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(Header image by Alexandr Rusnac on Unsplash) Everything Everywhere All At Once is my favorite film. The clash of such an explosive, absurd multiverse epic colliding with the commonplace struggle of an immigrant family trying to file their taxes is not an obvious combination. I think it works so well because the absurdism pounds your…
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“The conversation that you have with the other players and with the rules create a story that couldn’t have existed in your head alone.”– Avery Alder, Monsterhearts 2 I think the reason many of us cling to dice in RPGs is so we can ensure the story is fluid, that there are twist and turns…
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Look. Like many of you, my brain has problems. And I can never, ever, ever say the name of this absolute banger of a game from Rowan, Rook and Decard without the supergroup also named Royal Blood popping into my head. I think it’s a feature not a bug, but the constant loop is important…
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(Photo by Avi Werde on Unsplash) Before we start, I want to note that Delta Green inherently is a game where you engage as armed operatives of the United States government. While I do not think the game explicitly paints these agents as heroes, disturbingly I would not be surprised to learn that there are…
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(Photo by Anita Jankovic on Unsplash) Hello and welcome one and all to the 2026 Milk Awards: Known far and wide like the rising tide, here to there like the county fair, from your basement to your game store, you’ve heard it all before. You know it, you love it: The Milk Awards! It is…
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(Header image by Daisy D on Unsplash) Gus the Dragon is a simple GMless game for up to three players written by an up-and-coming designer I often have the pleasure of collaborating with. The mechanics are simple: Together, choose a name and a character, always in the form [Name] the [Creature]. Then choose an inciting…
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(All art in this post is by Tania Herrero from the unbelievably generous Fomoria Quick Start) This blogpost has been transformed into audio by Ben McKenzie as a part of the extraordinary “We Read the Bloggies” effort. Listen here. Fomoria is pitched as epic horror. Epic. Horror. Horror The horror bit is clear, the setting…
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(Header image is the real life old folks home that I grew up going to for Christmas caroling and Easter egg hunts) I think maybe the best introduction to this RED style nursing home system is the resolution mechanic: As I started writing this review I realized that I couldn’t remember the exact resolution mechanic,…
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(Content warning: Imagined self harm) Before we begin this review, let us engage in a meditative exercise. If you cannot remember the following sequence of instructions, you may need someone you trust to read this to you while you ponder. This should be treated as a solo journey, but companionship may increase its value. Turn…
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(Header image is a pond on the smallest inhabited island in the Netherlands, taken by Zee, one of my players) Big Dog, Big Volcano is capital “R” Rest.
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