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I need an Intervention

Somebody stop me. By the time you are reading this, I will likely have passed a number at one point I never thought I would ever come close to, let alone breach. What is that record, dear Reader? The number of tabletop roleplaying games I own. This is only counting the physical copies of core […]

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Enjoying TTTRPGs? Thank a Stoner!

JRR Tolkien’s classic novels of Middle Earth, especially “The Hobbit” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, are perhaps the most fundamental basis for the Tabletop Roleplaying hobby. While other works of fiction – be they movies, books, or other art – may have been influential in helping to forge early roleplaying games like “Dungeons […]

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When is it too much of a good thing?

If you are into tabletop roleplaying games, and pay attention to the industry (outside of just “Dungeons & Dragons”, “Pathfinder/Starfinder”, and “Call of Cthulhu”), you will already know that there are a lot of TTRPGs available on the market. Okay, that’s perhaps putting it a bit mildly… There is a veritable f*ckton of TTRPGs out […]

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Baby Steps

So I’m trying to get back into designing tabletop roleplaying games, which I was really into back in the 1990’s (yes, I’m old). Unfortunately, this has proven to be a bit more… difficult… than I had originally anticipated. I have plenty of ideas to work with, from some of my old games I’d like to […]

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Early Yule Gifts!

So I got a few new books in the mail over the last week, and I’m very pleased with this! Both of these were backed via Crowdfunding (sort of, anyway), and have been much anticipated titles in this household! First of all, I finally got a nifty collection of zines in the mail, all the […]

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I, Murderhobo

TL;DR version: How to create fulfilling storylines through mindless violence. So, I’ve been tabletop roleplaying for well over 40 years now, and don’t plan to stop anytime soon. While I’m not actively in a gaming group right now, due to… waves arms around in the air… Everything… I am doing a lot in the way […]