You know what’s great about geek culture? How often it crosses many different categories. So I’m going to invoke a Star Trek analogy here this week. These are the Borg. In case you’re unfamiliar with the series, the...
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As a long time tabletop veteran, I’ve played a lot of different games. I’ve seen plenty of systems, settings, and sourcebooks from space travel, to cyberpunk, to fantasy, to standard “hack-n-slash”. Over the years, some systems and settings have been...
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[Editor’s Note: In Depth is a new feature being rolled out. Click here for a brief understanding of the column’s intentions.] In Depth: Level 7 [Escape] Arriving late one evening for a game night, I found a three-player game...
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Chances are you’ve come across articles or forum posts on the concept of color pie philosophy. If you haven’t, it’s discussions of what certain colors can do versus what they can’t. It’s the discussion on what colors are the best...
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Once upon a time, an unknown grad student in mathematics came up with these novel idea: What if, instead of having a board game, you played with cards instead? And what if you combined the strategy of this card game...
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Gaming 101 is a series of articles designed for new gamers. It will cover all the basics of gaming – from choosing a beginner’s game to hosting your first game night. Have something you want to see in Gaming 101?...
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After my first article about Tabletop Stereotypes, I received a lot of feedback on other kinds of stereotypes that are out there in the pen-and-paper RPG universe. You can check out the first seven here. While the first list was never meant...
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I’ve been playing and enjoying the money sink known as Magic: The Gathering for many years now. To those unaware, games of Magic fall into two main camps of gameplay: Tournament and Casual. Tourney play is fast and challenging, but if...
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The tabletop gaming community is slowly becoming a smaller slice of the “gamer pie”. Too often, the lost art of paper, pencils, dice – not to mention face-to-face conversation – is being replaced by MMOs, Steam, and other technological wonders....
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In the ancient times of the Commander format (a couple years ago), back when it was still officially known as Elder Dragon Highlander, playing EDH was not incredibly common. Many people I came across had heard about EDH, but few...
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