Imaginary Cards Jam On Itch.Io
When you're sifting through your TCG collection, do you ever find a card that you don't recognize? An artifact from a totally unfamiliar game, maybe one that doesn't exist in this reality? . . . No? Just me, then? If you would like an excuse to create such an artifact,...
MidSouthCon
MidSouthCon is an ancient and honorable science fiction convention with a heavy gaming slant. I was a GoH at MSC in 2013, and had a great time . . . and I'm going back! The event this year is just outside Memphis. The dates are March 21 through 23, right...
Yazeba's Is A Nebula Finalist!
Hard on the heels of the Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast nomination for a GAMA award comes more awesome news: this innovative RPG from Possum Creek Games is a finalist for the 60th annual Nebula Awards, in the Game Writing category! The Nebula is an old and prestigious award given by...
The Psychic Danger Society
The Psychic Danger Society, now on Kickstarter, is a cozy tabletop roleplaying game of mystery, psychic prediction, community, and tea. I'm particularly intrigued by the dice mechanic – you roll all of your dice in a "seance" at the beginning of the session, and use those results however you can...
The Headline Is The Adventure
If I needed to come up with an adventure at a moment's notice, I could do way worse than spending 20 seconds extrapolating on this New York Times headline: "Thieves Blow Up a Dutch Museum Door to Steal a Golden Helmet." They apparently made some arrests a few days later,...
Solitomb
Recently, while I was poking around itch.io trying to fill out tax forms to get a payout for a fun and interesting reason, the site's front page directed me to Solitomb. It's a wee roguelite card battler (which you can even try on the game page, right from your browser!), and...
Origins Award Nominations
The nominations for the Origins Awards have been announced! Congratulations to all the nominees. It's an impressive list. There are two in particular that I want to talk about. The first is our newest Car Wars starter set, Orange/Purple. It was very much a team effort. First props go, of...
Distraction Makers
If there is one thing I love almost as much as talking about game design, it's listening to other people discuss game design concepts. I recently discovered the YouTube channel Distraction Makers, hosted by two veterans of the gaming industry, Forrest Imel and Gavin Valentine. In each episode, they break...