A bad night in the basement with the Dwelling RPG, a lark in the countryside with the Ryuutama RPG, and still kicking ass aboard the Sin of Damnation in Space Hulk: Death Angel.
Renaissance man and Fox in the Forest designer Josh Buergel gives us a tour of his favorite trick-takers and a look at what he’s working on next.
Final Girl is back on the table. One dude in Wyoming struggles against a robot killer for the very first time and another dude in Colorado rediscovers the joy of a hook-handled bone hammer.
A preview of SETI offers a glimpse of techno-optimism, but the effluvium of another future — the world of Lichoma — steals the show.
I interview Cave Evil co-designer Nate Hayden about the cult hit game’s resurrection and the years of play that kept expanding its tunnel systems, monstrosities and ideas.
Name the cocktail that Skrrt’s making with his homemade plum liqueur and win modest prizes. Also, I crown my top multiplayer lightweight game for 2025.
Getting crushed by Franco in the Spanish mountains during my first game of Resist! and reflecting on how designer David Thompson conquered my table this summer.
Cheers, Breakup Gaming Society hits 100! “Ohh” and “ahh” to the clever card play of Pyrotechnics, then brace yourself for the twin dystopian visions of Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel.
I review the first few salvoes of Postmark Games’ Battle Card, a series of six affordable and pretty print-and-play WWII strategy puzzles for solo play.
I’m going on an indie tabletop small-game binge: Hear previews for Pyrotechnics, Battle Card, Dive Dive Dive and Lichoma.
Brief mic workout: A USN destroyer commander in 1967 has very detailed notes about why my Pops was a fuckup.
Let’s follow a plucked-string figure from Original Flavor’s “Can I Get Open?” back to the well of genius inside Roland Kirk’s many horns.
We only had a couple key bumps left by the time we got to RiNo and went down the steps into the party at the garden-level condo. I guess you can’t sell it at markup if you call it a basement.
Fuck this century, I’m going to be a bard and sing songs and have adventures in the country. Let’s talk the Ryuutama TTRPG with Walt.
