Tabletop roleplaying games, or TTRPGs, include a million and one different worlds to explore with all kinds of settings and tones. Compelling and driven stories are the norm, but playing the same old same old can get a bit tiring. Sometimes you want something a little...
Tabletop role-playing games are having a renaissance. Getting together with a group of your best friends to enact mutual fantasies together is a time-honored tradition, and every day more people get interested in playing tabletop RPGs. The world of tabletop gaming can...
Tabletop RPGs aren't just limited to your classic sci-fi and fantasy settings — there's a whole host of interesting genres just waiting to launch your next campaign, including ones that let you live out your comic book fantasies. While you may not have heard of...
In the popular TCG Magic: The Gathering, there are four major deck archetypes: aggro, control, mid-range, and combo. There are other subcategories and deck sub-types such as white weenie or ramp heavy little Timmy decks, but those four archetypes are the main broad...
It’s no secret that Dungeons & Dragons by Wizards of the Coast is the world’s most popular tabletop RPG. The DnD franchise is poised to continue to grow, as its online presence expands and continues to get more spinoff video games. However, things aren’t all...
In Dungeons and Dragons by Wizards of the Coast, one of the most difficult tasks as a Dungeon Master is to invent a new campaign setting. While conceptually fun to worldbuild, actually getting into the nitty-gritty of devising a completely unique experience for your...
In Dungeons & Dragons by Wizards of the Coast, the biggest decision made by any player is what kind of character to play. Following popular real-play campaigns like Critical Role and The Adventure Zone, as well as series like Stranger Things, the world's biggest...
There’s just something special about getting everyone together to play games. Sure you can always bust out your Switch and play some Smash Bros. Maybe even have everyone drag over their PC or Xbox for some classic LAN party action with the Master Chief Collection. Or...
It can be difficult to get enough people together to play board games. So many classic options take a large group to make it fun, and often times, playing with less can make for a slog. Luckily, there are actually some really solid games out there that can be played...
I never specifically sought out worker placement games myself, but I found that it was a prominent mechanic in a lot of the other games I played. I’ve always loved games where the moves you make in one turn pay off down the road, and it didn’t take me long to realize...
The best campaign board games are a recent addition to my tabletop gaming shelf. Up until recently, I favored quick games I could play in a group or one-on-one — I never even considered the idea that there were immersive story games out there to rival the appeal of...
I was fascinated with TTRPGs long before I ever started playing them myself. I devoured (and still indulge in) D&D streams like Critical Role and Dimension 20, and real-play podcasts like The Adventure Zone and The...
Like many modern board game fans, my first resource management game was Settlers of Catan. It's considered a "gateway game" for a reason — its simple introduction to board game mechanics helps you understand the basics and figure out what you like and don't like....
My personal interest in the best deck-building board games started with Slay the Spire. I’ve been playing a lot of rogue-likes recently, and Slay the Spire’s card-drafting mechanics stood out among the ranks of twin-stick shooters and dungeon crawlers....
There’s nothing quite like building a functional and efficient system from scratch. This sentiment might sound familiar to you coders and PC gamers out there — isn’t it satisfying to sit back and watch all of your hard work run smoothly? My fiancé is a long-time fan...
Picture this, if you will — you’re sitting on your couch on a Saturday night, drink in hand, surrounded by friends. It’s a modest gathering (remember those?), but you’re having a great time and aren’t quite ready for the night to end. You pull out a board game —...