by Will Hindmarch | Mar 12, 2010 | Question, RPGs
A question for the weekend, folks: What’s the best currently-available RPG for a newcomer to the hobby? Better still, let’s make up an imaginary dude and find the right game for him. He’s 30, he’s never played but he’s heard tell. He...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 7, 2010 | Accessories, Board Games, card games, MMOs, Question, Video Games
Every now and again, I open up my Tumblr account’s “Ask Me” feature, to get blog fodder from folks on the Internet. Last week, I got a gaming question that I thought we should talk about here. The question in question: When you play games online, the...
by Will Hindmarch | Feb 23, 2010 | Board Games, card games, Fan Culture, Question, RPGs, Video Games
This past weekend, Adam Jury wrote about a gamer he met who isn’t plugged in to the larger network. On Monday nights, I play with some gamers who are only loosely plugged in beyond their one weekly play session. Even I’m not plugged in like I used to be —...
by Will Hindmarch | Jan 26, 2010 | Question, RPGs
I’ve been holding on to this question for a while, but I think it’s a good one: What is the worst RPG session you ever presided over as GM? Why? What went wrong? What did you learn? What would you do differently? What would you do again?
by Jeff Tidball | Jan 5, 2010 | Design, Question
While sitting at a table watching Nanocon attendees playtest a nearly finished board game it occurred to me that all of the players seemed to be in an unverbalized conspiracy to not win. They weren’t deliberately trying to prolong the game, but neither had any...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 2, 2009 | Question, RPGs
It’s been almost a year since I first asked this question of my gaming group, and Malcolm Sheppard’s new post just reminded me that I should be asking all of you: Where is the D&D App for the iPhone and iPod Touch? I get why Wizards yanked PDF support....
