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…
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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…
2025: Gaming Year in Review
As 2025 draws to a close and I take stock of the past year, I feel this year has been challenging. Nationally, internationally, the…
Of old friends and new games
Stop me if you’ve heard (read really) say this before! I am a lucky gamer. I have been playing role-playing games for going on…
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 26: Nemesis
Day 26 of RPG a Day 2025 proposes Nemesis as the topic. And all I can say is: Cobra, la, la, la, la, la,…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 23: Recent
Saturday is here, and so is another post for RPG a Day, day 23 this time, the prompt Recent. What recent games have I…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 22: Ally
As I was preparing to write today’s post for RPG a Day 2025, a friend shared with me a video by a pair of…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 21: Unexpected
For today’s prompt, Unexpected, I’ll welcome you with a statement you don’t expect from me: “I’ve found an adventure I want to run!” If…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 19: Destiny
Day 19 of RPG a Day 2025, with the prompt of Destiny, led me down another strange rabbit hole. I began thinking about the…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 17: Renew
Sunday funday! Today’s prompt is Renew, and I’ve been thinking about how to approach the topic. Renew is a verb that means to resume…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 15: Deceive
Well, we’ve reached the midpoint of RPG a Day 2025. Technically, the midpoint will be noon today, but you get the idea. The topic…
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…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 13: Darkness
As far as RPG a Day 2025 goes, this has been a very musical year for me. So many prompts immediately make me think…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 9: Inspire
Here is my first catch-up post for RPG a Day 2025, day 9. The prompt is Inspire. Let me share with you what inspires…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 11: Flavour
Day 11? What’s this? Yes, I know I’ve missed two days! Traveling back home after being away for a while due to work, a…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 8: Explore
The topic for today, day 8 of RPG a Day 2025, is Explore, which is very appropriate with my new obsession, Star Trek: Strange…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 6: Motive
Welcome back to day 6 of RPG a Day 2025. Today’s topic is Motive. While I had a couple of ideas about what to…
RPG a Day 2025 Day 2: Prompt
Welcome back to day 2 of RPG a Day 2025. Happy Saturday! In a very meta way, the prompt for today is Prompt. Like…