Rabbit Claws

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Tabletop gaming enthusiast.

And part time board game event organiser.

“Dungeons & Deceptions: The First D&D Players Push Back On The Legend Of Gary Gygax;” https://kotaku.com/dungeons-deceptions-the-first-d-d-players-push-back-1837516834

We have an obsession with crediting one person as the genius, when reality is that most products are a social collaboration. And some things, well the stories become a blur and lost to time #DnD #rpg #ttrpg #tabletop

Dungeons & Deceptions: The First D&D Players Push Back On The Legend Of Gary Gygax

Everybody calls Rob Kuntz last, he says. Those who want to know about the history of Dungeons & Dragons start with co-creator Gary Gygax’s kids, one of Gygax’s biographers, or D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast. As they’re wrapping things up, they might get around to dialing up Kuntz, a 63-year-old game designer. And once they call him, he tells them the same thing: Everything they know about the creation of the tabletop role-playing game is, in his opinion, sorely mistaken or flat-out wrong.

“Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering game that puts the fun in undermining democracy” https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/08/mapmaker-the-gerrymandering-game-that-puts-the-fun-in-undermining-democracy/

This really showcases the power of board games to not only be leisure but also a talking point where we can learn something #BordGame #Tabletop #Gerrymandering

Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering game that puts the fun in undermining democracy

Creator of Mapmaker beats Ars, also wins the fight to teach folks about gerrymandering.

Whilst wandering around UK Games Expo 2019, I am amazed every year how many dice 🎲 stalls there are. How many dice can people possibly want?!

#Ukge #BordGameConvention #dice

“Alien Is Getting a Tabletop Roleplaying Game” https://io9.gizmodo.com/alien-is-getting-a-tabletop-roleplaying-game-1834309513

Eek, sounds scary. But it’s certainly a franchise that has grown into quite an expanded universe.

#ttrpg #rpg #aliens #tabletop

Alien Is Getting a Tabletop Roleplaying Game

At the gaming table, no one can hear you scream. io9 can exclusively reveal that Tales From the Loop creator Free League Publishing has teamed up with 20th Century Fox to create an original tabletop roleplaying game series set in the world of Alien. And it’s coming out this year.

I think I would like to do a Star Trek Adventure RPG in the style of Voyager, that type of lost in space scenario would help compensate for those less caught up on Star Trek canon and also it would offer a reason for crew inexperience if say they were trainees lost on a day out.

#StarTrek #RPG #StarTrekAdventures #tabletop #TTRPG

when I first ran D&D, my grandmother, who had bought fully into the IT'S SATANISM hype, insisted on sitting and watching the first session

about an hour in, she threw her hands up and yelled 'THIS IS JUST MATH' and stormed off

“Smugglers” https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191049/smugglers

Saw this being sold at the TK Maxx in Peterborough for £9.99, which I think is a decent price for a dexterity game with dough. #BoardGame #Smugglers #tabletop

“Gloomhaven Fourth Printing”
http://www.cephalofair.com/2018/11/more-gloomhaven-is-coming.html#more-2540

Read the section about 80,000 additional prints and then take a moment to consider this is the 4th print run for a game that’s existed for a mere 2 years.

Then consider Gloomhaven is a £100+ price range game. It’s a testament to its popularity.

#Gloomhaven #BoardGames #Tabletop #statistics

More Gloomhaven is Coming - Cephalofair Games

It’s a bit of a lackluster title for a blog, but I think it does the trick. It covers all the topics I want to talk about with a single vague umbrella. You see, there are three pressing things to discuss. First of all, there is a Gloomhaven expansion, Forgotten Circles, releasing soon. Then there’s …

Cephalofair Games

It's a sad state of affairs for Rob Daviau's Seafall legacy game. Now going for £15 black friday sale on Chaos Cards. Even though I don't think I would consider picking it up, could probably get it for less long term.

#BoardGames #Tabletop #Seafall #BlackFriday

“Publishers are treating games like a commodity and it's going badly - Nick Bentley Games” https://www.nickbentley.games/commodity-board-games/

It seems the market has hit its peak this year.
#BoardGames #Tabletop

Publishers are treating games like a commodity and it's going badly - Nick Bentley Games

I work in the board game publishing industry, for North Star Games. Until recently, business has been good for publishers, due to years of rapid market growth. Now, everyone’s nervous. Sales are softening. Companies that seemed invincible are buckling. CMON, one of the strongest of the young gun companies, are down $4.1 million in the … Continue reading Publishers are treating games like a commodity and it’s going badly →

Nick Bentley Games