By Christopher Helton Shocking news in tabletop gaming came down the other day as it was announced that Paradox Interactive, publishers of video games
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A geek blogger and rogue game designer. Lead writer for the Dorkland! blog (http:http://dorkland.blogspot.com ) and co-publisher of the ENnie Awarding winning tabletop RPG company Battlefield Press, Inc.
By Christopher Helton I call these posts about the actual Gen Con experience themselves "Bleeding Gen Con" mostly as a joke, but this year was a hectic
By Christopher Helton So, Gen Con happened, and then my computer broke. It has a been a busy couple of days here at the convention, but because of my
By Christopher Helton Wednesday I will be in Indianapolis, Indiana for the "Best Four Days In Gaming," Gen Con. The convention itself doesn't start until
By Christopher Helton The first thing that stuck me in reading Realms: The Roleplaying Game Art of Tony DiTerlizzi was just how phenomenal his art is. The
By Christopher Helton Leading into next week's Gen Con. Steve Jackson Games have announced an exclusive partnering with Target for Munchkin Oz. Combining
by Christopher Helton Gen Con is coming. In just over a week I will be in scenic Indianapolis, Indiana, soaking in the local charm, heavy carbohydrate
By Christopher Helton One of the big announcements at Gen Con next week will be the return of the classic roleplaying game TORG from German
By Christopher Helton From my viewpoint it is always a good thing when local comic creators manage to make the jump up to the next level, whether it is
By Christopher Helton Depending on whom you ask, Green Ronin's Blue Rose tabletop roleplaying game is the best...or the worst...thing to happen to
By Christopher Helton Coming out of the Edgar Rice Burroughs panel at San Diego Comic-Con came the announcement that the John Carter property was being
By Christopher Helton With Gen Con at the end of the month, award season for tabletop roleplaying games is in full swing. Last week the ENnies were
By Christopher Helton Today, one of the few awards in tabletop roleplaying games announced its 2015 award nominees. There are some really good games that
By Christopher Helton On a rainy afternoon in Florida, I braved the thunder and lightning to check out the Free RPG Day festivities at Serenity Games here
By Christopher Helton Saturday, June 20th is the eighth annual Free RPG Day, and where will you be? Much like the bigger, and better known, Free Comic
By Christopher Helton The Federal Trade Commission took legal action against the project creator of the Doom That Came To Atlantic City Kickstarter. A
By Christopher Helton We talked about this at the beginning of the week, but Comic World, a comic store that has been in the Largo, Florida area since
By Christopher Helton At the opening of the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio today WizKids (makers of the popular HeroClix games) announced a
By Christopher Helton Chaosium Games is one of the very few tabletop roleplaying game companies from the early days of gaming that is still in operation.
By Christopher Helton As we’ve reported already, The Sixth Gun comic from creators Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, and published by Oni Press is going to be
Want to recreate your favorite scenes from the Mars Attacks movie or trading cards in your tabletop roleplaying game campaigns? Look no further
Wizards of the Coast announced the next in its line of adventures for the fifth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Rage of Demons
Free Comic Book Day hit at Emerald City Comics in St. Petersburg, FL today, and it was a big hit. Crowds starting gathering at 10 am and the line for free
The first issue of New Praetorians reads like an early Image comic, but in the best of possible ways. Writer R.K. Syrus and artist Satine Phoenix crafted
The list of nominees for this year's Origins Awards have been announced by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design: Best Board Game Abyss-Asmodee,
Glorantha is one of the oldest settings known to tabletop gaming, having first come to life in the board game White Bear and Red Moon published in 1975
It seems that Hell has frozen over, at least in part. There really are not many publishers from the early days of tabletop gaming that are still in
Previously available as a set of three boxed sets, Green Ronin Publishing has announced the release of a Core Rulebook for their Dragon Age Roleplaying
Summer came early this year to Florida, making the weekend of MegaCon in Orlando a particularly steamy one. This is my second year now at the convention
The newest campaign arc for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game from Wizards of the Coast is now available in your