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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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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
70s Sword & Sorcery Comics Inspiration: Discovering Dagar the Invincible
Just when I thought I had uncovered all the hidden gems from my recent deep dive into 70s sword-and-sorcery comics, I stumbled across another…
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – The Proto-History
After looking at two artists I discovered in the early 90s—between what I had termed the Early-Years and the Middle-Years—let’s travel back to the…
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – Chris Achilleos
Chris Achilleos is another artist I discovered while working at Metro Comics. Two years before Mike Ploog’s trading card collection, which I mentioned in…
40 Years a Gamer: The Artists Who Inspired Me – Mike Ploog
My recent deep dives into comics led me to explore other fantasy and sword-and-sorcery books I’d either missed or forgotten about over the years.…
Mining 70s DC Comics for TTRPG Inspiration: Maps, Missing Souls, and Cosmic Conflicts
When I recently shared that image of classic DC Comics sword-and-sorcery characters as great TTRPG inspiration on my Facebook Page (see the featured image…
An Interview with Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky
As part of the excitement for the upcoming Puerto Rico Comic Con, which I posted about yesterday, and all the gaming goodness that is…
Gaming in Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico Comic Con 2026
There’s going to be a massive tabletop presence at the Puerto Rico Comic Con (PRCC) this year, happening from April 3rd to the 5th…
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…
The Musical GM!
It may surprise you, or perhaps horrify you, that I am a massive fan of musical theater. I grew up listening to musicals with…
40 Years a Gamer: A Decade of Community (2007 to 2017 – Part 2)
Welcome back to Part 2. In the previous post, I focused on how my life as a gamer blossomed over this decade, expanding from…
A Shoutout to Highmoon: The Spark Behind Puerto Rico Role Players
As I’ve been looking back at my last 40 years in the tabletop hobby, especially the transition from playing at home to getting involved…
40 Years a Gamer: A Decade of Community (2007 to 2017 Part 1)
By 2007, I had been playing at Sammy’s house for about two years. We were deep into my second D&D 3.5 run, having just…
Was I REALLY in a “Bubble”? (An Addendum to the Middle Years)
After publishing my last post, I spent some time thinking about my statement that I was “gaming in a bubble.” After some reflection—and a…
40 Years a Gamer: The Middle Years (1993 to 2006)
Welcome back to my 40-year retrospective as a gamer. If the early years were defined by beautiful chaos, 1993 was the pivot. At that…