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Role-playing adventures worth living

Adventures worth living

For anyone who has experienced playing tabletop role-playing games, it will come as no surprise that no two gaming groups play alike. This is largely attributed to the fact that...

Adventures worth living

For anyone who has experienced playing tabletop role-playing games, it will come as no surprise that no two gaming groups play alike. This is largely attributed to the fact that...

Our need to visualize the imagery of RPGs

Avatars and our need to visualize the imaginary

When we play tabletop games, we often take roles. It’s a necessity with games like Dungeons & Dragons or Call of Cthulhu. It’s a tool for better immersion in board...

Avatars and our need to visualize the imaginary

When we play tabletop games, we often take roles. It’s a necessity with games like Dungeons & Dragons or Call of Cthulhu. It’s a tool for better immersion in board...

Free Character Sheets for Adventures in Middle-Earth 5E

Free Character Sheets for Adventures in Middle-...

Back in my early days of playing tabletop games, I always felt compelled to make custom character sheets for the various games we played. Without knowing it, I was taking...

Free Character Sheets for Adventures in Middle-...

Back in my early days of playing tabletop games, I always felt compelled to make custom character sheets for the various games we played. Without knowing it, I was taking...

Painting tabletop RPG miniatures

Tabletop miniatures: it’s the little things

Board games and role-playing games procure many benefits all while allowing us to spend quality time with friends and family. They can teach us many valuable skills as children and...

Tabletop miniatures: it’s the little things

Board games and role-playing games procure many benefits all while allowing us to spend quality time with friends and family. They can teach us many valuable skills as children and...

Turn based strategy tabletop and video games

Gallantly ruthless battles - the world of turn ...

A fancy name for something really quite straightforward. Yet, turn based strategy games often offer tremendous depth, all on the basis of simple rules. Two opponents face off, often with...

Gallantly ruthless battles - the world of turn ...

A fancy name for something really quite straightforward. Yet, turn based strategy games often offer tremendous depth, all on the basis of simple rules. Two opponents face off, often with...

World building and setting in games

The importance of world-building and setting

Does a theme define play experience as much as game mechanics do? Would you go as far as saying that the setting is maybe more important and can compensate for...

The importance of world-building and setting

Does a theme define play experience as much as game mechanics do? Would you go as far as saying that the setting is maybe more important and can compensate for...