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2021 PAX Unplugged Games On Demand Playtests

A photo of a Skrap Packs playtest by one of the players Thank you to all the playtesters at PAX Unplugged 2021, Games on Demand for a...

Connections 2018

Connections 2018 poster. I was lucky enough to be able to attend Connections Wargaming Conference 2018 hosted by the Center for Applied...

New Game Blog!

I've started a new production blog for my tabletop rpg Alter Arms, that can be found at http://www.AlterArms.com. I will be updating it...

Report on MAGFest 2018 Alter Arms Playtest

This past weekend I was lucky enough to run a number of playtests at MAGFest, a music and gaming festival in Oxon Hill, Md. It was for a...

What's in Progression?

Satisfaction in games comes from feeling like the hard work put into them pays off. This generally is done by having the game respond to tha

A token take on tactical combat

A prototype for Tom O'Halloren's Witches' Sabbath (Art by Tom O'Halloren) Another game I got to check out at Metatopia this year was...

Four interesting games from Metatopia 2017

Regardless of how the mechanics turn out, I think that this application of a tower of blocks could lead to a very cool game.