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Back in March I made a trip out to the Left Coast, to visit some friends out in California that I usually only get to see at hectic gaming conventions when none of us really have the time to hangout. It just so happened that, while I was out there, one of the big California-based comic...

The dream that I think many may dream, at least in regards to fantasy role-playing games is "How can I get my favorite older edition of D&D to work with some more modern ideas?" This dream has lead to things like the OSR movement in tabletop gaming, with many gamers' "favorite version of D&D"...

This week I decided to go back into my "archives" and look at a game from the early days of electronic publishing for tabletop gaming, the Dead Inside role-playing game by Chad Underkoffler and put out though his Atomic Sock Monkey imprint. As far I know, there was never a print version put out...

A month has come and gone, and it is time now for the second issue of Dynamite Entertainment's crossover comic Pathfinder: Worldscape. In this issue we see Seoni, iconic Pathfinder sorcerer, being brought to the Battleworld…um…Worldscape. This issue doesn't see as much action as in the first...

Back when I was in college, a friend brought up a weird game that he picked up from some friends of his who worked for a publishing company in Chicago. It was weird because it had the audacity to mix elves, orcs and dwarves into a science fiction future inspired by movies like Bladerunner and...

For many gamers, horror role-playing is something that happens once a year, with special Halloween games that take them away from the settings and systems that they are used to, and into the unspeakable worlds that make up the scarier side of role-playing games. Those of us who more regularly...

The Adventures in Middle-earth Player's Guide from Cubicle 7 Entertainment is probably the one gaming supplement that role-players have waited the longest for. With this book, the Dungeons & Dragons game is united with the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien's writing for the first time, officially...

It looks like my trip to the comic store for a physical copy will be delayed a day or two by this abominable head cold.

Today we are going to talk a little bit about comics. Since 2012 Dynamite Entertainment have been producing licensed Pathfinder Role-Playing Game comics using the Golarion setting and the iconic characters from the Pathfinder game books. Tomorrow, with the debut of the Pathfinder: Worldscape...

A game of Trail of Cthulhu over the weekend got me thinking again about the Gumshoe system from Pelgrane Press. This isn't going to be a review as much as it will be a discussion of play experiences and general thoughts about the game. I went over the reasons why I thought that the Gumshoe...

I have said a few times that I like to focus on the works of people in the smaller press, and the people who are the self-publishers, because the big companies generate plenty of press on their own by being the big companies. Designer Chris Kutalik, through publishing collective The Hydra...

While Icons: The Assembled Edition is already a superb super-hero role-playing game (available from creator Steve Kenson's Ad Infinitum Adventures and in print from Green Ronin Publishing), The Super Villain Handbook by Jason Tondro and published by Fainting Goat Games manages to elevate that...

Tabletop gaming has lost another of its own, as Canadian game writer and graphic designer Jeff Mackintosh has succumbed to a form of brain tumor known as Glioblastoma multiforme. Mackintosh passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016. Mackintosh joined defunct Canadian game publisher Guardians of...

Black Hack is an interesting, rules light D20/OSR "hack"” that boils the essence of Dungeons & Dragons play into about twenty pages of A5-sized text. If you’re looking for a simple alternative for a pick up game, or you are just looking for easier mechanics for a long term fantasy campaign...

A few days ago a draft copy of the upcoming Rifts Savage Worlds Players Guide made its way into my inbox from Pinnacle Entertainment. As a fan of the Rifts game from Palladium Games, I have been following the development of this game with interest. After having a couple of days to read through...

Apologies to site owner Morrus for appropriating the name of his game for the title of this article. If you look at the news going on in tabletop gaming, you see more and more familiar faces. Nocturnal Media has purchased the remains of West End Games, including the rights to the D6 System. A...

This isn't a discussion about who likes what system. This is a discussion about women being harassed, being groped against their will, having their characters gleefully and graphically raped at gaming tables. There is no "90%" agreement on this issue. Again, this isn't a discussion of...

Like I said, I'm more than happy to give equal time to the harassment of men. We have to be balanced, right? Let's talk about all the victims.

Respect is earned, not given.

Luckily, the policy covers that. Good thing, huh? I will write an article about all of the men who are groped, threatened with rape and otherwise harassed in gaming conventions and stores. I can be reached via PM here, or you can find me on social media. Like with the women who responded to my...