All that’s crossing my feed the last couple of days is a fan-created Super Mario character called ‘Bowsette” which is a mixture of Princess Peach and Mario. I discovered it by accident because of my interest in “I Love It” memes which stem from Kanye West’s recent song. Which I found this: Upon further research, […]
Gaming
SJWs Ruin Board Games: FFG To Kill L5R Tradition
Legend of the Five Rings is a game I’ve played since it’s inception in 1994, in both card game and RPG fashion. It was a CCG, similar to Magic The Gathering, and for a long time it was hailed as an alternative to the game. I thought it was better. It required stronger tactics, more […]
Thursday Youtube: RPGs and Writing With Jeffro Johnson!
Jeffro Johnson literally wrote the book on RPGs and writing, a critical analysis that changed my life and my perspective on fiction in SF. The book is Appendix N, named after the famed appendix in the original Dungeons & Dragons, showing the influences of its creators in Sci-FI and Fantasy. It’s beautiful, and the genre […]
New Star Realms Kickstarter!
Star Realms: Frontiers hit Kickstarter today. Of course i backed it immediately and it’s doing swimmingly (congratulations to doubling funding on day 1 WWG!). I love new Star Relams content and cards to make the game a different experience, and this looks to be a lot of fun: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1172937197/star-realms-frontiers?ref=cx9366 I still haven’t exhausted all the […]
Jon Del Arroz’s Based Dragon Award Recommendations
Ran a poll yesterday on which blog my readers would like to see next, and the winner by no uncertain terms was my recommendation for Dragon Award nominations. If you haven’t seen the Dragon Awards before, they are the premier award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, given at Dragon*Con, arguably the best convention that exists. […]
First Take On Fantasy Flight’s Legend Of The Five Rings Reboot
Yesterday, Fantasy Flight Games put out the first real information on their relaunch of L5R, which is probably my favorite all time game if I really get down into it. It struggled a bit after the “race for the throne” to hold a lot of people’s attention — which as a Megaevent where the card […]
Star Realms: Rescue Run Promo Card!!!
Needless to say, I’m excited. A reader messaged me this morning and let me know that Star Realms: Rescue Run has been made into a promo card for the game,which is available on the Board Game Geek Store: https://boardgamegeekstore.com/products/star-realms-rescue-run-promo-card Very cool. I love the art with the event frame. I think that Antonis (the artist) […]
Never So Excited To Get A Box (Star Realms!)
I found out a couple weeks ago that Star Realms has produced a new storage box through Legion Supplies. The little boxes that the base game comes in barely stores those cards as it is, and so when you sleeve your cards (pro-tip you should always put game cards in protective sleeves, especially if you’re […]
Cold Shadows RPG
I love RPGs! I won’t lie, what got me into this whole writing game was playing Star Trek RPGs on message boards in the mid-90s. From time to time, I hop onto one of those games anonymously for a little bit of fun until I get busy writing a book and can spend only so […]
Geekchats with Android: Netrunner Designer Damon Stone
Geekchats returns with its first installment for 2017! Last year we started this wonderful series with NYT Bestselling Author, Todd McCaffrey, as well as Amazon Bestselling Author, Michael J. Sullivan. I am super excited to talk about theme and gaming with Damon Stone. We’ve been on panels in person at a convention talking about just […]
Gaming and the Future According to FFG
Team Covenant this week put up a pretty interesting video from a gaming business perspective. It’s a bit dry if you’re not interested in the topics, but they interviewed Fantasy Flight’s CEO Christian T. Petersen about the Asmodee merger last year, what it means, and Fantasy Flight’s direction going forward. I love Team Covenant’s videos, […]
Nintendo Switch First Impressions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI – Advertisement for the Switch. Their press conference happened tonight, and Nintendo revealed their new console coming out in March. It acts as both a portable gaming device and a home console. The system parks into a cradle which then can connect to your TV for that kind of experience.
