Evil Robot Overlords
A new edition of Monopoly has been announced, involving an evil robotic Sauron tower that→
RPGs: The Readied Action
The other day on twitter, I found myself (read: violently broke into) in a conversation→
A Cosmic Encounter: an Interview with Peter Olotka, designer of Cosmic Encounter
If you’ve never tried it, Cosmic Encounter is a great game. I’ll get a review→
Fallen Heroes, Chapter 5: This Might Be Harder Than We Thought
This session of my Fallen Heroes campaign was possibly the most interesting. This session focused→
Fallen Heroes, Chapter 3: Flying Heroes
Picking up right where we left off, our heroes were taking a leisurely ride on→
Fallen Heroes, Chapter 2: Frozen In…
This week, in Fallen Heroes… Our heroes set out after resting at the Wizard’s tower,→
In which I take a break from writing about games and instead write about superheroes.
If you haven’t heard about it, NBC just recently started running a new show called→
RPG Reflections Part 3: Truly, a Role Playing Game
Check out Part 1 here: RPG Reflections Part 1: The Story So Far and Part→
RPG Reflections Part 2: The Bad, The Ugly
See Part 1 of this post here: RPG Reflections Part 1: The Story So Far→
RPG Reflections Part 1: The Story So Far.
Last night, I started my new, original DnD/Pathfinder campaign, entitled “Fallen Heroes.” I should also→
Generate This!
I don’t know if any of you out there are players of the hit DnD→
Let’s Make ‘Em Dance!
It’s been on hiatus during the holiday season, but this weekend my DnD group is→
Review: Incan Gold
I had an excellent evening this past friday night, playing games with a large group→
A Two Part Post, Part II: Expansive
Today I played a good game of Dominion Intrigue with my arch-nemesis. Fortunately I ended→
A Two Part Post, Part I: Bloated
One of the challenges of writing a story or creating a film is coming up→
Call it Lumber! *angryface*
While most American games have resources in the form of currency, many games on the→
An Old Year, a New Year
I really hate filling out my yearly Employee Review survey, especially the part about listing→
Anybody got wheat? I got two logs!
Catan can be a very frustrating game sometimes. Despite the statistics and probabilities, sometimes the→
It’s a Christmas gift list!
Are you interested in trying some new board games but not sure where to start?→
Run for your Life, Candyman
As you may or may not have garnered from a recent post, I am working→
FTW (How to play, have fun, and not be a sore loser)
There’s a funny thing about my personality. If you know me, you know that I’m→
The Other Jon
Allow me to introduce you all to a new character in my life: The Other→
"We publish family games… but good luck with your game!"
Years ago, when I was in high school, I came up with my own board→
[Ended] Win a copy of Small World!
Not that I want to decrease my chances, but another blog blogger is giving away→
Review: Dominion
Magic: The Gathering really is a fun game. Really. If you’ve tried it, you probably→
This Post Has No Hook Other Than Its About Video Games
This post is dedicated to Adrian, also known to me as the Cousin Formerly Known→
Depression! Monopoly! Settling in Catan!
Here’s a link to an interesting article from the Washington Post about Settlers of Catan→
Playing the Character: Not So Flawless (pt 2)
My Apologies for the delay. My current schedule doesn’t really permit a regular time for→
Building Characters: Not So Flawless (pt 1)
When you think of RPGs (and I’m referring here to pen-and-paper roleplaying, not the stats-building→
Review: Falling
“Goblins falling from the sky can you teach us how to-THUMP!” -traditional goblin falling song→
Finding the Character: What Would Obre Do?
One of the things that makes DnD (and other roleplaying games) so interesting is the→