BoardGameGeek Con 2025
Just before Thanksgiving we loaded up the car and took a road trip up to BoardGameGeek Con in Dallas to show off some of this year's new games. (Stopping in West on the way for some kolaches, of course). If you've never been to BoardGameGeek Con, it has many...
Munchkin Mischief On The Dice Tower
Our friend Tom Vasel and the team at The Dice Tower were the very first to play Munchkin Second Edition online! They streamed a rousing live-play on their YouTube channel as part of their week-long Winter Spectacular. This new edition, coming to BackerKit in January, includes everything you've loved about the...
Hop Aboard The Last Train To Bremen
You're a musician. You and your three best friends made a deal with the Devil. You're doomed. Or are you . . .? Sure, making that deal seemed like a good idea at the time . . . 13 years ago, to be exact. Your band became wealthy and famous....
Roll On The Grooooaaannngnnnggghhh Table
According to an article on SFGATE, scientists are getting closer to figuring out the language of whales. It's a fun read on its own . . . and the ideas and methodology might give more realistic space-faring RPG games ideas for how sci-fi scientists communicate with unusual life forms. (How...
Lets Get Silly Toon Second Edition Is Coming Soon To BackerKit!
A second edition of Toon: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game will be crowdfunded beginning on December 17! Toon, designed by Greg Costikyan and developed by Warren Spector, is a family-friendly RPG that debuted in 1984. Since then, roleplayers have come to love the zany hilarity of a game inspired by...
Enter The Realm Of Golarion In Munchkin Digital Pathfinder
Munchkin Digital – Pathfinder from Dire Wolf Digital is now available for download on Steam! Based on Paizo's Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, this stand-alone DCL with 168 cards brings your favorite characters and monsters to Munchkin. Your character can be one of two unique classes – Witch or Alchemist – then join...
A Rein Of Cuteness
Here's a fun article about reindeer roaming the busy streets of downtown Rovaniemi, Finland – a rarity – complete with pictures. Now, I could take the opportunity to plug some of our holiday offerings to tie into the . . . um . . . reindeer games. But I'm not...
Give Yourself Something To Talk About
As I mentioned back in May, one of my hobbies is fiddling with constructed fictional languages. All this month, r/conlangs, a subreddit focused on "constructed languages for language geeks," is hosting a language-expansion challenge. Each day during the month of December, the hosts present a new topic, including ideas on...