a three part series on the history of Star Wars tabletop RPGs. In each post, I’ll be exploring each of the major Star Wars RPGs and discuss how they worked and how they affected...
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Getting Women To The Table
Many more men play tabletop games than women. One of the things I’ve often been asked as a somewhat experienced GM who’s run games with lots of players is “How do I get girls interested in my games?”...
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Played: Cursed Treasure: Don’t Touch My Gems
Michael here. This is the second in what I guess is now “officially” my ongoing series of computer game reviews I enjoy and believe you will enjoy. For the rationale and methodology behind these...
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