Eclipse Phase – Nuketown

A tentacled horror reaches out of a space station to snag a space-suited figure.

Game Day: Eclipse Phase Playtest

August 21, 2016 Ken Newquist Game Columns, Game Day, Games, Playtest, Role-Playing Games

I finally knocked one of the items off my RPG bucket list: “Play Eclipse Phase“. My gaming group has been kicking around ideas for an alternate game we can run when we’re not playing D&D and Eclipse Phase is a[…]

A close-up view of an Amberite from the Amber Diceless RPG cover.

Game Day: The RPG Bucket List

December 14, 2014 Ken Newquist Game Columns, Game Day, Games

While researching a column for Knights of the Dinner Table I came across a small meme called “The RPG Bucket List”. Regular bucket lists are the things that people want to do before they die; and RPG bucket list is the list of games people want to play before they expire.

An slim-suited astronaut flies through an asteroid field. A blue-white sun shines in deep space.

Game Day: Anticipating GenCon 2014

May 12, 2014 Ken Newquist Blog, Events, Games, Role-Playing Games

After seven years away, I’m going back to GenCon. It’s been far too long since I was last there, and even longer since the late 1990s when GenCon was an annual pilgrimage for my gaming group. I’m looking forward to going back.