Playing New Games: 2016 In Review
I wanted to share with you part of the games list I’ve been keeping all year. Inspired in part by starting this podcast at the beginning of the year, and by Epidiah Ravachol’s games challenges / resolutions, I’ve been noting in my journal when I play a game that is new to me and when I play any game with a person I’ve never gamed with before.
I attended five games conventions this year, and had the immense joy of playing with so many new and wonderful people. The “who”s I’m keeping private (it’s a long list too though!), but here’s my list (in roughly chronological order) of games I played this year for the first time. RPGs (including LARPS and storytelling games) are in bold.
Funemployed by Urban Island Games
Monikers by Alex Hague & Justin Vickers
Codenames by Czech Games
Fall of Magic by Ross Cowman
Monsterhearts by Avery Alder / Buried Without Ceremony
Escape the Room (NYC)
Torchbearer by Thor Olavsrud & Luke Crane
Marrying Mr. Darcy by Erika Svanoe
Adventure Time Love Letter by Cryptozoic & Alderac
The Starlit Kingdom by Anna Kreider
Witch: The Road to Lindisfarne by Pompey Crew Design
Golden Sky Stories by Starline Publishing
Microscope by Lame Mage Productions
The Watch by Andrew Medeiros & Anna Kreider
Skeletons by Jason Morningstar
Inspectres by Memento-Mori
Headspace by Mark Richardson
Storium
One Missed Call by Less Than Three Games
Noirlandia by Make Big Things
The Quiet Year by Avery Alder / Buried Without Ceremony
Hades Holiday Party LARP
Shock by Joshua A C Newman
39 Dark by Tim C Koppang
Roll for the Galaxy by Rio Grande Games
Dark Heresy by Fantasy Flight Games
A Fake Artist Goes to New York by Oink Games
Slash by Games By PlayDate
Above & Below by Ryan Laukat
Fortune’s Fool by Pantheon Press
Dungeon Crawl Classics by Goodman Games
Mage: The Ascension by White Wolf Publishing
Urban Shadows by Andrew Medeiros
Kagematsu (for me, the Jane Austen / Victorian mod) by Danielle Lewon
13th Age by Pelgrane Press
Legend of the Elements by Max Hervieux
Masks by Brendan G Conway
Knight Realms LARP
Blades in the Dark by John Harper
The Strange by Monte Cook Games
One Last Job by Grant Howitt
Sushi Go PARTY by Gamewright
RARRR! by APE Games
Bad Beets by Stoneblade Entertainment
AFC LARP (Fairy Tale LARP) from LARPS From the Factory
D&D 5e by Wizards of the Coast
Tales from the Arabian Nights by ZMan Games
Exalted by Onyx Path Publishing
Five Across the Heart by Derek Chappell
Dialect by Thorny Games
Call Center by James D’Amato
Goth Court A Ghost Court supplement by Liz Gorzinsky & Jess Zimmerman
Pasion de los Pasiones by Brandon Leon-Gambetta
Tales of the Crystals by Milton Bradley
Phoenix Dawn Command by Keith Baker / Twogether Studios
Illimat by Twogether Studios & The Decemberists
10 Candles by Cavalry Games
It Was A Monstrous Decision by James D’Amato (a hack of It Was A Mutual Decision by Adept Press)
Coup by Indie Board & Card Games
Millennial Apartment Hunters by James D’Amato / Paracosm Press
NPC by Paracosm Press
AD&D 2nd Ed: Planescapes by Wizards of the Coast
Flavortown by Quinn Wilson
Burning Wheel by Luke Crane
And some games still on the schedule before 2016 is over:
Fiasco by Jason Morningstar
Rock, Paper, Wizard by Wizards of the Coast












