The Game Dork's Gaming Corner

 Have I come back from hiatus? No. No, I don't think so. However, after writing the last two articles (review of Modiphius's two new...

This week's entry is another PinkFae archive from the series I wrote about Gen Con 2016. This article is a look at MetaArcade, an online...

We are slowly working our way through the archive of articles I wrote for PinkFae. This week, we come to entry number 14, about playing role...

I know, that's a very strange title for an article. Bear with me though. See, I was working on a prop for the new Fate game I'm r...

As I work on reposting the articles that I wrote for PinkFae, we come to entry number 11. This post was originally published on 13 March 201...

I was playing Say Anything  with some friends recently. The basic idea behind this game, for those who don't already know, is that th...

I recently read an article about Sandbox Gaming . In case you're not familiar with that term, it comes from video game designs, in which...

I spent some time chatting with a friend recently. In the course of the conversation, I ended up describing to her how I got into gaming, an...

I was thinking this morning about the combat systems in roleplaying games. With the exception of Fiasco  (and possibly Amber Diceless Rolepl...

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about player aids . I've recently been able to start a Changeling  game for a couple of friends, and I re...

Once, many years ago, I participated in a game of Dungeons and Dragons  set in an alternate history version of Middle Earth. I did this prim...

I was unable to post an entry last week. I apologise. It has been a crazy spring season. Although it's not technically summer yet, my ...

In 1971, Gary Gygax's game Chainmail  (which he adapted from a rules system created by his friend Jeff Perren) was first published. This...

When I was very young, I watched a movie called E.T.  I'm sure you've heard of it. I remember a brief scene in that film that involv...

So you've got your group of friends together, and you're planning on spending a lovely evening playing one of your favourite games. ...

Ok, let's get this thing started again. We'll start with an idea inspired by this article on inkwellideas.com. The idea was this: i...

Something I used to do on occasion was to play in a "Tylenol" game. This gets its name from the premise that you'd find what a...

Here's an interesting concept: gods. Most often, this shows up in fantasy gaming, where clerics have divine powers (often including the ...

I often find myself thinking about magic systems in games. I've seen many. Just a couple: D&D : Spells are divided into levels, wit...

It all started with The Lord of the Rings . Tolkien wrote this epic saga, which captured the imagination of millions. Eventually, this lead ...