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Michael Tresca
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Michael Tresca
Mike "Talien" Tresca is a freelance game columnist, author, communicator, and a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to http://amazon.com. If you like what we do here at EN World (the Forums, Columns, News, etc.) and would like to help support us to bring you MORE please consider supporting our Patreon. Even a single dollar helps!
Streaming Video for Tabletop Games, Ranked
Apr 27
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If you're like many gamers you've shifted your gaming online. We already covered virtual tabletops, but you can also use video to really enhance the experience--or even just use video alone and...
VTT Spotlight: D20PRO
Apr 20
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D20PRO is a multi-platform, multi-player virtual tabletop (VTT) that takes roleplaying games from around the table to gamers around the world. I interviewed Tobias Drewry, CEO at Mesa Mundi and...
How to Play VTTs Like a Boss
Apr 13
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Virtual tabletops (VTTs) are on the rise thanks to many gamers sequestered at home. I collected advice from all the major publishers on how to make the most of playing virtually.
VTTs Feel the Strain
Apr 07
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Gamers are increasingly turning to virtual tabletops (VTT) to network with other players around the globe. But thanks to the pandemic, Other virtual platforms experienced an unexpected surge that...
Playing Virtually? Don't Miss These Deals
Mar 30
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Many gamers are using virtual tabletops (VTTs) to connect with gamers while staying safe in their homes during the pandemic. We reached out to several of these platforms to ask what they're doing...
How to Game When Everyone Else is Online
Mar 24
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As the measures to control the pandemic ramp up globally, it's becoming increasingly necessary for families to not just practice social distancing but shelter in place--which means no contact with...
When Pandemic Isn't Just a Game
Mar 13
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus is officially a pandemic. The implications for what a pandemic means for the tabletop gaming industry...
Rise of the Artificial Game Master
Mar 09
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In the past, computer role-playing games (CRPGs) have largely sidelined the role of the game master in favorite of simple automation chiefly dedicated to managing non-player characters (NPCs). But...
Hands-On VR--Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire
Mar 06
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Chris Cocks, the CEO of Wizards of the Coast, mentioned the possibility of an augmented-reality game for Dungeons & Dragons in 2017. Three years later we're still waiting. But a new advanced in...
How a RPG Company Launched Virtual Reality Gaming
Feb 24
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The concept of virtual reality is not a new one. It's been a staple of science fiction for some time in books, television, and movies. But it took a pair of tabletop gaming entrepreneurs with...
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: A Review of Chapter 1
Feb 17
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Rick and Morty, the cartoon inspired by Doc Brown and Marty McFly's relationship from the movie Back to the Future, has taken sci-fi comedic nihilism to new highs and lows. The Starter Set, in...
Was The Witcher Inspired by an AD&D Campaign?
Feb 10
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We previously discussed how The Witcher may have been inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, concluding that although author Andrzej Sapkowski may have seen a tabletop role-playing game, he never played...
The D&D Series Has Arrived
Feb 03
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While we wait for the official Dungeons & Dragons movie to make its debut, fans of the tabletop game have something else to tide them over: a fantasy series that hews closely to its source...
Was Firefly Inspired by a RPG?
Jan 27
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Joss Whedon is an American producer, director, screenwriter, comic book writer, and composer. He's had a hand in bringing to life a wide variety of geek-friendly franchises, from Buffy the Vampire...
The RPG Origins of Star Control
Jan 20
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Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Volume IV or just simply Star Control was a science fiction video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade in 1990. Star...
Whatever Happened to D&D's Sea Serpent?
Jan 13
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Sea serpents are a staple of fantasy monsters so it's curious that they are not more prominent in Dungeons & Dragons. Research reveals the sea monster has always been in D&D, but it's taken a...
Jack Vance's Forgotten Contributions to D&D
Jan 06
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Renowned and influential fantasy author Jack Vance passed away at the age of 96 on May 26, 2013, but his books were highly influential on several aspects of Dungeons & Dragons in more ways than...
2010: A Turning Point for D&D
Dec 30
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Dungeons & Dragons is now so dominant in popular culture that actual play streams have become full-fledged cartoons, gamers have become the target of fast food chains with serious marketing...
Pay What You Want (But Please Pay Something!)
Dec 23
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DriveThruRPG has the option to offer products for no set fee, but rather Pay What You Want (PWYW), in which customers pay whatever they think is appropriate for the product. The concept isn't new...
The Most Expensive Gifts on Our RPG Wishlists
Dec 16
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With the rise of D&D and tabletop role-playing games in popular culture, a broader more diverse audience, and gamers that grew up with the game now adult professionals with extra cash to spare...

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