Running Shadowdark for Free RPG Day 2026 (and some introspection!)
I will be running a game for Free RPG Day this year, and I’m excited! Last year, I was not in Puerto Rico for Free RPG Day. I visited Tabletop Gaming Center, a...
June 12, 2026
Want to Roleplay Masters of the Universe?
You just watched the new Masters of the Universe (MotU) movie and are excited about the possibility of playing a tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) set in that universe. Or perhaps you want to...
June 8, 2026
An Interview with Kevin Montijo: A Puerto Rican Artist, Gamer, and Self-Professed Nerd!
Social media is often criticized for the problems it causes for society, and there are certainly many valid concerns. BUT it also has many positive aspects: it has allowed me to meet so...
June 7, 2026
The GM Who Lost His Voice: Living with Myasthenia Gravis
I posted about this earlier this week on social media. June, in addition to Pride, is Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Awareness Month. I’ll get to what MG is in a moment, but let’s get...
June 3, 2026
Happy Pride: Rolling Initiative for Inclusion
Happy Pride! June is a month to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Especially in the times we live in, when kindness, respect, and inclusion seem to be under constant attack, we all must come...
June 1, 2026
An Interview with Angel Miranda: Puerto Rican Game Designer and YouTuber
Like last Sunday’s post, today’s feature focuses on someone I met through the Puerto Rico Role Players community. Angel and I have crossed paths in a couple of different fields; since we both...
May 31, 2026
Who Are the Five Writers Who Made You? And five more! (Expanded Edition)
I saw this list format posted by Angus Abranson on Facebook, and I originally thought I’d be able to complete it easily. It ended up taking a bit more thought than I expected....
May 26, 2026
An Interview with Enrique Velez – A Puerto Rican Game Designer
I’m thrilled about today’s interview. I’ve known the subject almost as long as the Puerto Rico Role Players group has existed. I’m sure we had many friends in common before that, and I’m...
May 24, 2026
Alternity / Ask The Readers / Basic Roleplaying / Call of Cthulhu / D&D4e / D&D5e / D6 / Fading Suns / Feature / Other Systems / RPG / Savage Worlds / Shadowdark / Stars Without Number / Worlds Without Number
About Me: Tabletop RPG
An admission, dear readers: I had no idea who Awkward GM Corbin was until I started writing this post. Now I’ve discovered his YouTube Channel and know exactly who created the “About Me:...
May 22, 2026
Feature / Interview / News & Reviews / Numenera / Other Systems / Reviews & First Looks / RPG / Shadowdark / Video
An Interview with Carbo_Creates, Puerto Rican artist and game designer
An Interview with Carbo_Creates, Puerto Rican Artist and Game Designer Happy Sunday, dear reader! We are back for another interview with a Boricua creator. Today’s subject is someone I’ve had the pleasure of...
May 17, 2026
Arcton: From Ingala to the Wastes Crowdfunding
Do you remember my interview with Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky a few weeks ago? She is officially crowdfunding the project we discussed, Arcton: From Ingala to the Wastes, over on BackerKit! Here is the description...
May 13, 2026
40 Years a Gamer – ‘Cause we’re living in a world of thieves, shaking us down!
I’ve written about the first TTRPG books I ever got at a garage sale a couple of times here on the blog over the years. I think it’s worth recapping the event for...
May 11, 2026
An Interview with Lala Mágica, a Sorceress with a Needle
Hello again, reader! Welcome back to my continuing series highlighting the art of incredibly talented Puerto Rican creators. This week I’m talking to Laura, aka Lala Mágica. I’ve known about Laura for a...
May 10, 2026
Knights of the Celestial Canticle – The Indomitable Order: Rules for the Original Alternity Game
Let me start by saying that I blame Michael (aka the Stargazer) for this! He recently started writing about the original Alternity game here and here, and it made me so nostalgic that...
May 8, 2026
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – Early Artistic Luminaries of TSR
I began playing D&D during the heyday of the artists known as the “Four Horsemen” of TSR—Elmore, Easley, Caldwell, and Parkinson—which I discussed in my previous post on the artists who inspired my TTRPG gaming. However,...
May 6, 2026
Is there a chance of bringing Alternity back?
As I’ve wrote in one of my recent posts I am currently rereading all of my Alternity books. Alternity is a roleplaying game I’ve wanted to run since I first bought it but...
May 5, 2026
Ask The Readers / D&D5e / Feature / Fluff/Inspiration / Just my two cents / Non-RPG / Other Systems / RPG / Savage Worlds / Stars Without Number / Video
May 4th Be With Your Gaming!
It’s May 4th, Star Wars Day! “May 4th be with you” and all that. Today, I wanted to reminisce about Star Wars TTRPG gaming as part of my 40 Years a Gamer retrospective....
May 4, 2026
An Interview with Karla Miranda, Puerto Rican Artist
Welcome to the third entry in my ongoing series highlighting incredible Boricua creators! Today, I’m thrilled to share my interview with Karla Miranda. I first became aware of Karla’s work through her posts...
May 3, 2026
Mayday! Mayday! Happy Traveller Day
“Mayday! Mayday! This is Free Trader Beowulf! Calling anyone! Our ship has suffered a catastrophic systems failure and is drifting in space. We are in grave and imminent danger!” Today is May 1st,...
May 1, 2026
Feature / Fluff/Inspiration / Kickstarter / Mutants & Masterminds / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Reviews & First Looks / RPG
An Interview with Elias “Gambit” Meléndez
Today’s post is a fortuitous confluence of two topics I’ve been writing about recently: comics as TTRPG inspiration and talented Puerto Rican creators. Gambit is a friend. I don’t recall exactly when we...
April 30, 2026
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