Familial Descent
On Wednesday, it was cold. Oh, not Minnesota-in-January cold, but cold enough that the schools were closed, lest children freeze solid at the bus stop,… Read More »Familial Descent
On Wednesday, it was cold. Oh, not Minnesota-in-January cold, but cold enough that the schools were closed, lest children freeze solid at the bus stop,… Read More »Familial Descent
Stage 1: Denial No. Not a creeper. Not here. Not now. No! Not my life-sized replica of Jabba’s palace, complete with custom Carbonite Han and… Read More »The Five Stages of a Creeper Attack
When I moved, I left all my tabletop RPG buddies behind. These are good friends, some of whom I’ve gamed with since high school (well,… Read More »A small guide to virtual tabletop gaming
To help celebrate the release of The Bones, the new book from Gameplaywright about gamers and their dice, I’m firing up the calliope music and… Read More »Dice of Creation
I miss my old roleplaying group. Granted, we hadn’t been gaming as much in the past few years, and often went months at a time… Read More »Virtual Cheezy Poofs
My daughters have taken to playing games with me in the evenings this week. On Tuesday, we played Landlock. Last night, we played it again,… Read More »And so it begins
It had to happen. Instant Action, the new browser-based 3d action game portal from Garage Games, has started showing the games they’ll be running. One… Read More »Great Brains Think Alike
This year’s primary Christmas theme: driving. Driving north, driving west, driving south and east again, down snowy roads, and down highways slick with rain and… Read More »Christmas in Miniature
Like many gamers, I’m something of a packrat when it comes to games — especially roleplaying games. After all, they’re just books. Compared to, say,… Read More »The Cull
Here’s my to-do list for the weekend: 1) Rake. 2) Go to church (on Sunday). 3) Prototype and playtest as many different games as possible.… Read More »A playtesting frenzy