Introductory note: As Game Master I constantly get ideas for new campaigns. I take notes and file them away on the hopes of one day retaking them. But since I don’t role-play 24/7 I am pretty...

This month’s RPG blog carnival theme covers life and death in RPG. When thinking about what I’d write for the carnival my attention wandered to my Riddleport campaign. There, I spotted how death was a theme...

Toy Fair previews from Griddly Games included Wise Alec expansions, an update to the Wise Alec base game, and Mosaic 4. Wise Alec is a combination trivia and activity game. The updated base game adds more...

When word of these two new games leaked ahead of the show , my initial reaction, like that of many others I read online, was quite negative. However, now that I’ve actually had a chance to...

Known for its inexpensive games, which often required players to provide their own pieces, Cheapass Games is taking its strategy to the extreme. From now on they’ll be offering their games only in print-and-play form. Also,...

I received a prototype review copy of 1955: The War of Espionage , which was designed by Kevin Nunn, from Nicholas Vitek at Living World Games. 1995 underwent a successful funding campaign on KickStarter. Living World...

Tweet There’s been a storm in the Twitterverse and the Blogosphere, a storm of FORTUNE! (Fate would have sounded much cooler, thanks designers at WotC for ruining my opening line; you are the cause of all...

The "Reverse Dungeon" module was a breath of fresh air for the writer's game 10 years ago. Adventures like it can do the same for your game today. In this writer’s estimation, one of the high...

Daniel Solis, someone we’ve mentioned here before for his story-telling game, Happy Birthday Robot , can’t seem to get game design off his mind. In his own words: I love designing all sorts of games, from...

Just Breath is a perinatal education game from childbirth training specialists Esali Birth . The base game includes 64 cards in four categories: Prenatal Nutrition, Breastfeeding, Perinatal Positions, and General Labor & Birth. There’s also a...