Archives

• Animal Crossing and the Wonder of an Aimless Gaming Experience
• Reviewing Art & Arcana: A Visual History
• Kickstarter Spotlight: Spectacular Settlements
• Kickstarter Spotlight: Dungeon Dreams
• Turning the Gears: Party Reputation and NPC Reactions
• Tabletop Tales: A Sad, Sad Exalted Game
• Breaking Down the Monstrous Water Races in D&D
• Five of D&D’s Most Bizarre Creatures (And How to Use Them)
• Five Awesome Creatures in the D&D Monster Manual and How to Use Them
• Five Awesome RPGs for When You Need Something New
• Classics Corner: The Super Mario Brothers
• Nosferatu: An Hidden Horror Gem
• Indie Game Examination: Children of Dust
• Kickstarter Spotlight: Blueshift
• Why the Undertaker’s Retirement Match Was Actually a Masterpiece
• Kickstarter Spotlight: All Walls Must Fall
• Not Gaming: A BtVS Spike/Vampires in General Fan Theory
• Five Things that Made Super Metroid a Perfect Game
• Videogame Investigations: Black Closet
• Four Things That Made Final Fantasy Tactics the Perfect SRPG
• Video Game Investigations: Super Dungeon Tactics
• Indy Spotlight: The Witch is Dead
• Don’t Let November Win: A NaNoWriMo Reflection and Strategy Guide
• Why Performance Matters: A Consumer’s Take on the SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike
• Heroes in the Darkness: A Look at Roleplaying Horror Adventures
• Buff Spells, Action Economy, and Time as a Resource
• My Problem with Planes
• Back in the Mix
• The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon Go, and the Evolution of Adventure
• Kickstarter Spotlight: Copper Dreams
• Campaign Idea: Your Shining Armor Won’t Save You
• Kickstarter Spotlight: Arcadian Atlas
• The Significance of Tracer’s Booty
• X-Com vs. XCOM: A Look at Freedom vs. Structure
• Playing with a First Time GM
• Why I’m Concerned About “The Force Awakens”
• Brick Neilson’s (Last) Space Adventure Chapters 4-6
• Brick Neilson’s (Last) Space Adventure: Preface-Chapter 3
• Where Do I Go From Here?
• An Article that Ends Different than it Began
• Happy Halloween: Scary Stuff in Non-Horror Video Games
• Stories vs. Games: Horror
• 1d6 Investigators per Turn: A Look at Call of Cthulhu
• Game Master Toolkit: When There’s No Time to Plan
• Special Treasures: Alternate Rewards for Your Pathfinder Game
• Games Are Important: An Oddly Personal Entry
• A Touch of Evil
• Turning the Gears: A New d6 System
• Tools of the Trade: Syrinscape Game Sounds
• Turning the Gears: Non-magical Healing in Pathfinder
• A Look at Adventurers in the World
• Turning the Gears: Wrestling Heroes in Pathfinder
• Tabletop Tales: Roleplaying Within Established Canon
• Turning the Gears: System Shock and Severe Injury
• Saving the Game from Party Imbalance
• Turning the Gears: The Tinge of Death
• RPG Inquiry: Legion
• Video Game Investigations: MidBoss
• Video Game Investigations: BRAWLHALLA
• Video Game Investigations: Spaera, the Fantasy Puzzle Fighter
• My Top Five Tabletop Game Mechanics
• Tabletop Tales: An Origin Story
• Video Game Investigations: Jisei
• Bad Habits in Gaming: Assuming the Players Were Stupid
• Superheroes in Roleplaying
• Advice to Young Heroes: Getting into Tabletop Gaming
• Video Game Investigations: Little War Game
• What I Learned My First Time DMing: A Guest Article by Ran
• The Significance of Final Fantasy VII
• Talkin’ ‘bout Dragons Part 2
• Talkin’ ‘bout Dragons Part 1
• Big Fights Make for Long Nights: The Boss Fight
• The Five RPG Player Archetypes
• The Five Major Game Master Archetypes
• Tabletop Tales: Love and Roleplaying
• Maddening Mechanics 1: D20 Leadership
• Gaming Habits: Weaknesses and Dump Stats in RPGs.
• Big Fights Make for Long Nights 2: That Fateful Battle
• Big Fights Make For Long Nights: Marching Armies in RPGs
• The Trouble with One-Shots: A Brief Look at Brief Gaming
• Oh God, it’s been a while.
• Entry 19: Double Dragon Outline
• Entry 18: Can We Get a Good Movie?
• Entry 16: Why Are There No Good Videogame to Film Adaptations?
• Entry 15d: The Importance of Inclusion (Kamigawa Was Perfect in Way the Wrong Way)
• Entry 16C: The Importance of Balance (Mirrodin was… less awesome).
• Entry 16b: The Importance of Cohesion (Onslaught was Awesome!)
• Entry 16A: It’s a Kind of Magic
• Entry 15c: Alignment Changes Both Willing and Forced (With a section on Paladins YAY!)
• Entry 15b: Alignment and Mechanics
• Entry 15a: Alignment and Personality (Another mini-series, YAY!)
• The Importance of Communication (A discussion of discussions)
• End of a Series: Lessons Learned
• Video Game RPGs vs. Traditional Part 2: Mechanics and Math.
• Narratives in Videogame RPGs Compared to Tabletop RPGs.
• JRPGs, WRPGs and Tabletop RPGs (Connections and Disconnects) Introduction
• Tabletop Tales: Large Groups Revisited
• Worlds, Entry 1: NPCs, Adventurers, Heroes (Know the Difference).
• Tabletop Tales: Big Groups
• The Problem with House Rules
• Great Heroes Need Weak Adversaries (No, Seriously)
• Main Character Syndrome
• Relationships in RPGs
• Entry 4: Adventures in the Abyss
• Entry 3: Preparations and Ideas
• Entry 2: The Results
• Entry 1: Drunken Gaming
• Prologue