When you walk up to the velvet rope at the door of The Crystal Palace but get told that you aren't cool enough to enter, when you shuffle away with your self esteem in tatters and your spirits low, when you then run into a powerful sorceress who has a proclivity for practical jokes, when you offer to become her assistant but instead she informs you that you shall be her latest punchline as she turns you into a talking donkey, when you then follow your spirit guide in the form of a ghostly mule to the land of...

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Periodically I look at my game shelf to see if there’s anything I feel I could part with, either in a sale or in trade. It’s a way for me to ensure that games I don’t play don’t sit gathering dust. Whenever I do this, I’m a little surprised to see that yes, I still own Tobago. It’s not that Tobago is a bad game. Actually it’s pretty great, creative and accessible. But it sometimes feels like it was released, enjoyed for a while, and then largely abandoned. Once or twice I’ve toyed with moving it off of my...

This episode of the FatCast was recorded by Engineer Al at the lake house, yeah that's right, a fucking lake house. We cover Mage Wars, Merchant of Venus, ConnCon, D&D Next, Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, Classic SciFi books and a bunch of other nonsense nerds are into. Josh hates women, Matt hates podcasts and special guest Jeff Luce hates ConSimWorld. Plus, Who's the hottest Avenger & a Hobbit sing-a-long!   *

The Johktari tribes of Kumanjaro have thrived for hundreds of years. Now the peace of a century has turned to conflict as the forces of Westlock carve out their own territories for the good of the crown and the glory of Asyra. Players can wage their own matches as a Priest of the Order of Malakai, or as a Beastmaster of the Johktari, using new ability cards for each, and a trove of new spells from all the spell schools. Join the fantasy phenomenon that pits mage against mage. The conquest begins with you!

Writing about wargames for the Shut Up Show made me think a bit about my opinions on this particular section of the hobby. Strangely, perhaps, for someone who doesn’t identify exclusively as a wargamer and indeed finds the concept of simulation in games often leads to excessive baggage, I have some pretty strong opinions on the genre. The first of these is that, unlike any other classification, I have a cast-iron definition of what makes a wargame. If it’s based in history or near-history and attempts a passable stab at realism, it’s a wargame. If it...

MoaM (Mummies on a Map) at its best.

Crowdfunding is a blessing to the gaming community. We the gamers are now in complete control of what we will play. Take a browse through the Games section on Kickstarter.  People out there are waiting for backers for games that they spent countless hours dreaming over. Their entire future rests in fingers typing up credit card numbers and PayPal accounts.   It is absolutely stunning to look at the numbers. 85 cents of every dollar funded has gone to a successful game. However, one game out of every three that gets posted meets their quota. That means that...

Watchtower Games is proud to announce its new card and dice game Fallen. Adventure deep within a dungeon and battle the forces of darkness. Find magical treasures in your quest to slay the evil overlord waiting at the bottom of the labyrinth. Or bind creatures to your will and send them hunting through the corridors as the Dungeon Lord. Fallen features a unique story mechanic where the Hero chooses their path through the adventure in the ultimate goal to defeat the Dungeon Lord. The game is packed with characters, skills, power...