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Tabletop Roleplaying Games, or TTRPGs, are meant by and large to be social affairs. A group generally consisting of a Game-Master and at least a few players, gather in person or online to play this style of game. That’s the way these games were designed to be played. That said, this is not the only way to play TTRPGs. For example, games like “Lovecraftesque” do not have a single Game-Master. The…

My wife and I have been using our 2nd generation Nintendo Switches for several years, when we need a gaming device on-the-go (road trips, camping, etc), but that device is getting a bit long in the tooth. I was looking to get her a Switch 2, since she really likes the Nintendo platform, and I was eyeing a Steam Deck for my own use. Well, so much for that. While Nintendo increased the price of…

Imagine my surprise the other morning, when I turned on my Xbox Series X to knock out a little bit of gaming, only to see a game being updated. That game being “Brotato”, of all things! You see, not that long ago “Brotato” was updated to include the “New Dawn” content, which put the Console version of the game only one update behind the PC version of the game. Consoles and the Mobile version of…

So I have several ideas for new tabletop roleplaying games I’d like to write, but every time I try to put words to paper (in a digital sense), I just lose focus. The words won’t come, or my thoughts on the system to use, no matter how simple or solid, get muddled and unworkable. In short, I suck at this. First I was trying to write a gothic horror game to release next October. That has come to…

As I’ve mentioned here before, I have been playing tabletop roleplaying games for a very, very long time now. Almost 50 years, actually. And there’s one thing I’ve been thinking about lately regarding the hobby, which I’d like to discuss today. Specifically… The particular game system you choose to play doesn’t matter. I mean, not at all. What do I mean by that? Well, in the simplest terms, all…

I watch a lot of video game content on YouTube. I mean a LOT. Most of that content tends to be people playing my favorite games, such as “Starfield”, but more often than not it is “Balatro”, “Brotato”, and “Vampire Survivors” content. And more often than not, those are tutorials and walkthroughs on how to play this deck or that character, depending on the game. The thing is, these tutorials all…

So my bookshelves are breaking. I think I spoke a couple of months ago about how one of the shelves on one of my three bookshelves full of tabletop roleplaying games had broken, and in doing so, severely damaged the back of the bookshelf itself. Well, the same thing is currently happening to two more shelves on another of my bookshelves, and the only reason it hasn’t collapsed is because it is…

I enjoy livestreaming on Twitch, but frankly, it isn’t very rewarding. Which is to say, I spend many hours at my Xbox or laptop, talking with people in chat and trying to be entertaining, while making no money for my trouble. Sure, it can be fun, but it is also stressful trying to please everyone, but that often ruins the fun I’m trying to have. To be honest, I almost want to just play a damn…