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(Header image from the beloved children’s novel, Redwall by Brian Jacques) Redwall was my childhood. Most people I know (nerds) had some form of exposure too. If you are reading this blog you probably read at least one of these glorious books, but I think I may have been one in the top 1% of
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(Header image from the hyper-violent Eat the Reich vampires vs facists rpg, written by Grant Howitt and illustrated Will Kirkby) Disclaimer: I am writing this post from the beautiful rocky mountains of Denver, Colorado, which is about 6,000 feet in elevation higher than my home at sea level. The air is thin and the sparse
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(Header photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash) Historically I have been a skeptic of playtesting games. Early on in my college days I had a game designer friend that often would rope us in to play his bafflingly complex card games. You know the game: “It’s just like ‘hand and foot’ but you remove all
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(Header image from the Salvage Union Quickstart by Aled Lawlor & Panayiotis Lines, published by Leyline Press) Salvage Union is about 2 things: Mechs and resource management. MECHS Ahhh yeaahh this is why you get into this game. Everyone wants to play a big ass robot running around a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It is an innate
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(Header image from the Need to Know quickstart for Delta Green, written by Shane Ivey and Bret Kramer, with art by Dennis Detwiller) You hear sirens in the distance as you see the flames continue to rage, pushing towards you. The truck has flipped from the explosion and is completely crushed. The few bits of
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