9 Things We Liked About the Dungeons & Dragons Movie, and 2 We Didn’t
Screenshot: Paramount Honor Among Thieves may have more comedy than it does action, and it has a lot of action. Not every joke lands, but all of the film’s stars—Chris…
All the Witches Casts a Spell Over the Gaming Shelf
We return to tabletop with clear eyes and fingers itching to roll some dice. As reviews and social reactions start rolling in for the Dungeons & Dragons film, we’ve begun…
Till the Last Gasp Is an Exciting and Dramatic 2-Player Grudge Match
New from Darrington Press, Till the Last Gasp is a two-person board game that encourages dramatic storytelling through the lens of a duel taking place between two enemies. Players take…
A Guide to the Messy, Divided Rights to The Lord of the Rings
Image: Warner Bros. Warner Bros., through New Line Cinema, has held the movie rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit since the late ‘90s, after Peter Jackson’s…
Check Out Even More Indie Games Crowdfunding During Zine Month
Someone asked me last time why I chose the category “ungovernable” and honestly I thought it sounded cooler than “gross-genre.” Literally no other reason other than I wanted it to…
Paizo Partners With Humble Bundle to Tempt New Players
Image: Paizo Paizo, the company heading up the establishment of the Open RPG Creative License (ORC) in the wake of Wizards of the Coasts’ mishandling of its attempted OGL update,…
The Gaming Shelf Gears Up for an Anti-Capitalist Apocalypse
It feels like the last month of gaming news has been a whole decade. Remember the OGL 1.1? That happened less than three weeks ago! For those of you who…
Paizo Isn’t Backing Down from Creating Its Universal RPG License
The story of Dungeons and Dragons’ Open Gaming License (OGL) has been nothing short of a saga throughout the month of January. That change made by the game’s publisher Wizards…
Build New Stories With These Games, Systems, and Engines
Based on the system engineered for Apocalypse World by D. Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker, Powered by the Apocalypse systems are typically a narrative-focused, high-stakes adventure system that easily allows…
Dungeons & Dragons Has Burned Up All the Goodwill
Image: Wizards of the Coast As fans of tabletop roleplaying games debate over what to do about Wizards of the Coast’s new draft of the Open Gaming License for Dungeons…