GenCon 2015 is at the end of this month, and I’m not going. This makes me very sad, but I’m at least able to enjoy the flurry of excitement online that coincides with roleplaying’s biggest weekend of the year. Part of that is enjoying a period of retrospection, as we look back over the year since the last GenCon, and see how the industry has matured in that time. A couple of weeks ago, the nominations for the Ennies Awards and the Diana Jones Award were announced, which frames that discussion quite nicely. Continue reading
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Play ALL THE GAMES: Tabletop Day 2015 and #51in15
I think I’ve played games on Tabletop Day before – sessions in an RPG campaign that happened to fall on the day, or whatever – but this year was the first time I actually celebrated it. My local nerd pit Dark Sphere was kind enough to host, opening up their impressively large gaming space and collection of board and card games, for the princely sum of a £1 all-day cover fee. It was a great day, a wonderful opportunity to acquaint myself with gamers I didn’t know, and as good a time as any to set myself a test for the year ahead. Continue reading
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