I’m going on an indie tabletop small-game binge: Hear previews for Pyrotechnics, Battle Card, Dive Dive Dive and Lichoma.

Sykes-Picot: The Secret Treaty to Partition the Ottoman Empire hits the table for the first time. Also: Deeper explorations of Squad Leader, Star Wars: Outer Rim and the Dwelling solo RPG.

Tip a lemonade-beer punch with us and learn about Carolina Death Crawl, a Southern Gothic RPG set during the Civil War.

Take your seat as one of three empires vying for control of 14th Century India with the thrilling Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India 1290-1398.

Squint at the analog majesty of Squad Leader, Avalon Hill’s classic infantry combat game from 1977.

I’m wandering deeper and deeper into the haunted chambers of the heart with Good Luck Press’ Dwelling solo journaling RPG.

First time on Board Game Arena, I get hooked on Faraway and Race for the Galaxy. Also, a moonlit debauch in Starkville.

My first three tries running this slick gamification of Pavlov’s House, one of Stalingrad’s most legendary tooth-and-nail standoffs.

I review Hadrian’s Wall, where Rome — in all its cupidity, muscle, and rot — comes alive under your Sharpie.

The acrid tang of sweat on a space station, a whiff of Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select, and why D&D and rap go together.