Rise of the Eurogame
I read an article this week about the rising popularity of European and particularly German board games, the so-called Eurogame. The core difference apparently between American and German games in the past 50...
January 24, 2018
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Happy New Year
While I am still enjoying a few days off from work (and blogging) I thought it would be nice to wish you all a happy new year. I hope you had pleasant and...
January 4, 2018
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#RPGaDay2017 Day 11: Return of the out of print!
For day 11 of #RPGaDay2017 we’re doing a bit of conceptual necromancy… August 11: Which ‘dead game’ would you like to see reborn? We live in the age of nostalgia, reboots and reimagining....
August 11, 2017
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RPG a Day 2016: Hobby Mix & Match – Day 26
After today there are only five days to go on this year’s #RPGaDay 2016! August has paradoxically seemed to fly by in some ways and just drag on in others. I’m writing these...
August 26, 2016
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RPG a Day 2016: The Multimedia RPG Revolution- Day 18
This is more like it, a topic that gets my creative juices flowing! The question for today as part of the #RPGaDay 2016 challenge coincidentally plays off a conversation I was having online...
August 18, 2016
A Time Of War
An old friend recently offered to run a Battletech RPG campaign for us. As a long-time fan of the board game and the Battletech universe I was actually overjoyed and immediately started to...
September 1, 2015
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RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 16
Another Sunday post for #RPGaDay2015 appropriate for the weekend since that’s usually the time we currently have for extra-large RPG sessions. Day 16 – Longest game session played I used to run two...
August 16, 2015
I’m Back–Let’s talk about gaming!
The last two weeks were pretty relaxing. I managed to recharge my batteries, spend some quality time with my girlfriend, and played a couple of exciting new games. So without further ado, let’s...
October 27, 2014
News of the World #2
In March I announced that I wanted to start an irregular column with news from all over the RPG scene. For some reason I totally forgot about this. So without further ado, here’s...
August 6, 2014
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Free RPG Day Debriefing
This past weekend, June 21st to be exact, I participated of Free RPG Day for the very first time. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time stores in Puerto...
June 24, 2014
What about the Star Wars X-Wing Miniature Game? A mini review…
Seems I am on a Star Wars roll these days… Recently during a Puerto Rico Role Players geeknic I got to play the Star Wars X-Wing Miniature Game. I rarely play miniature games....
January 28, 2013
Gloom
I am currently taking a break from DMing and that’s one of the reasons why my gaming group decided to try out several board and card games. One of the games I recently...
August 15, 2012
Minigames in roleplaying games
Recently I have started playing Sid Meier’s Pirates! again. Pirates! is a single-player, open world game set into the Caribbean during the late 16th and early to late 17th century. You play a...
April 5, 2011
Zombies!!!
I picked up a copy of Zombies!!! from PAX in Seattle last year. It was a game some of our Alaska friends had talked to us about and said they really enjoyed. When...
February 10, 2011
Pandemic
When you don’t have enough people show up for your weekly role playing game what is a game master to do? Pull out a board game, thats what! Just last week this happened...
February 7, 2011
Ask the Readers: Do you know of any gaming supplements where Puerto Rico is mentioned?
This is a purely personal question, but I figure with the worldly and well read audience of this blog (flattery goes a long way, I know), you out there may know of other...
December 30, 2010
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Post Christmas Gaming Loot!
I’m currently on holiday (I love using that term, I feel so refined!) in central Florida, and despite having tickets to various parks the weather has been too cold (I blame my tropical...
December 29, 2010