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Game Design Like a Boy Scout: Week 2 - Jenga

I embarked on a seven-week long journey to teach 20 Boy Scouts about game design, and learned a lot along the way. Our first of four games we studied was Jenga, and it was about as chaotic as you might expect. ...READ MORE

Game Design Like a Boy Scout: Week 1 - What’s a Game?

When my son joined Boy Scouts, I decided to teach the Game Design Merit Badge to his Troop. When I picked up the guide to teaching the badge, I was pleasantly surprised to see tabletop role-playing games prominently represented. Over the seven weeks that I ran the Badge Workshop, I learned a lot that’s of interest to any aspiring game designer. ...READ MORE

News Digest: New D&D and Pathfinder Minis from WizKids, Judge Dredd Arrives, BAMFSIES Award Winners Announced, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! WizKids announces new minis for Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder 2nd Edition, D&D Beyond shares statistics about tiered play, Judge Dredd and the Worlds of 2000 AD officially released, and more! ...READ MORE

Worlds of Design: How "Precise" Should RPG Rules Be?

I was watching a game played with a dice pool, and could see that the GM was waiting for the dice roll and then deciding by what felt right, rather than having any kind of precise resolution. How precise are the RPG rules themselves, and what are the consequences of imprecision? ...READ MORE

Worlds of Design: “I Hate Dice Games”

When I first saw D&D, I was in my Diplomacy playing phase. That’s a game with no dice, no chance mechanisms at all, but with lots of uncertainty owing to 7 players and simultaneous movement (which can involve guessing enemy intentions). I said, “I hate dice games” and that was it. But not long after (mid-1975), I played D&D at a game convention and loved the possibilities despite the dice. ...READ MORE

News Digest: T-Rex Running a D&D Game, Hasbro Entertainment Centers Announced, Essen Spiel Theft Updates, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. The world’s most complete tyrannosaurs rex skeleton is once again running a D&D game on Twitter, and do I really need to do more of a summary? A dinosaur is DMing a game of D&D!! ...READ MORE

News Digest: John Wick Presents Layoffs, Big D&D Releases Finally Out, Pathfinder Playtest Updates, Fantasy Flight Games Recalls Offensive Products, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! John Wick Presents layoffs, Dungeon of the Mad Mage and Ravnica released and next setting teased, Pathfinder Playtest update, Fantasy Flight recalls offensive product, and more! ...READ MORE

News Digest: D&D Sales Up Again, More Mad Mage Previews, New D&D Twitch Extension, Night of the Living Dead Zombicide, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Sales for Dungeons & Dragons up over last year once again, Dungeon of the Mad Mage previews, a new Twitch extension to make D&D streams more interactive, a new RPG based on the board game Root on its way, official Night of the Living Dead board game on its way, and more! ...READ MORE

Worlds of Design: What Makes an RPG a Tabletop Hobby RPG?

What makes an RPG a tabletop hobby RPG? An RPG, as we talk about them in the hobby, is a human‑opposed co‑operative game. I describe some characteristics. ...READ MORE

News Digest: D&D Previews and Schedule Change, Pathfinder Playtest Update, DreamWorks Announces RPG Film, Asmodee Sold, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! More D&D previews and a delay announcement, new Pathfinder playtest document out, Asmodee’s sale finalizes, a new game-based film announced by DreamWorks, and more! ...READ MORE

New Hobby Releases In Stores & PDF Spotlight: 22nd October 2018

A rundown of the New Releases that should be hitting games stores this coming week! Board games, card games, RPGs, Wargames, Miniatures and collectible games... hopefully something for everyone! In addition to the games hitting your local store we also take a look at a few RPG PDF releases from the last week that we hope may be of interest. ...READ MORE

New Hobby Releases In Stores & PDF Spotlight: 15th October 2018

It's a big new releases for stores this coming week. The new Numenera Slipcase, a host of Glorantha material, Starfinder, Pathfinder, Adventures in Middle-earth and lots more across RPGs, board, card and miniature gaming! Plus we have a look at some of the new digitakl releases from last week! ...READ MORE

Worlds of Design: “All About Me” RPGs (Part 1)

I’ve played and GMed FRPGs since 1975, yet I’m sure I’ll never see all the different styles of play that are possible. I describe an immersion-breaking but popular style, “All About Me”, that differs greatly from the cooperative semi-military style. ...READ MORE

News Digest: Ravnica D&D Previews and Leaks, A New D&D Board Game, Possibly a New Baldur's Gate, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Previews of Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica for D&D, rumors of a new Baldur’s Gate video game, a new D&D board game announced, and more! ...READ MORE

New Hobby Releases In Stores & PDF Spotlight: 8th October 2018

This week's crop of new releases aim to open your imagination to worlds of wonder and bring you adventures that will be Legendary! Stories and endeavors worthy of sagas to be told for generations! Or, in other words, here are a great crop of new games for you and your group to enjoy. Hope you spot something you can't wait to bring to your table! ...READ MORE

New Hobby Releases In Stores & PDF Spotlight: 1st October 2018

This coming week is a big week for releases. Overlight, Kids on Bikes, the mighty Invisible Sun and a host of Pathfinder and Starfinder releases are just the tip of the ice berg. ...READ MORE

News Digest: Pathfinder Playtest Update, More Hints of Spelljammer, D&D Design Theory Discussed, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. The new Pathfinder Playtest update is out, more hints at Spelljammer, Mike Mearls discusses D&D’s design philosophy, update to GAMA’s internal issues, and more! ...READ MORE

New Hobby Releases In Stores & PDF Spotlight: 24th September 2018

Welcome to this week's rundown of the New Releases that should be hitting games stores this coming week, as well as a look at a few RPG PDF releases from the last week that we hope may be of interest. For more information about any of the physical products please contact your local games store. ...READ MORE

New Hobby Releases In Stores & PDF Spotlight: 17th September 2018

Welcome back to this week's rundown of new releases hitting stores in the newxt few days, and our review of some of last week's PDF releases. This week we have new releases for RuneQuest, 5th Edition, Pathfinder, Traveller, FATE and more! ...READ MORE

News Digest: More Dragon Heist Products, Pathfinder Playtest Update, Fortnite to Tabletop, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Even more Dragon Heist products announced, Pathfinder 2^nd Ed playtest update, new SRDs for Pathfinder and Starfinder, a new RPG-themed horror comic series from Image, Fortnite coming to tabletop, and more! ...READ MORE
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Stranger Things and D&D at Last: A Review

The Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set was pretty much inevitable. From the moment we saw Mike DM D&D for his friends early in the first session of the Netflix series, the clock started ticking when some crossover product would be released. Announced at Toy Fair earlier this year, Hasbro is heavily gearing this product to the mass market, not just hobby game stores.
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