On Sunday morning, GenCon 2010, I made what is probably my best-ever GenCon "find." Wandering around the Con for some reason, I walked past the indie RPG area and noticed a game called Apocalypse World, by Vincent Baker. I knew Baker had designed some really highly acclaimed games in the past, including Dogs in the Vineyard, so I stopped and ( Read more... )

Last night was a great night of gaming. We got to try out a new game that Chris brought back from GenCon for me called Mascarade, which is a really interesting hidden role game by the designer of Citadels. Basically everyone has a role at the beginning of the game which is public and first, but then gets hidden. On your turn, you can do one of ( Read more... )

My other recent gaming experience was an indie RPG called Shooting the Moon. It's a game for 2-3 players, where you're essentially playing out a romantic rivalry for the affection of a "Beloved." Greg and I played the Suitors, Jenni played the Beloved. We decided to set the game at a version of Xavier's School based around Niagara Falls. You ( Read more... )

I've been on something of an RPG drought lately, though over the last week or so I did get to play in a Fiasco game and tried out Shooting the Moon, both of which were pretty great. My Fiasco recap is below, but I'm blanking on a few of the scenes - if anyone remembers what went down there, please let me know ( Read more... )

It's been a wild week of gaming and other nerdity! Jenni is out of town, so I've been spending a ton of time reading, playing video games, and hanging out with the gang (Chris is also a bachelor for the week). Tons of stuff to review and recap ( Read more... )

So, gaming update ( Read more... )

Need to write a follow-up post, but wanted to note that I've had the chance to try out a ton of new board games lately, including Mage Wars, Mage Knight, Mission: Red Planet, Cards Against Humanity, Tigris & Euphrates, Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage, Battle Line, and Ascension. Hopefully I can give some thoughts about each of them in the near furture ( Read more... )

I was recently reading an online thread concerning whether a GM can cheat in an RPG. On one level, this is clearly dependent on the rules of the game - if a game's rules say that the GM should feel free to ignore them in the interests of the story, then the GM can't cheat. But really, the question the thread was asking was whether it's okay for ( Read more... )

Another great night of boardgaming last night, as we tried out three new games for the first time. At this rate, I may actually play all of the games I own ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about a couple of gaming issues lately, and figured I'd do some sort of stream of consciousness about them just to set my thoughts down ( Read more... )