Uganda School Crowdfunding Boardgame Convention & Science Camp
While most of us here are gearing up for Gen Con, a group out of the UK is hoping to use games as a gateway to science education. Chrysalis Youth Empowerment Network is a Birmingham-based charity that aims to help children and young adults in Africa. The organization sponsors a...
Gen Con Battle Jacket Roundup
Battle jackets (or cutoffs, depending on your community and region) have long stood as a sartorial staple of a slew of subcultures. And as the TTRPG zine community has seen more aesthetic and community overlap with punk/metal/DIY music scenes (in large part thanks to the influence of Mörk Borg and...
Introducing Allison Page, Managing Editor
Hi! I'm Allison Page, the new Managing Editor at Steve Jackson Games. You might be thinking "Managing Editor at a tabletop RPG, board, and card game company? What does that even mean?" and I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. When it comes to my...
Oops, All Books
Sometimes, on the GURPS side of the global empire, we devote our focus exclusively to one book. And sometimes we focus on doing lots of things all at once. Sometimes we end up ordering 30+ books in a batch . . . which ends up being two boxes that no...
Virtual Gen Con Sale Ends Today
Also, you have only a few hours to support the debauched intellectualism that is Caligula! Long live the Emperor! Drink! Gen Con ended on Sunday, but our extended Virtual Gen Con Sale is running through the end of the day today! If you missed out on our awesome deals and...
Caligula Enters Final 24 Hours On Kickstarter
Hear ye, hear ye, Caesar commands you to back this project! Well, maybe command is a strong word, but Caesar certainly recommends it. And appreciates it. Caligula is a raucous party game designed by Steve Jackson in which the role of Caesar comes with the power to make laws just as...
Who Will Watch The AI Watchmen?
Under this proposal by David Brin, noted science fiction author (and game designer! Tribes!) the answer would be . . . all the AIs will watch each other, all the time, and they'll get rewarded for fingering others of their kind who misbehave. Read the Wired story here. -- Steve...
"There Is No News"
A while ago, I stumbled across this short article, about how – on April 18, 1930 – the BBC news service announced that there was no news, and then proceeded to play music for the rest of the segment. As a gamer, my mind immediately pivoted to the possibilities of...