What To Do When You're Not Doing Anything
When it's not your turn in a game, do you have an etiquette for what is and isn't allowed at the gaming table? It's the sort of thing that doesn't tend to cause problems until it is a problem – at which point it's often too late to easily soothe...
A Productive Prop
Some props are more elaborate than others. One arrived in today's mail: the Brindlewood Bay Community Cookbook. Brindlewood Bay is a cozy mystery game with a Lovecraftian twist, published by The Gauntlet. Each of the recipes was "contributed" by one of the town NPCs, and it's "annotated" (in a sometimes...
The Gift Of Games: Romantic Edition
I recently offered a tip about giving a game along with a snack to turn it into a gift of a game night. But what if the recipient is a bit closer to you – either someone you're dating or in a long-term relationship with? What do you give them?...
Paper Dreams . . . Play-By-Mail Lives!
Graph paper. #2 pencils. Floppy disks. Paper instruction manuals. It was a different world when play-by-mail games were everywhere. You can read about this "underdog" genre – popular in decades past and still with a heartbeat – in Paper Dreams: A History of Play-by-Mail Gaming, now available. I was a...
Turning The Tables?
Question for you all: What do folks like as far as game tables? Our household doesn't have one of those dedicated game tables; most of our discretionary income goes toward buying more games. (Besides, whenever I think about it, the "game table of my dreams" quite possibly won't fit in...
Wiz-War Developer Notes
Yep, we released Wiz-War over a year ago. But, you see, I wrote this nice Developer Notes piece and due to an unfavorable alignment of the moon and Sagittarius, or something, it didn't run. Better late than never! And if you have not seen Wiz-War, well, I still think it's...
Bundle Of Holding: Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
Roleplaying fans can now score a specially priced copy of Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast by Possum Creek on Bundle of Holding! In honor of Pride Month, June's Bundle of Holding features LGBTQ+-friendly RPGs. Played over 48 quick chapters, Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast is a unique fantasy TTRPG with innovative mechanics,...
Sign Up To Ride The Last Train To Bremen
Signups are now open on BackerKit for Last Train to Bremen by Possum Creek, now an imprint of Steve Jackson Games! Last Train to Bremen is a one-shot storytelling game about four cavalier musicians and their questionable decisions. Things go awry after they make a deal with the Devil, which...