You’ve Been Given a Gift, Now Learn to Use It.

So, newly enlightened people. I’m happy #1reasonwhy opened your eyes to the existence of sexism. But I’ll admit I feel the same irritated foreboding every time this happens on a social network: that you will move on, and only be enlightened again when this happens another time. You won’t be...

My Five Games

The point of this post is to share the five games that have most shaped how I see gaming. And why you should probably play them, too...

OSH FOUR! Ways

On Friday evening, Kirin Robinson (aka @koboldstyle) ran a session of his ENnie winning game Old School Hack via G+ for Liz, Lyndsay, Brian, and Kennon. It was a spectacular trip into a thoroughly fantastic dungeon where our brave heroes fought massive centipedes and did great deeds in the Chamber of...

Risking it All

I spent this morning doing one of my favorite things: Drinking coffee and talking games with some of my favorite people. As we hashed out the ins and outs of the new Marvel RPG, we got to talk about WHY we do things in RPGs. I mean, we all play to stop the bad guy, save the princess, seek great justice, and...

How I Started Gaming: Attention Whore to Bold Heroics

I was pretty insecure in early high school. Had some bad experience with guys. Had some bad experience with your typical “mean girls.” So, when a bunch of guys in my debate class wanted to know if I’d come play d6 Star Wars in Jeff’s basement, I was pretty excited. That kind of...