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What games have you anticipated, bought, but never played again?
I’m not sure what game I’ll get around to buying next.
Four tabletop RPG Kickstarters flying under your radar
While big-name tabletop RPGs aiming to compete with Dungeons & Dragons (or at least try to fill a similar niche) garner a lot of attention -- for example, Matt Colville's "tactical heroic cinematic fantasy" MCDM RPG, which raised over $4 million dollars -- there are a lot of cool and innovative games offering unique experiences that are also out there competing for your attention (and pledge of support).
One of D&D’s most iconic villains is returning in 2024 with Vecna: Eve of Ruin. But just who is Vecna?
If you watched the last D&D Direct all the way to the very end, you would have seen a tantalizing hint in amongst the upcoming books for 2023 and 2024 -- Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins couldn't help but mention the return of Vecna, one of the D&D franchise's most iconic villains.
What video games, new or old, have perfected the couch co-op experience?
Maybe it's cold Midwest weather that has me thinking about cozy couch games, maybe it's the recent sense that Love is in the Air -- whatever the case, I've recently been musing on how few solid couch co-op games currently exist (at least in mainstream gaming).
All of the books coming to D&D in 2024 (and beyond)
Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and when not laying off employees, Wizards of the Coast likes to celebrate by releasing new books, including a new version of D&D that eschews the concept of editions (while it is itself a revision of the 5th Edition).
What games will you be trying out at Steam Next Fest this week?
This week is the first Steam Next Fest of 2024 and, as always, I am excited to try out new game demos.
In times of trouble do you seek cozy or dystopian games?
Cozy and wholesome games have been a trend of late: it’s a common phenomenon that in time of social anxiety and stress people gravitate toward optimistic media.
From Assassin’s Creed to World of Warcraft: Which game has the best travel system?
For the purposes of this post, a travel system is any means in a video game where you can accelerate or even skip over distances between your objectives or hub locations in the game.
Do you play video games for the game or the character?
I realized recently that I don't play games as much as I use games to imagine various characters experiencing the storylines.
These are the TTRPGs we’re looking forward to in 2024 (and none of them are D&D)
Last year, the biggest story in tabletop RPGs was Wizards of the Coast's proposed changes to the Open Gaming License, in which they planned to revoke a long-standing license allowing people to make their own Dungeons and Dragons content.