My lunchtime role-playing game campaign is now a reality. Inspired by Mike Mearls’ tales of lunchtime D&D 4E campaigns, and after my coworkers jumped at an offhand tweet about a lunchtime game, I’m now running a twice-a-week The Day After Ragnarok game. Powered by Savage Worlds (Amazon), The Day After Ragnarok (Website / Amazon) is a … Read more
Harrowing Halls is a Dungeon Tiles set for Dungeons & Dragons that takes the long-running line to new heights. That’s because they’re not just dungeon tiles … they’re three dimensional dungeon tiles that can be used to build a staircase, raised platforms, tables, and pedestals, all of which player characters can jump on, leap off … Read more
My Star Wars: Saga Edition game has hit the summer doldrums, as our Friday sessions fall victim to August vacations, Musikfest, and back-to-school crush. We’re about three-quarters of the way through our Mandalorian Interlude story arc (in which we’re all playing Mandos in the opening days of the Mandalorian War), and while it’s been fun, … Read more
The storm dragons are magnificent creatures hunt the hurricanes of the storm world of Tarl. The Outer Rim planet’s binary stars provide a constant source of energy for its moisture rich atmosphere, giving rise to an unending series of cyclones. The dragons constantly ride these storms, hunting the great airbag herbivores that dwell in storms’ eyes and battling each other for arial supremacy.
The Financial Times is running an article about German/euro-style board games such as Settlers of Catan and Carcassone that covers why the games are so popular in German, how they’ve expanded beyond its borders to the UK and America, and the sustainability of this niche market.
It’s a good read; I think there’s a real concern here that the market is being over-saturated with board games, as the Germans pump out more and more new games. There’s all the makings of a bubble there (and if we’re talking bubbles, then it’s already happened). But while the German market may be coming supersaturated, I think there’s still plenty of room to grow in the United States. Heck, I think they’ve only barely touched on what’s possible here — sure my gaming group has been playing these kinds of board games for years, but the larger population still things board game equals Monopoly or Sorry.
On Thursday I was busy writing a one-shot Star Wars: Legacy Era adventure, and wracking my brain about where the crew of the freighter Dark Nebula might take a break while visiting Ord Killan. I didn’t want to use yet another encounter in a cantina, so I decided to poll Twitter for ideas. I got … Read more
It’s a sad time for Star Wars: Saga Edition — Wizards of the Coast has killed its official web site for the role-playing and the miniatures games and is redirecting visitors to their home page. Fortunately, Rebel Alliance fans have managed to secure hidden caches of PDFs while Wizards has announced plans to restore some … Read more
Remodeling my game room gave me a chance to re-organizing my role-playing game collection and dig out books I haven’t touched in years. As I shelved them, I couldn’t help but start to mentally order my favorite and/or most influential games. This list is the result; this is Part 2, which covers games #10 through … Read more
Remodeling my game room gave me a chance to re-organizing my role-playing game collection and dig out books I haven’t touched in years. As I shelved them, I couldn’t help but start to mentally order my favorite and/or most influential games. This list is the result. 20. Paranoia Perhaps the ultimate convention game, Paranoia takes … Read more
The Martians have landed. Their goals remain uncertain; indeed, they seem to change continuously: one moment they’re attempting to capture Washington, D.C., the next they’re trying to abduct humans, only to turn their attention to the great cow menace. Of one thing, there is no doubt: once the Martians figure out what they’re doing, we’re doomed.
This is the premise of Martian Fluxx, a card game by Loony Labs that’s expands upon the rules of its popular Fluxx card game.