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Unstoppable Monsters

Recently I’ve been thinking about how the stories of various mediums and how those stories compare to the stories that role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons are designed to tell. One pattern that I’ve noticed, particularly in television shows, is that the heroes are often initially overwhelmed by a new villain and need to take time to […]

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Site of the Year Voting

You can vote for Glimm’s Workshop today for Stuffer Shack’s Site of the Year 2013 contest: http://stuffershack.com/day-1-of-4-vote-now-for-your-favorite-rpg-blog/

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Game of the Month Backlog

In late 2011, I set out to try to play a different role-playing game each month. After playing each game, I planned to write about them on This is my Game. While I didn’t manage a game every month, I did play and write about 9 games: Dungeons & Dragons Basic, Technoir, BattleTech, Dungeon World, Icons, […]

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Emerald City ComiCon 2013

Last weekend, my wife and I spent both Saturday and Sunday at Emerald City ComiCon. Last year was our first time at the con, but this year was a very different experience. This year, the con was much bigger with twice the floorspace for the exhibition hall and more events spread throughout the convention hall. […]

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Game Night: Tsuro

Welcome to the Game Night Blog Carnival for September! You can get more information about the carnival at the main Game Night site. I first learned about Tsuro from an episode of Tabletop on Geek & Sundry. It looked like a fun game, so I ended up picking up a copy at Gen Con last […]

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Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Fighting Styles

Rock, paper, scissors is a simple game, but it can provide inspiration for more involved game mechanics. The first interesting concept is that each possible move is equal to the others. No matter whether you choose rock, paper, or scissors, you have the same odds of winning assuming that your opponent picks randomly. Second, the […]

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