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Editorials   -   Nov 20, 2024 Best of Gen Con 2024- Better late than never edition
Best of Gen Con 2024- Better late than never edition

Convention season was very intense in 2024, with GamingTrend attending more tabletop cons than any other year prior. In fact, we went to so many conventions this year we still have content to publish on our Youtube channel from Origins and Gen Con (so keep your eyes peeled!). Needless to

by Mike Dunn & Chris Hinkes & Chris Wyman & Mike Case & Mark Julian & Nick Dubs & Eric Deutsch
Editorials   -   Sep 16, 2024 Checking in with Roll20—Its been a while and a lot has changed
Checking in with Roll20—Its been a while and a lot has changed

It’s been nearly four years since we ran an actual play mini campaign on Roll20 (“Return to the Glory”); the height of the pandemic, when we were all huddled in our houses, trying to figure out how to play games that usually required everyone to be in the same

by Mike Dunn
Editorials   -   Oct 18, 2023 Magic: The Gathering ⏤ The loss of draft boosters
Magic: The Gathering ⏤ The loss of draft boosters

Take a journey with me, it’s October 16th, 2023 and you’ve just read an article on Wizards of the Coast’s website about the death of Draft Boosters. Draft (and Set) Boosters will be no more shortly into 2024. Shocked, you spit your Mountain Dew all over your

by Chris Wyman
Editorials   -   Sep 27, 2023 Letter to Travis Worthington — The non-consensual model
Letter to Travis Worthington — The non-consensual model

Editor’s note: This editorial is intended to be a satirical response to recent comments made by Travis Worthington in an interview with Polygon’s Charlie Hall about the use of AI generated art as disclosed in the new Terraforming Mars crowdfunding campaign. GamingTrend recently announced that it will not

by Sean Weeks
Editorials   -   Sep 05, 2023 Best of Gen Con 2023
Best of Gen Con 2023

There’s quite a few things you could say about Gen Con this year, but the one thing everyone can agree on was that it was the biggest it’s ever been. Over 70,000 people attended this year, just edging out the attendance of 2019. Gen Con is BACK

by Mike Dunn
Editorials   -   Jan 11, 2023 Best tabletop games of 2022
Best tabletop games of 2022

2022 was an amazing year for Gaming Trend’s tabletop team: We more than doubled our crew, reviewed more tabletop games than any year prior, went to more conventions than ever before, and, of course, played more games in 2022 than ever! Instead of just giving you a “Top X

by Mike Dunn
Editorials   -   Aug 19, 2022 Does it Solo? — Dead Reckoning
Does it Solo?  —  Dead Reckoning

Hello and welcome to the first edition of the “Does it Solo?” series. If you found your way here and have no idea what this is, check out the series introduction below. For the first edition of the series, I am looking at Dead Reckoning from AEG. Why? Because it

by Mark Julian
Editorials   -   Feb 21, 2019 Melding roleplay, LARP, and filmmaking, Masters of the Box is an experience like no other
Melding roleplay, LARP, and filmmaking, Masters of the Box is an experience like no other

In late November of 2018, the parks and fields of Tennessee bore witness to magic in the making. A team of strange people clad in armor spoke with the voices of others, and all around was the clamor of…foam. Over the course of a few months, a team of

by John Farrell
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