Tag: Tales from the Tabletop
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Getting Started With Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons and Dragons (aka D&D) has been around for decades, but in recent years it’s become more popular than ever. From starring in Stranger Things, to ... -
Getting Into Warhammer 40K, Part 3: Choosing Your Allies
Aaaand we’re back with more Warhammer! Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 to get the full picture. Some Warhammer factions play nice ... -
D&D 3.5: Wicker the Necromancer Learns About Love
After failing to hold a city for ransom with anthrax zombies (you can read that saga here), both my D&D character Wicker and I were in a ... -
Tabletop Game Review: Betrayal at House on the Hill
Some people start their tabletop boardgaming careers with Settlers of Catan. For my Brooklyn group, it was Betrayal at House on the Hill. I don’t know ... -
Getting Into Warhammer 40K, Part 2: Choosing Your Faction
Choosing a faction in Warhammer 40K is sort of like taking a Rorschach test. One person may look at Space Marines and see bland sci-fi beefcakes, ... -
Tabletop Game Review: One Night Ultimate Werewolf
As a tabletop gamer, you haven’t lived until you’ve watched your friends spiral into a paranoid breakdown and start aggressively pointing fingers at one another like ... -
Getting Into Warhammer 40K, Part 1: The Basics
I never liked Warhammer 40K because when I buy a game, I want to sit down and start playing. Warhammer is the opposite of that. Getting ... -
5 Ways to Convert a Non-Gamer to Board Games: GUEST POST by Philip Overby
One of the biggest pitfalls of jumping headlong into the board game hobby tends to be convincing those around you that it’s a good idea. Sure, ... -
The Magic of Warhammer 40K
If you want to shoot 3d4 magic missiles and colorful sprays of light from your hands, you play D&D. If you want to burst open the ... -
D&D 3.5: Wicker the Necromancer Learns about Epidemiology
I started playing D&D on a door in my friend Joel’s basement. We laid it across a coffee table, and it just barely fit our party ...
