Friday, September 29, 2023

Catan, the internet and the marketplace of ideas

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When I first got into gaming about twenty years ago, there were three games that seemed to be in every group’s collective game closet: Settl...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Battletech + Stackpole = beach read with giant mech

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Michael Stackpole is the only reason I have any interest in Battletech’s fiction. Heck, he’s practically the only reason I know the fiction ...
Monday, September 25, 2023

Nakama ties Netflix’s One Piece together

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Netflix’s One Piece has let me revisit One Piece in an honestly convenient and comfortable way. Many years ago, I read through the East Blue...
Friday, September 22, 2023

Again, why Roll and Write?

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When we lived across the country a couple months ago, I didn’t know how it would affect my gaming habits. Would I still keep on playing game...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Stating the obvious about Railroad Ink

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  As someone who enjoys both railway games and Roll and Writes, I’ve had Railroad Ink on my radar for a while. I finally bought the app so o...
Friday, September 15, 2023

As a campaign, Star Maps falls flat

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While I first picked up the PDF version of Star Maps five or six years ago, I’ve only now decided to do some printing and try it out. At tha...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Lockwood & Co - a different kind of undead apocalypse

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I went into Lockwood & Co by having heard of a tv series I never ended up watching and having forgotten reading the Bartimeaus Trilogy a...