Beadle and Grimm’s DM Vault is a package of components that function as player aids, DM tools, and in-game documents for D&D’s...
Demetrius Witherspoon’s Submerge Universe exemplifies the inverse proportionality of resources and heart that every artist must struggle with. The more personal and...
At this point you’ve probably gotten your fill of video games and hardware and gear, but now it’s time for some real...
2023 is almost at an end, and boy, what a year. This has been arguably the best year we’ve ever seen in...
Down the Road exemplifies the strengths that lead me off the beaten path and into the uncharted wilds of indie film. Not...
The Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game enters the market at a complicated time. The public’s enthusiasm for the Marvel brand is waning, and...
The Making of Karateka is a beacon of light in otherwise dark times for games preservation. In this age of dead or...
When I called Mork Borg a landmark in RPG production and distribution, I had no idea how far it was going to...
The D&D themed short film Morning is Broken has a power that long outlasts its 12 minute runtime. It comes from what...
There’s quite a few things you could say about Gen Con this year, but the one thing everyone can agree on was...
Eldritch USA is much more than the sum of its parts, but there’s a lot to be said about those individual parts....
Paizo has a lot to look forward to soon, and it isn’t all coming from Paizo. Let me explain. First of all,...
Free League Games has proven its mettle in every direction; over the last few years, this RPG studio has outdone its competitors...
Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok is a fascinating case study in why review scores are an oversimplification. Its highs are unmatched, its...
There has been much turmoil in the land of Middle Earth. Rather, it’s IP holders. Now comes Free League, the chosen one,...
Fandom Underground has given me the greatest insight I could ask for into the dichotomy between art as personal expression and art...
I knew I needed to talk to the team behind the Party from its first line of dialogue. It’s a comedically academic...
If there’s anything my examination of low budget filmmaking has taught me, it’s that nothing informs your output like the limitations restricting...
Wormholes is the kind of artistic miracle that can only happen when the right people are in the right place at the...
A few years ago I wrote an editorial discussing the shocking majesty of Hidden Frontier, a no-budget Star Trek fan film that...
2022 was an amazing year for Gaming Trend’s tabletop team: We more than doubled our crew, reviewed more tabletop games than any...
Gates of Delirium tries to meld a lot of concepts into a concise package, and it mostly succeeds at combining area control,...
Friday the 13th has been quiet since its dubiously received 2009 remake, but a group of fans and professionals put that to...
Well before Neil Gaiman’s nightmarish fantasy comic was adapted by Netflix, recent film school graduates set out to adapt the source material...
Buried as it is between the mountains and the desert, Boise Idaho doesn’t have much of a film industry. What it does...
In the Joker’s long career, he has strayed far from his origins as a criminal mastermind. Oh, he commits a lot of...
Crow’s supernatural revenge thriller is a dark urban fairy tale replete with some of the finest and most effective artistry I’ve seen...
photo credit: Justin Mane’s Crow, 2022 You might not believe me, but the modern groundbreaking filmmaking isn’t coming from major studios. The...
Roleplaying games often overlook the value of wildlife, presenting them as combat encounters first and integrated into a setting’s logic second. I...
Fear, hunger, and peril await those who tarry in the dying universe of Death in Space. Dripping with all the atmosphere that...
Tales From the Loop has had an interesting life span. Simon Stålenhag’s depictions of a lost age of horror and technology was...