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While in the midst of a game design discussion on Discord, I was thinking about the difference between TTRPGs and LARPs. When I was younger, I used to do a lot with silence and speech in LARPing. One of my proudest games from my teenage years was called "Silence Blooming"...

My cheapest hobby is collecting random interesting words that I find when digging into the etymology of modern vocabulary, sometimes fiddling with them to make them look part of a cohesive yet fictional language for that fantasy RPG campaign kicking around my head or that Star Trek fan fiction I...

Life is idyllic on this British isle . . . but what is the cost? The answers are yours to form and discover, in Harvest. Written by Luke Jordan, this GMless folk-horror RPG has the players take on the role of the members of the community. Each has their insight...

Here's a quick tip for tabletop roleplaying gamers. A lot of times, GMs will think of a nifty prop idea after coming up with a character concept: "Oh, it'd be awesome if this guy had a black briefcase," for example. But then it can be a pain to track down...

BGG.SPRING, an annual event in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, will be held this year over Memorial Day weekend from May 22-26 at the Hyatt Regency DFW Airport. The spring verson of the long-running BGG.CON convention is geared toward families, with no minimum age requirement. There will be dedicated rooms for different...

It's a lovely time of year as a Hoosier, when the days are long and the evening is coming off the winter chill but not yet summer hot. And that means . . . bunnies. Since we typically walk at dusk, more often than not lately, we've been seeing rabbits...

It took me a while to come up with an angle for this article. I considered framing it as a conversation about manufacturing in the U.S., due to our ongoing concerns with what it might cost to print games overseas. I also thought this might be a good way to...

I play a lot of tabletop games that feature ongoing support, such as Marvel Champions, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, and ‐ of course – Munchkin. Since I sometimes can't come back to a game for weeks or even months, I've often built up a small collection of "new stuff"...