While I haven’t played Dave the Diver myself, I have watched my wife play through the game. Which is how it works in our home, really. I focus on tabletop and she focuses on video games. And from an outsider’s viewpoint, Dave the Diver is a pearl of a game (rimshot)
A Gnome's Ponderings
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Secondhand Dave the Diver
Monday, December 4, 2023
My Gaming November
I didn’t do a ton of gaming in November. Actually, it was easily my least game-oriented month so far this far year. However, I did check some things off that I had been meaning to learn.
Friday, December 1, 2023
My November PnP
November ended up being a very busy month and one where print-and-play projects just didn’t make the schedule. However I like to try and make something every month so I made one game:
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
The Magus is a crunchy journaling game
Last year, I learned seven different journaling RPGs to observe NaNoWriMo. This year, I learned two and one of them was really research for the other one. Part of that was because work was insane but also part of this change was I played The Magus by momatoes.
Monday, November 27, 2023
Making dirigibles out of dice rolls
It’s been over a year since I last looked at the Legends of Dsyx series. Which actually surprises me a bit, since I think it’s an interesting exploration of both Print and Play and Roll and Write.
Saturday, November 25, 2023
Digging up beetles for fun and points
Beetle Get! is a Flip-and-Write solitaire by Alexander Shen, a hidden gem of a PnP designer. You try and score points with a shifting tableau of beetle cards.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Beyond Bloom explores the low fantasy space
During one of my innumerable trips down rabbit holes on TV Tropes, I found out about a web comic called Beyond Bloom, a low fantasy about two flowers who have become people.