Unboxing: The Legend of Drizzt Board Game
I have been dying to get my hands on Wizards of the Coast‘s newest dungeon tile board game, The Legend of Drizzt. Not only am I a fan of the previous games, Castle Ravenloftand Wrath of Ashardalon, I...
View Article2012 Geek Resolutions
I love the new year. My type A, OCD-addled personality loves how perfect January 1st looks on the calendar. We all have resolutions, even if you’re the type of person who doesn’t “believe” in them,...
View ArticleNew Year, New Game
The brilliant minds over at Gnome Stew have offered a challenge to GM’s: Run a new game this year! Their reasoning behind the challenge is, “To inspire game masters to run at least one new game each...
View ArticleI think I broke my back: Ramblings of a mad man.
This is what happens when you tweak your back on post day and can’t move much without shooting pain. So to my surprise the long thought dead (By me at least) MMO Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO)...
View ArticleEpisode 15 – Dungeons & Dragons Movie Review
As gamers and as geeks, we love the fantasy genre. We’ve spent countless hours reinventing ourselves around the table, rolling out polyhedral dice whilst performing heroic deeds and living out the...
View ArticleEpisode 17 – Co-Op Experiences
In this day and age of online gaming and social media, we geeks have it sweet in the ability to jump on our PC’s or consoles with people from around the world and wreak havoc upon AI foes or one …...
View ArticleEpisode 19 – The Walking Dead
Join us this week as we “talk the walk” and look at one of our favorite subjects of entertainment, The Walking Dead. We jump right into the zombie apocalypse and discuss the things we both love and...
View ArticleA Call to Arms – Support Your Local Gaming Stores
Okay. So I really try not to get up on a soap box (often) but this past week has really made me feel that it was necessary to put the word out. Gamers of the world, we all really need … Continue...
View ArticleEpisode 22 – Board Games: Traditional vs. Niche
Do you love being a Slum Lord and driving everyone into bankruptcy? Perhaps you prefer attempting to save the world from simultaneous E. coli, Bird Flu, and Gonorrhea outbreaks? Or is a night of...
View ArticleUnplugging a New Generation of Gamer
Back in December of 1999, my sister gave birth to my oldest nephew. That evening at the hospital, I can almost guarantee that my brother-in-law and I had a discussion that one day, we would have a...
View ArticleRules To Play By: My Attempt To Break A Board Game Pt. 1
So after a few play sessions of the three Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons board games (all based on the fantasy adventure ruleset) I decided to take on the task of extending the ruleset...
View ArticleRules To Play By: My Attempt to Break A Board Game Pt. 2
When I last left off I was talking about the my visions for the character classes in modern D&D board games. This time I shall talk about adding item levels along with a few additional cards to...
View ArticleRules To Play By: My Attempt to Break A Board Game Pt. 3
When I last wrote and you read I detailed my ideas for updating the treasure deck and adding item levels. Today it will be all about the maths. The whole point of the exercise is to allow a campaign...
View ArticleEpisode 36 – Hey, I Just Met You
Have you ever had one of those days where you just feel like doing whatever the hell you want, talk about whatever the hell you want, and listen to pop music? We do too! Join us this week as we …...
View ArticleAre Fantasy Settings The Best Settings?
With the multitude of tabletop gaming systems and settings out there for mass consumption, it can be easy for Players and GMs, those new to the hobby and veterans alike, to get lost in the maze of...
View ArticleDnD Next – Keep “Nexting” and Driving (Things Forward)
Articles abound these days about the buzz that is DnD Next. From analysis of the core rules to speculations about the future, every play-tester has their opinion and each one is valid in its own...
View ArticleDnD Next, GenCon, and the End of the Edition Wars?
Now that I have seen GenCon come and go another year without getting even remotely close to Indianapolis to get my game on, there is no lack of buzz on the internet in regards to the keynote address...
View ArticleWhere Are We Now? – Maps, Tabletop RPGs, and You
As I’ve been working through the backlog of Gamerstable podcasts, a recent episode on maps in gaming really got me thinking of their importance and impact on me. While I am definitely no...
View ArticleEpisode 69 – Mundane vs. Powered
When it comes to tabletop RPGs, the world the game is set in usually dictates the choices a Player has for their characters (We all like to break the rules - and game - sometimes). Seeing as their are...
View ArticleEpisode 74 – TV Character Deaths
It seems like not that long ago, the characters on our favorite TV shows were untouchable. Sure, most have been far from infallible, some not even remotely likable, but they definitely seemed to be...
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