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I'm always amused by the way boardgames determine who goes first. Often it's left to the dice ("roll to see who goes first"). Sometimes it's left up to the players ("figure out who goes first"). Sometimes they make a joke out of it, like with Munchkin's rules: "Decide who goes...

I have no idea why Facebook decided to start showing me videos of French theme park Puy du Fou one day, but I'm glad it did. While I'm generally not a theme park aficionado, I've been entranced by footage of knights fighting next to rotating castles and gladiators duking it...

One neat aspect about working at Steve Jackson Games is that it's home to a tremendous number of creative individuals – with too many ideas to be contained by just one beloved hobby. To that end, I've embarked on a personal project in my downtime: Feature of Habit. The idea...

It would appear that Meta knows I'm a gamer. While I've been intrigued by Puy du Fou for a while now (more on that later), this morning Instagram let me know about an attraction that seems tailor made for a TTRPG fan like myself. Sometimes the algorithm gets it right!...

If this is you, send a wave my way!   -- Steve Jackson

I suspect most of us have heard of "FOMO" – "Fear of Missing Out." I have Fear of Missing Pieces. I generally buy games because I love them. And because I love them, I play them. But playing them means pieces can get lost or damaged. So, I do what...

Welcome, traveler, to the strange future of . . . 2025! If you're reading this, it may not be too late – to pick up the Transhuman Space Bundle of Holding! We talked a bit about this amazing offer before, so we won't repeat everything here. However, if you wanted...

Note: The following article comes to us courtesy of guest contributor Jay Dragon.   Hi everyone, my name's Jay Dragon! I'm a tabletop RPG designer (author of Wanderhome and co-creator of Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast), editorial director at Possum Creek Games, and friend of Steve. The SJGames crew has brought...