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(Header image from Jeff S. PhotoArt at HDCanvas.ca) “You all meet in a tavern…” Yes! This is exactly what I wanted, just a classic dnd experience with some new designer philosophies. I had in front of me a classic ranger character sheet, with interesting abilities that I chose myself by applying stickers from a wide…
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(Header image by Bogle, one of our great players) Not every game is for you (or for me for that matter). In an industry where the biggest fish avoids making any interesting choices in favor of offending the fewest number of tastes, Jay Dragon is making games that are unapologetically about something. Sleepaway plays out…
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“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.“(Header image by the esteemed Johan Nohr for Into the Odd) Deep in my hot OSR summer, I came across this particularly bad take on Reddit, paraphrased below. “As much as I LOVE the idea of Into the Odd, the…
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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 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 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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(Header image from the Hogwild Playtest of Pico. Words by Felix Isaacs and artwork by zkarab) I really wanted to make my header image an HD image of a real life bug because I thought that would be fun and cute, but unfortunately I am learning right now that I have severe bug-o-phobia if the…
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(Header image is from misternoobie’s lets play youtube series of the hit videogame Elden Ring) I love big solo boss battles. I just can’t help myself. There is just something so satisfying about putting a certified big ass mini on the map. Goose with three heads? Been there. Dragon with scales as black as night…
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