- Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Playtest overview.Posted 253 days ago
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Gary Gygax’s Game Collection Up for Auction
Gail Gygax, Gary’s widow, and The Collector’s Trove are auctioning off Gary Gygax’s personal game collection . Bids for the first batch of 204 items close Wednesday afternoon (ET). The selection includes games he authored, games...
- Posted 917 days ago
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Freeport: Winds of Change – Session 2
As promised, I’m writing again to give you guys an update on my ongoing Pathfinder Freeport game. The first session was a big departure from your usual Pathfinder game in that we didn’t really use Pathfinder...
- Posted 918 days ago
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Freeport: Winds of Change – Session 1
First things first, here’s a link to the audio . As I mentioned in my Prelude post , that we had our first session of Winds of Change recently and I think it went pretty well....
- Posted 919 days ago
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Dark Dungeons, The Movie
An animated video version of the well-known, religiously-motivated comic story ( Chick tract ) about the evils of playing Dungeons & Dragons. A taste for the new generation of some of what we had to deal...
- Posted 922 days ago
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Book Review: How We Came to Live Here
Image by: Stryfe589 I had the pleasure of talking to Brennan Taylor when I went to GenCon this summer. One of the results of that conversation was a copy of How We Came to Live Here...
- Posted 923 days ago
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Game Bandit—Like to Give Edition
For every 10 people who like Out of the Box on Facebook by December 15th, the company will donate one game to Toys for Tots . Mongoose Traveller ebooks are on sale at DriveThruRPG. So are...
- Posted 923 days ago
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Purple Parlay (Late Edition)—Miniature Painting
Do you paint your miniatures? I’m guessing the answer is yes if you’re a miniature player, but what about those war/board gamers with minis in their games? What about you RPG players who use minis in...
- Posted 924 days ago
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Why Do Some Board Games Have ISBNs?
A few but growing number of game publishers use international standard book numbers (ISBNs) on their non-book game products. The vast majority of retailers will only accept products with standardized product codes; accounting and inventory are...
- Posted 925 days ago
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Gamification and ARGs
Jane McGonigal Gamification is one term used to describe a movement to bring game mechanics to ordinary activities, such as banking and health care. Other terms include funware and pervasive gaming . Jesse Schell gave a...
- Posted 926 days ago
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It may be time to say goodbye
Let’s be honest. Most blogs shine when they have a real focus. Most RPG blogs are just that: RPG blogs. Perhaps they post interesting-and-random-but-related tidbits every now and then. Ink Nouveau is a great pen...
- Posted 928 days ago







