Last week, somebody said that the way I abbreviated renovation to reno made them think of a different event entirely. So here are two tickets to the Reno gun show, just for you, half-remembered and definitely real commentator.

While I decide if I’m going to return to this joke for a third time next week, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

Keeping things tense and exciting in tabletop games without just resorting to throwing the players into a fight is a central part of our discussion today on Tavern Watch -- we're talking torches burning down in Shadowdark or Crows, using the spotlight like a TV show director to keep things tense in Monster of the Week, or the Chaos mechanic in Triangle Agency that makes every roll a balancing act.

It's Monday, so it's time to try to catch up on the last week in Blizzard games.

Blizzard, you had better add this absolute work of art — perhaps the best prop item your artists have ever conceived — to Player Housing as a decor option. That will be all. I will not be taking questions at this time.

…except I will be taking questions at this time because this is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where the Q stands for — you guessed it — Questions! And Answer them we shall, right after I stop writing this intro.

This week we're all about the WoW roadmap which came out last week, for both Retail and Classic eras.

Though Blizzard has given us a roadmap for World of Warcraft in 2026, it doesn't include anything about our new favorite feature, Player Housing (aka house transmog).

The PTR for Diablo 4 patch 2.6 is now live, and as usual it's scheduled to run for a brief week, until February 10 at 10am pacific (1pm eastern).

We're still one whole World of Warcraft expansion away from The Last Titan, but we have now learned that we won't just be taking a quick trip to Ulduar for the return of the Pantheon -- we'll be exploring a fully updated and modernized continent of Northrend.

Just trust me on this. It’s very unpleasant. Just let me put it this way, I really feel for Azeroth right about now.

Listen up my fellow puzzle and garden sickos, Epic Games Store is giving us everything we ever wanted with their free game of the week this week.