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Last year, when I was at the UK Games Exposition, I stopped at a stand that was displaying brightly-printed hexagonal tiles that interlocked to build landscapes. You could use them in any scale, from laying out a continent to building a battle map with one character per hex. I asked...

There's no wrong way or time to celebrate Valentine's Day, right? So you're not DONE with Valentine's even though it was a couple of days ago, right? Right. If you're looking to impress someone (or just indulge yourself!), I'd like to offer a treat that punches way above its weight...

At Pax Unplugged this past December, I had the privilege of presenting a panel on using evolutionary science as inspiration for tabletop roleplaying games. The lovely people at PAX have put the panel on YouTube, so now I can share it with all of you! If you've got an hour...

Gen Con celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017. As part of the festivities, Peter Addison and Jon Peterson organized a series of panels that celebrated the history of tabletop gaming and the people behind some of your favorite properties. Now those talks are available to view on Gen Con TV...

As fans of sci fi, we often wonder when we'll see technologies in real life that we enjoy in our games and stories. So far, we've gotten handheld computers that would give the protagonists of 1970s novels a serious case of jealousy, little robots that vacuum our homes, and frequent...

Back in October, we announced that Steve Jackson Games would be bringing Fighting Fantasy back to the US for the first time in over two decades. We're a huge step closer to making that a reality. Here comes the Kickstarter campaign that will bring the first five books to life!...

We are thrilled to announce that Possum Creek, the award-winning independent game publisher, has joined Steve Jackson Games as an imprint. Based in Philadelphia, Possum Creek is best known for Wanderhome, a pastoral fantasy RPG about traveling animal-folk. Wanderhome has won numerous awards, including ENNIEs for Best Family-Friendly Game, Best...

I've been a Blind Guardian fan for a while now, but it's only recently that I learned that these German power-metal legends have their own board game.   Yes, you read correctly! It looks like the band has teamed up with Italian game company Scribabs Boardgames to create From The...