RPGs

Deadlands: The Weird West – Troubled Game, Troubled World

I cannot escape the Western. It’s as a part of me as my own flesh and blood. I've been fascinated with Westerns and Cowboy fiction for as long as I can remember. When I was a young boy living in...

Welcome to Vampire: The Masquerade

If you missed Avery's intro to the World of Darkness, you'll want to check that out first! She's continuing her coverage of that world with a primer for Vampire: The Masquerade, perhaps the most famous RPG in the series. The...

Goonhammer Indie Games Roundup: Hunt the Night and Hotline Miami 1 & 2

In our Indie Games Round-up we’ll take a regular look at some of the smaller indie games that either hook us in or get sent our way and talk about the ones we like the most and what makes...

Creating Your Own Murder Mystery TTRPG Game

Running a true murder mystery game can be a daunting undertaking. Many TTRPG campaigns have a mystery at the core, but that works in the GM’s favor as they have the opportunity to change unrevealed information as the story...

Turn Order Reviews: TTRPG Bundle for Trans Rights in Florida

This week’s Turn Order is dedicated to an amazing bundle of TTRPG games, supplements, and one-shots dedicated to a noble cause: fighting for transgender youth and rights in the state of Florida. While Organized by Rue (ilananight) and hosted...

Diablo 4 Beta: Blizzard’s Back

Blizzard had to make a good game again eventually, right? Another great tentpole to hold up part of the entire Activision Blizzard King plate-spinning affair, even -- and especially -- as the company soldiers through acquisition talks with Microsoft...

A New Way to Roll: Alternatives to D&D

After nearly 9(!!!) years of life—and capturing the attention of an audience unlike the TTRPG industry has ever seen—D&D 5e has become a staple of dice-throwing nerds everywhere. Its ubiquitous, it’s what the biggest streamers are playing, it’s what...

Tale of Two Noirs: Hard City and Crescendo of Violence RPG Reviews

The Noir genre has not been mainstream for a long time, but it has also never been fully absent. Whether it's the neo-noir Nightmare Alley or the neon-noir Bladerunner 2049, the genre has never been far from our screens. With...

How to Host a Halloween RPG Session

Halloween is the one time of year where you can be a total nerd in public and nobody is allowed to say anything- or whatever they said in Mean Girls. Whether you play regularly or have a hard time organizing...

It’s Time to Fight Your Friends: Healthy PvP in RPGs – Turn Order

Most traditional Role-Playing Games assume that the Player Characters are going to be "a party," that is to say a group of individuals working together as a team to overcome obstacles and achieve shared goals. Sure, there may be...