Month: May 2026

I remember my friend Matt bringing home a stone chess set from Costa Rica and I tell you what… when I play chess, it’s not a strategy game. It’s drama. Queen stabs a pawn in the back. Bishop murders a knight with poison. Pawn beats down the bishop. The King? Useless. An ancient weakling… or…

Magic. A beautiful, powerful, scary word. How else do you describe role-playing games if not with magic?  Strange, you say? Sure. That’s fair. The community wouldn’t deny that. But whether you feel it’s magical or strange: these games are something special. My older brother Aaron introduced me to fantasy role-playing when I was 10 years…