PAX Unplugged 2023 was a bounty of knowledge, new faces, and great games. I spoke to someone at nearly every RPG booth, and I am following up with an interview series on the design and production of roleplaying games. Below you can find some highlights of games I saw and
Kicking off my first in a series of interviews with RPG designers, Stephen Dewey and I discussed the culture and practicalities of independent game production. He is best known for designing, writing, and producing Ten Candles, a tragic horror game which incorporates candles that are the only light you will
The Elegoo Neptune 4 Max is the newest and largest build volume FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) printer in the current Elegoo lineup. The transition to Klipper and the new features that change enables create the potential for huge leaps in capability. With new printers like the Neptune 4 Max, hobby
Candela Obscura is an RPG from Darrington Press, Critical Roll’s print division. The game’s focus is on the titular Candela Obscura, an organization that is basically Illuminati GhostBusters. Their job is to track down magickal (always with the k) phenomena and neutralize them. I need to make a
When us tabletop rpg players are gaming, we love having mini’s. Time and time again though, we end up with miniatures that aren’t necessarily for the game, which is how a Santa Claus mini ended up being a proxy for a demon at my last session. However, if
Introduction – Glimpse the Core
We’ve reached the end of 2023 and with it the last Standard set for the year: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. In this set we return to Ixalan to dive deep into the plane and discover what lays underneath in the unexplored depths. With the
Aurum is a trick taking game that is easiest to learn if you’ve never played a trick taking game before. Unlike most trick taking games, you have to play a different suit than what has already been played during the current trick. The trump suit is always gold, which
Neotopia, published by Arcane Wonders, is a family weight game about creating patterns in an expanding city in order to score the most points by the end of the game. The rules couldn’t be easier and it evokes the feeling of family classics like Ticket to Ride. Sounds interesting?
