Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes Expands the D&D Universe
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, released May 29, is a handsome hardcover with brilliant, evocative artwork throughout, including a few two-page...
Matt Timmins
Lording it over the City of Splendor: Reviewing WotC’s Lords of Waterdeep
Yesterday, two friends and I cracked open Wizard’s of the Coast’s newest D&D inspired board game, Lords of Waterdeep. I...
Don’t Poke the Evil God With a Stick! Reviewing Carcosa
Carcosa by Geoffery McKinney is a weird game and it revels in it. Set on a blasted world “153 light...
Hunger Gaming
Last weekend I saw The Hunger Games. I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the movie quite a bit. It was...
Prepare Yourself, The Zpocalypse is Coming!
Last month at TotalCon, I had the opportunity to play Zpocalypse with some of the game’s creators. The game –...
Failure: The RPG
We were wrapping up an epic campaign set in a low-magic fantasy world -- knights, evil priests, etc. The PCs...
Save vs. Nostalgia: Dungeons & Dragons & Us
Being an old D&D hack who whetted his blade in 2nd edition (I'm the same age as the game, actually),...
“Truth from Chaos:” Stumbling through Totalcon XXVI
Last weekend I threw myself into the chaos that is TotalCon, “New England’s Largest Game Convention.” Held in a beautiful...
Super-Powered Killer Jedi
Recently, I ran a Star Wars game (West End edition) by request for a friend of mine and some friends...
Toys at the Table: Props in Role-Playing Games
Let face it: RPGs are not a spectator sport. To the outsider, tabletop role-playing games can look awfully dull. When...