Back From Gamehole
Gamehole Con in Madison was as much fun as it always is. I got to run two games of Melee and play in a third one! Irene took the Adversary role in both Melee games, and ran a game of her Scurvy Buggers RPG . . . with some players...
Take A Terror-Filled Journey Through Four New Choose Cthulhu Books
Pledging is now open on Kickstarter for Choose Cthulhu Books 11-14! Choose Cthulhu is a series of non-consecutive, solo adventure gamebooks set in the otherworldly realms of H.P. Lovecraft. Throughout the books, you'll face terrifying decisions which force you to choose the best path forward. Each decision you make will...
To Every Key, Turn Turn Turn . . .
If you're looking for a different near-steampunk aesthetic, consider a computer keyboard that uses rotary-dial telephone technology. Treading similar ground to The Onion's revelation of the MacBook Wheel 16 years ago, Google Japan has created the Gboard, Dial Version. Anyone born before 1980 or so will recognize the tech (and...
JUST ANNOUNCED: Munchkin Second Edition! Pigs Fly!
We are thrilled to announce Munchkin Second Edition, coming soon to BackerKit! Munchkin, the mega-hit card game of backstabbing your way to 10th Level, debuted nearly 25 years ago and took the gaming world by storm. Now, after all these years of kicking down doors and stealing treasures, we're...
A Quarter Century Of Quality – Still Available?!
Our mega-secret master database which I'm not supposed to talk about lists everything the company has ever done. I'm a data geek at heart – I mean, I'm many kinds of geek, of which "data" is one – so I decided on a whim to poke around and see what...
A Spooky Sale For Spooky Season
It's the most frightful time of the year! Halloween is coming in two short weeks, and we're having a super sale on dozens of haunted games and accessories on our online store. Now through November 2, you can save up to 15% when you kick down doors in Munchkin Cthulhu,...
Never Too Soon To Count Down . . . To Countdowns
We were at Costco this past weekend, and we realized that some Advent calendars were already on the shelves. Then I recently heard someone else noting that the cool Advent calendars were probably going to start showing up soon and then rapidly disappearing from Aldi's. I know there are other...
Taskmaster – The Greatest TV Show Ever . . . Or Even Better?
Not to be a decade late to the acolade party, but the TV series Taskmaster is pretty amazing. For those of you who are unaware, the core premise of this British game show is that a Taskmaster (comedian Greg Davies) – usually in conjunction with show creator and Taskmaster "assistant"...