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A real quick-and-dirty way to get inspiration for your tabletop RPGs is "good, but bad." That is, you start with a premise of something advantageous to the heroes (or others in the campaign world), but couple it with something troublesome. You make the two aspects intrinsic to each other, such...

One of my very favorite movies is the absolutely hilarious 1985 cult classic Clue. The boardgame of the same name (originally called Cluedo in the United Kingdom) was released an unbelievable 75 years ago and was an instant hit.    Starring Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn, Clue was released nearly...

I recently told you all about how the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet had been found. That news continues to delight me, so my mind has drifted to it again for inspiration. Namely, I realize how easy it would be to make one's own mysterious song for a tabletop...

At the beginning of November, I told you about the free GURPS 1Shot Adventures collection. GURPS super-scribe Phil Masters (author of myriad fantasy races expansions, various GURPS Steampunk supplements, and many more) informed folks on the forums that he also has a collection of free ready-to-use adventures. I haven't had...

Thomas Eugene Kurtz, co-creator of the BASIC programming language, passed away on November 12 at the age of 96. Although not directly involved in the tabletop gaming industry, the BASIC language was nonetheless a vital aspect – at least tangentially – to gamers of a certain era and mindset in the late...

You're never going to play all those games, you know. The ones you got at your FLGS when they had that big anniversary sale. The ones you bought at the game convention swap meet. The ones that seemed like a great idea but you and your friends never had that...

I recently asked which Steve Jackson Games item that is currently available for sale is first alphabetically, and which is the first item alphabetically that's a complete game and currently available for sale? As I hinted, there's some nuance here, so the no-points we're awarding are worth even less. Still,...

I'm delighted to announce that Munchkin will soon be available in yet another language. Editura Geekach is a new publisher, and they could not possibly have chosen a better game to bring to their fans, right? Right! I would now tell you how many languages Munchkin has been printed in,...