Another circuit around the sun means a chance to arbitrarily decide this next trip is going to be Different and Better by jumping on the New Year Resolution bandwagon. Normally I’m not a resolutions sort of person, but considering 2016 was (mostly) a dumpster fire, and decisions made last year will have lasting repercussions this year, I’m going to take any small victories I can to find bright spots in the year.
Read MoreEvery year, Fandible makes an effort to set aside a day to discuss the future. Sorry we didn’t see the perils of 2016 coming. Our bad, guys. Our bad. So before we meet to discuss 2017, we want to hear from you. Yes, you, there, in the back. And the overeager girl in the front…
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Over the weekend, Billy, Dan, Jesus, and I made a road trip to Ohio to attend AcadeCon, the gaming convention organized by the RPG Academy podcast. While the days leading up to the con were some of the toughest days I’ve had with lots of wondering “what do I do next?†going to the con was…
Read MoreLast week marked 50 years since the first episode aired of the original series of Star Trek. To celebrate the milestone, tens, maybe hundreds, of thousands of words have poured out across the internet . Allow me to add a few hundred more on a very personal subject: why Captain Katherine Janeway is my captain. Some of the…
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September brings with it many things: apple cider, pumpkin spice lattes, and the end of convention season. For socially-minded gamers, the fall and winter can be bleak until the big conventions start again in the spring. But this year, we’re making the trek to Dayton, Ohio in November for some late-fall gaming at AcadeCon 2016- and we hope you can join us!
Read MoreI picked up Bubblegumshoe on a whim earlier this summer. I’d played only a scant handful of Gumshoe games, and while I have a well documented love for coming of age YA fiction, the “teen detective†genre hadn’t left a strong impression on me. But I love Evil Hat’s work in general, and I was intrigued by a game that very explicitly discourages violence as a problem solving method, so into my DriveThruRPG cart it went.
Read MoreIt’s been two years since I first published the list of the 5 Best Summer Role Playing Games, and A LOT of new games have come out since then! So as New York waits out another interminable heat wave (hello heat dome – now does that sound like a wizard’s spell or what?), here are…
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The CW’s offbeat surprise musical comedy hit is now on Netflix, meaning anyone who prioritized watching Supergirl on Monday nights this year can now catch up on one of the best shows on television. For a network that most nerds know about because of its superior superhero programming, dramatically killing off lesbian characters, and of…
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