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Call of Duty: Vanguard - A Step Sideways for the Franchise

An amazing single-player campaign reminds players what made the game great, but the online play remains plagued with many problems from the beta while offering little new for longtime fans.

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Unlocking the Door to the Board: Kingdom Hearts Talisman

Welcome to part three of this initial 5-part run of anime-themed board games! This week is exciting, as it brings together two very unlikely game franchises together. In one corner, we have the Talisman board games franchise, a high fantasy medieval world, and in the other corner is a fantasy/action RPG famous for a highly […]

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Games Worth Playing: Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Captain Chris writes about Assassin's Creed: Odyssey; his thoughts: "It scratches both my history AND my murder itch!" What a recommendation!

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Nerds Already Know: D&D is More Than a Game

“...And that’s how I, an agender jackrabbit with ADHD, found myself floating down a river in a dinosaur-packed jungle with three apex predators who kept calling me a snack.” This is a real sentence uttered by me after returning from an extended stay in my hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas. I went home, you see, to […]

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Unlocking the Door to the Board: Love Formula

Is that Love in the air? Oh, wait…no, it's another board game. What a lovely surprise nonetheless! Welcome to the second part of this initial 5-part run of anime-themed board games! This week is a rather special one, as we get into reasonably deep anime game territory, with dating simulator games in board game form. […]

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Tabletop Jazz: Improv

Running a Tabletop Roleplaying Game is challenging. There are a thousand little speed bumps that can derail things, from interpersonal issues at the table to the ever-dreaded scheduling issues. But beyond the stuff outside of the game there is one of the biggest things that throws game masters of every system for a loop. Player […]

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Games Worth Playing: Phasmophobia

There are thousands of video games out there, but what’s worth playing? Today let’s talk about: Phasmophobia : Mac / PC Developer: Kinetic Games Phasmophobia is a first person ghost hunting / investigation game based off of every single one of those ghost hunting shows. Except unlike in those shows, there actually is a ghost, […]

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Unlocking the Door to the Board: Tokyo Ghoul Bloody Masquerade

Most people are probably aware of anime and board games in their own individual mediums, such as Dragon Ball and Demon Slayer, or DnD (Dungeons and Dragons) and Warhammer 40,000. Both mediums are prevalent, garnering millions of fans all over the world. However, because of the popularity of both mediums, it probably comes as no […]

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Homework for Fun

Playing D&D can feel like homework sometimes, being a Dungeon Master doubly so. But it’s easy to forget sometimes that you don’t need to pass a standardized test at the end of the day, you just need to have fun.

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Tales Of The Epic Tavern

Today I’m writing about the transmedia property of the videogame Epic Tavern and the comic book tie in Tales from the Fantastical Crimes Unit. Produced by Hyperkinetic Studios, I’ve been reading the comic and picked up a copy of the game Epic Tavern on Steam. I tend to be more of the video game guy […]

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