09 June 2025

Board Game Review: Fairy Ring


 

Merch

A screenshot of the Game Dork's merch store, with four shirt designs visible.

I have opened a merch store. You can buy shirts with my logo, as well as shirts promoting the inclusive mission of The Game Dork's Gaming Corner: Everyone is welcome at the gaming table!

You can head over to the store front to peruse the options yourself, or you can see the available items below.

26 January 2025

The Triumphant Return of The Game Dork!

 It's been several years since I posted regularly. During that time, I developed a small following on TikTok. It has rekindled my love of talking about games and sharing new games, so I'm going to start posting again.

However, I'm going to shift to a video-based format. So when I post here, it will always be a link to a video I've uploaded to my YouTube channel.

So here's the first one: the first installment in my '60 Second RPG Reviews.' Surprising no one, it's an overview of Changeling: The Dreaming.

Enjoy!

14 March 2022

Free Roleplaying Games

A wallet, being held open to show that it is empty.

I have been engaged in a debate on social media about whether it's acceptable to refuse to try any roleplaying game that isn't Dungeons & Dragons. One of the arguments that I keep hearing people make is 'I'm poor, and roleplaying games are expensive.'

This is a valid point, but I have a solution.

Ok, I have a solution and a comment. First, the comment: Hasbro has worked very hard to make people believe that you have to have every book in order to play (and more to the point, that each player needs a copy of the Player's Handbook, at the very least) in order to take full advantage of Dungeons & Dragons. That is very much not true. Most games work just fine if all you have is a single copy of the core rules. Supplements are optional, and in some circumstances, it's annoying to share a single rulebook (I remember trying to level up a character in D&D 3.5 when sharing a single copy of the Player's Handbook, and it was a challenge to say the least), but many games don't require the rulebook as much when advancing characters.

But now, on to the solution. There are a ton of free roleplaying games out there. Let's talk about some of them.