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My love for boardgames and tabletop RPGs began when I was a child, huddled around a table with my friends, lost in worlds of imagination and strategy. Those nights of laughter, challenge, and camaraderie instilled in me a deep appreciation for the art of game design and the magic it...

Last weekend I made my way to Ravenwood Castle in Ohio's Hocking Hills region to attend Con in the Castle, an annual event where gamers get together to play tabletop games while enjoying one of the most beautiful areas of the state. My husband and I represented Steve Jackson Games...

Do you want your tax return to depict a hero lost in a maze? Or perhaps your holiday cards could do with the festive colors of the five-headed dragon Tiamat? Good news! Dungeons & Dragons stamps are now available for pre-order from the US Postal Service! Depending on the geek-type...

I'm a huge fan of games that suddenly start playing differently. And I'm an armchair game tinkerer. And I have a bookshelf full of decades of awesome Munchkin stuff. So, putting it together . . . The premise: Start with Munchkin Steampunk. You all are steampunk munchkins, doing steampunk munchkinly...

Today's random idea: a text-based RPG campaign (maybe via Discord?), where all players communicate via emojis. Why? Who can say . . . maybe it's like A Quiet Place, only instead of "aliens can detect any noise," it's "aliens or an online intelligence can detect human text." Hey, I'm an...

Like many of you all, I play a lot of games (and not just those by a certain fine purveyor of spiffy products). One series hit my radar recently – after sitting in the closet of shame for the past few years – that we really enjoy. It's the Decktective...

With combined editor and production-artist credits that exceed 400 projects just for Steve Jackson Games, Nikki Vrtis has been a force for gaming goodness since her days at West End Games in the early 2000s. If you've picked up a GURPS project in the past 16 years, the odds are...

Gen Con is partnering with The Heinlein Society and the Versiti Blood Center of Indiana to host a blood drive. All confirmed donors will receive an exclusive free Loot Crate and a chance to win a daily giveaway. This includes a Grand Prize worth over $2,000:   Loot Crate Contents:...