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The SHIVER series from Parable Games takes a broad approach to horror. Each expansion looks at a different subgenre, such as slasher movies or Gothic horror. Their upcoming crowdfunder for SHIVER: Corporate takes on a popular new genre that combines the dread of hunting monsters with knowing...

It’s hard to believe Munchkin, the classic card game from Steve Jackson Games, is old enough to drink (in America). Heck, it’s almost old enough to rent a car. What started out as a lampoon of a certain style of Dungeons & Dragons where gaining loot and breaking the rules wins out over...

There have been a few. I almost did one for an article but then COVID hit. The race car driving school comparison is apt. Plenty of nerds have money to burn on trips like this. There's also one where you can play D&D not just in a castle but Dracula's Castle. A couple of years ago organizers...

Splitting a core book is a calculated risk. What information do the players need? What information is most important to the GM. In the case of Cthulhu By Gaslight Keeper’s Guide, the split focus on things like NPC stats for historical figures, information on Mythos beasties and forbidden tomes...

My full review of the keeper's guide will be forthcoming. For your question, the Keeper book stays focused on London, though it recommends checking out Down Darker Trails for anyone wanting to crossover into the American Wild West.

When I bought my first Call of Cthulhu core book in high school, it contained three eras to set mysteries. The 5th edition had information on the modern day, the classic era of the 1920s and what it called the “Gaslight era” of the 1890s. Each of these time periods made sense in their own way...

I am, admittedly, not without sin here, but I have noticed a slow degradation of those features over the past few years.

Seems like they might go back to what they did at the top of 5e where they contracted out work to publishers like Green Robin and Kobold Press and then release them under their official branding.

Of the (as of this writing) two world wars, the second one gets move coverage. The good guys and bad guys are defined more clearly, the media is exciting to watch and many of the games are considered classics. World War I is messier on all sides thanks to a newfound efficiency of human butchery...

The best way to do this is to pick up core books of the miniatures games after they've moved on to a new edition (which happens fairly). You can usually find them for very cheap, they are packed full of lore and the pictures of the miniatures are gorgeous.

The Warhammer brand is one of the few gaming IPs that has a similar cultural cache to Dungeons & Dragons. It has decades of lore that span multiple games and eras of the world. Celebrities have started to discuss painting (or neglecting) their armies. When Games Workshop released the Warhammer...