Mirrorscape is redefining the tabletop experience

Mirrorscape has brought to Kickstarter an exciting innovation in the tabletop experience, by merging in-person roleplaying with interactive augmented reality technology. ARcana: Augmented Reality Platform is a 3D tabletop map builder and interface that will play well with all the accompanying technologies that are growing out of the latest advances in the cyberverse. “We intend…

What is a Roleplaying Game?

What is a Roleplaying Game? Anthony Boyd, whom you assuredly know better as Runeslinger, has taken to his Casting Shadows blog to address the question to which I now turn my attention, “What is a Roleplaying Game?“ As game designers, this is a very important question, but no less so for players, regardless of which…

Keep on the Borderlands: Session 11 — “Death is No Stranger”

SESSION 11 “DEATH IS NO STRANGER” Pressing deep into the kobold lair, searching for Chieftain Horde, whose blood trail led them into the cavernous bowels of the dragonkin fiends, Brukhart held the line as the rest of the party headed north. Fighting their way past the kobolds, they discovered a secret tunnel leading further northward….

Lion & Dragon — An ‘Authentic’ Medieval RPG

As many of you know, we’ve been working on a new campaign setting for our gaming club, with major rule changes to make for a more authentic “medieval” experience. Well, a lot of that has been shelved thanks to our discovery of RPGPundit’s Lion & Dragon. Lion & Dragon is a Medieval Authentic OSR game….

Do you have what it takes to claim the Iron Throne?

Here’s a few more sneak peeks for upcoming A Song of Ice & Fire Tabletop Miniatures Game units. Here we see the box art for Night’s Watch Conscripts and Lannister Poor Fellows. These will most likely be very low cost units, mainly to even out one’s army build. Sometimes you end up a point or…

More CMON A Song of Ice & Fire Rumors

So, even more rumors floating around regarding upcoming releases from CMON for their A Song of Ice & Fire Tabletop Miniatures Game. Here’s the skinny: Night’s Watch Conscripts (3/29) Tully Cavaliers (4/26) Free Folk Followers of Bones (5/31) Free Folk Heroes 1 (5/31) Night’s Watch Heroes 1 (5/31) And here’s a look at a couple…

New Miniatures Sets Come to A Song of Ice & Fire

As we eagerly await the release of February’s new miniatures, including the Free Folk and Savage Giants, CMON is offering several new sets of minis for its A Song of Ice & Fire:  Tabletop Miniatures Game, all priced at $29.99, as well as Game Night Kit #02 for a mere $20 as we stalk into…

Dice Upon A Time: Using NPCs to Engage Your Players

Utilizing NPCs to educate new players and to entice new and old players to roleplay is something that should be in every Dungeon Master’s Bag of Tricks. In the latest episode of Dice Upon A Time, Bob and Connor discuss their various approaches, offering DMs plenty of food for thought. There is no greater tool…

Visor Down. Lance Up. Charge…

We posted a new video on our youtube channel — Experience (A Response to Big 20). If you haven’t already, please like and subscribe. We’d also like to share with you these cool tabletop t-shirt designs, available now through Amazon. Each is reasonably priced, well-made, a comfortable fit, and comes in an array of colors….

Dice Upon A Time: Critical Miss

We’ve posted a new video for your viewing pleasure. A bit of a ramble, but hopefully the message’s not lost. To clarify one point: Bob mentions “nearly 50 years” of Dungeon Masters noodling with the game. D&D was first published in 1974, which is only 44 years ago, but the roots of the game go…