Ben Erickson discusses his love of the design of games.
The Workshop: 7th Sea Second Edition
I have to admit, I never got a chance to play the first edition of 7th Sea beyond a single one-shot back in college. Still, […]
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The Workshop: The Condition Track
I’ve spent a good chunk of the last week collating data from the various Star Wars Saga Edition books for a slightly related project, and […]
The Workshop: The Art of Evolution (Part 2)
Last week we opened a discussion on the concept of character growth as a kind of evolution in tabletop gaming. We started by taking a […]
The Workshop: The Art of Evolution (Part 1)
I finally bit the bullet and downloaded Pokemon Go! the other night, just to give it a try. I don’t honestly know how much I’ll […]
The Weightroom – Ahnol’tchuck: Wookiee Bodybuilder
We have a slightly sillier installment for you this week. I was looking through my Facebook memories the other day and was reminded on this […]
The Workshop – DC Deck-Building Game
My girlfriend was introduced to Cryptozoic’s DC Deck-Building Game while on vacation earlier this year and liked it enough to pick up the basic game […]
The Workshop: The Legacy Campaign
One of the things that I love about Star Wars is the vast amount of time that the galaxy has existed. Yes, the official lore […]
The Workshop: Spoiler Culture
I’m going to break form today. I need to take a step away from the gaming table for a few minutes and talk about a […]
The Workshop: Puzzling it Out
The other weekend my girlfriend and I were in Games by James in the Mall of America killing some time before dinner. We looked at […]
The Workshop: Travel Time and Action Economy
A couple of weekends ago I took a road trip down to the Twin Cities with several friends for a short getaway. Physically traveling in […]