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A Fantasy for Your Kingdom!

Groups are wonderful things — hell, we’ve been forming them ever since one monkey picked up a rock to hit another one only to find the other’s ‘crew’ were ready to go ape shit on his ass. They keep us protected, they keep us company, and they keep things interesting. The one thing groups do…

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Gaming Event for NYCers!

Are you a gamer in the New York City area? Are you free on Saturday? Great! There’s an all-day gaming event happening in Manhattan you should absolutely check out: Recess! Eight hours of gaming, with a great variety of games on offer, from Dread to Fiasco to Hollow Earth Expedition. Oh yeah, that’s right – I’m…

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Fandible New Year Resolutions

As the new year begins, it’s a time to make resolutions for how the coming year will be better than the previous one. Here’s a look at the resolutions some of your favorite Fandible characters are making! Barsha D. Barsha (Rogue Trader) ‘Ello! I ain’t knowin’ why you’s comin’ in my room — YOU think…

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The Struggle Against the Dark

Berserk is a cartoon and manga series I had no business reading when I was growing up. A Japanese style animation set in a fantasy world, the themes are dark, brutal, and make you wonder sometimes whether humanity deserves to survive as a species. The world of Berserk, without its fantastical elements, is cruel enough…

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#1reasonwhy – Women Talk about Sexism in Gaming Industries

If you follow any sort of gaming people on Twitter this week, you probably saw the #1reasonwhy hashtag. It all started with a simple question: “Why are there so few lady game creators?” The hashtag #1reasonwhy was created in response, and it blew Twitter up. While initially it was about RPG design, it exploded across…

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The Forgotten Story

When Odyssean tales of epic struggle saturate your games, it may be time to explore the experience of the nobody to rejuvenate the thrill of gaming.

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Stranger Than Fiction

As someone whose pastime often asks us to imagine the outlandish and bizarre, a storm left our city in an unimaginable state

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Roleplaying the Jerk

Franklin Strauss is one of the best characters I have ever played in any role playing game. A College Professor I play in our Hollow Earth Expedition role playing sessions, he is a super genius engineer with a penchant for creating a wide assortment of mechanical wonders and an urge to show the world the greatness that is the Hollow…

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