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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive...

First off, I think that the AI tech companies are following the typical US tech venture capital playbook, throw large sums of money at...

Hard to keep your staff motivated when you tell them that robots would do a better job.

I agree. I'm just not sure "this is how combat works in Shadowdark" is necessary to put on the screen. Kelsey updated the post, so now...

Ryan Dancey, the Chief Operating Officer of boardgame publisher Alderac Entertainment Group, no longer works for the company, following...

Yeah, what I love about Traveller is that you can play relatively simply, stats and skill system and some basic combat when necessary...

In high school when doing creative writing, i took and used the names of my classmates because i was lazy,and i didn't feel one way or...

The lazy author doesn't emerge from an egg and start writing with no context. They're putting their worldview -- examined or otherwise...

I really don't think it is. I've played Traveller and had my issues with it. But one thing is clear, it's a system with a very wide...

The author might tell themselves that they don't mean anything by an inclusion, but they're a product of their environment and, a lot of...

That one's on purpose. This was seen as "normal."

Absolutely. My local Popeye's starts prepping my order sometimes before I've walked in the door. I went to one in Seattle that was...

This isn't the first time that Dancey has stumbled his way into a major controversy. A few years ago, he had to apologize about his...

As a heavy Beyond and Maps user, the focus on rebuilding the engine running DDB from the ground up this year is incredibly welcome news...