In last week’s article I gave consideration to The Future of RPGs. My focus ended up being not so much on what might change about the games themselves in the future, but rather about how they are maintained and distributed to their user communities, and whether that becomes more of a two-way street. An RPG [...]

We all have games we love (Puerto Rico) and games we hate(Monopoly), but is very uncommon to have one that we both love and hate. For me Magic the Gathering is just such a game.

This is Part II of a five-part series of articles on technologies and techniques that can enable traditional role-playing on the Internet. In this installment, we’ll discuss voice and chat.

Why do we use dice? In D&D we use all kinds of dice. Even d12s. Are they really necessary? I think so, and here is why.

In part 2 of the GM Buying series Rhelik examines three different approaches to bringing your games to life with a 3D element!

MetalJim and Smite have been talking about the ranking of board games. Now for my 2 cents.

Let’s assume that the house is on fire, and I have just enough time to save exactly ten games to use a core to rebuild my game collection. Never mind any real-world practical considerations like how many trips it would take, or how far back in the closet I would have to dig to find these items.

With War of the Dragon Queen now out Rhelik looks over the set and produces a buying guide for you Game Masters who don’t play the game or are shopping around for specific figures for your home games.

Recently I was listening to the “Starting Now!” podcast and they were discussing character generation processes. This made me think back on all the characters I’ve created recently to see if I could identify my own process.

Reiner Knizia’s Poison is not the greatest card game that you will ever play. It does, however, fit naturally into the role of “filler” game, and one of its strengths is the fact that no one will mind if you stop playing halfway through…