Pre-Order Munchkin Vox Machina – A Critical Role Game Today!

"Where do you find your strength?" Groon asked. "In my friends," Grog answered.   You, too, can find strength in your allies in Munchkin Vox Machina. This all-new, deluxe-style Munchkin set transports you to Exandria and challenges you and your friends to battle some of Vox Machina's most formidable villains....

Museum Of Games Ireland

The latest segment from Tabletop Weekly: "We're joined this week by Colm Lundberg, director of MOGI: the Museum of Games Ireland, in Killarney, which is dedicated to archiving and recording the modern tabletop hobby." Why is this of interest? Because I've been donating materials - mostly but not exclusively very old...

When In Doubt . . . Undo

I've been a keyboard jockey for a loooooooong time. (I used the correct number of o's there.) I rely on keyboard shortcuts as much as I can, and only fumble with my mouse or trackpad when I need to. I can type about 85+ words a minute, whereas I can...

Giant Greedquest At Gamehole Con

Nancy Hutchins and her wonderfully deranged crew at Dorkstock (you remember Dorkstock – the little convention inside Gamehole Con) have created a gigantic version of GreedQuest, complete with Foglio illustrations. And we have gigantic photographic evidence! -- Steve Jackson

There's No "Super" Without "You," In GURPS Infinite Worlds: Gotterdammerung

It's a place not unlike our own, except the "divergence" is an unleashing of four timelines at once, resulting in a setting that's . . . super. Welcome to GURPS Infinite Worlds: Gotterdammerung. Written by William H. Stoddard – author of GURPS Supers for GURPS Fourth Edition – Gotterdammerung presents...

Please Cancel All Visits To The Sun Until Further Notice

This is slightly old news, but still pretty cool. Aapparently the sun had a hole last month that looked like a giant butterfly. For those who seek signs of moth-like kaiju and/or the apocalypse, it might prove inspirational . . . -- Steven Marsh

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Around here, we love games, and we try to keep all the rules straight. Some edicts are easier to follow than others . . . such as the Laws of Thermodynamics. But apparently a graduate student has accidentally broken those laws – albeit not in any terribly useful way yet....

Does Artificial Intelligence Lead To Unnatural Stupidity?

Here's a link to a Guardian article with some really disturbing preliminary work about the mental effects of using generative AI.  tl;dr It sure looks like ChatGPT makes you stupid. Read it and worry. -- Steve Jackson

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