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…
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40 Years a Gamer: A Time of Change (2017 to 2026)
We’re here, on the final installment of the retrospective of my past 40 years as a gamer. It will not be the last post…
40 Years a Gamer: The Classics I Missed (and the Ones I Didn’t)
Preamble: This post is closely tied to a post I wrote during RPG a Day this year, for day 21, Unexpected. It inspired me…
40 Years a Gamer – A Life in 100 Games
Hello friends! Welcome back. Continuing my celebration of 40 years in this hobby, today I want to move from the “proto-history” I wrote about…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 30: Experience
Next to last post for RPG a Day 2025, and the prompt for today is Experience. So, allow me to discuss the experience mechanic…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 28: Suspense
Suspense can be particularly challenging to convey effectively in a tabletop RPG. It requires the right mix of player buy-in, effective GM presentation, and…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 14: Mystery
Today’s prompt for RPG a Day 2025 is Mystery, and mysteries are hard! All facetiousness aside, running a tabletop role-playing game mystery can be…
Mental Health in Roleplaying Games
Please note that this post contains mentions of mental illnesses, ableism, and suicide. When it comes to the roleplaying games community there’s no shortage…
RPGSmith
A couple of days ago, David Sumner, co-founder of RPGSmith got in touch with me and told me about his free web application. RPGSmith…
Achtung! Cthulhu for 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu
A few days ago I was surprised to find emails from DriveThruRPG in my inbox with links to free copies of three new products.…
Alternatives to Lovecraft?
We all love Lovecraftian horror. Call of Cthulhu has always been a pretty popular roleplaying game. For most people it’s THE horror roleplaying game.…
#RPGaDay2017 Day 3: Inquiring minds want to know
Thank you for coming back dear reader. I hope you are all having fun with #RPGaDay207.  If you missed yesterday’s post you can find…
Survey Says!
The RPG Rule System Preference Survey Results (a non-scientific study) Twenty days ago I was having a conversation with friends over game complexity. The…
RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 21
Final entry of favorites week, setting this time around. Â #RPGaDay2015 keeps going strong, send me links to you entries or blogs on the subject…
RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 20
Fourth favorites RPG entry this week for the #RPGaDay2015 challenge! Big thanks to everybody who’s left a comment, liked or shared in social media,…
Interview: Chris Birch
Recently I had the chance to do a short interview with Chris Birch from Modiphius. Modiphius is a pretty young company but is already…
When You Realize that You’re the Baddy
I have always been interested in history and I always found it quite intriguing to play in historic roleplaying games. So it was of…
1st Kellercon in Limburg
Yesterday the first Kellercon has taken place in Limburg, Germany. We chose the name Kellercon because the location was the Villa Konthor, a local…
Mental Health in Roleplaying Games
Because of my personal and professional experience I know quite a lot about mental health issues. As you may well know I suffer from…
My thoughts on Call Of Cthulhu 7th Edition
It’s no secret that I have enjoyed playing Call of Cthulhu for many years now. Even though the rules are a bit dated and…