I was very happy to get a copy of the new Dungeon themed board game Catacombs to review, but due to my recent bout of ridiculous illness I asked Rob from my gaming group if he’d give it a spin and write a review of the game to post here.
MY EXPERIENCES – letting you know if you would enjoy things I like:
In the long winter semesters of my youth we needed indoor things to do during lunchtimes of high school. The first two years we amused ourselves with …

Metamorphosis Alpha was released by TSR in 1976. In the first edition, the game takes place on the giant starship Warden which some time in the distant past met with a cataclysmic event that killed most of the colonists and crew. The player characters initially think they’re on some sort of primitive planet having long forgotten the nature of their environment or how to understand and use technology. As they begin to adventure through the starship they begin to encounter strange mutated creatures. Sort of like Dungeons & …

What a shockingly bad week so far! On the weekend I came down with the worst stomach bug I’ve ever had in my life. I spent the next few days being sick and getting dehydrated. I’m finally back on my feet, but still feeling pretty rough.
Let’s hope things are going to get a lot better from here on. On the bright side, it’s a sunny day today.
The Design A Dungeon Room Contest packages should be going out to the other judges later today. …

Yesterday I was reading a post on Trollsmyth’s site trying to clear up the misconceptions about What is Neo-classical Gaming? and specifically Neo-classical RPGs.
He’s correct in noting that we developed the term here in the plush leather chairs of the Robertson Games study in an article on Neoclassical Roleplaying Games. It is most gratifying to see the term has settled into somewhat regular use among the global community of RPG Cognoscenti, even if some decry it as mere bourgeois intellectualism.
Having reflected on where our scholarly pursuits have brought us over …

Cast of Characters
Shen Mao – White Hat Shaolin Monk
Jesse – Young White Hat Traveler, accompanying Shen Mao
Johnathan Williams – White Hat Scholar and Scientist
Buck – Grey Hat Fighting Man, and hired guard for Williams
It’s 9 years since the end of the Civil War and 5 since the valour of the 10th Cavalry Regiment and influx of investment from Chinese Merchants led the government to extend voting rights to all free men. It’s only been a few months since stories of strange animals and missing miners have made their way out …