Interviews with the design minds behind the new Ghost in the Shell TTRPG and 2025’s Chicago ‘68 board game.

Queen Gimcrack orders a gnome, Stafford Airbiscuit, to map the wild lands of Naloxone. The performance review is rough.

Tour the board of Comancheria: The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Empire, learn about Mix Up Fairy Tales, and weep over lost demons.

Thrash in the Demon Wastes with Metal Queens, see Phelyx’s new tarot trick, and hear my latest session from the Dwelling solo RPG.

A trashcan lid with nails sticking out of it — perfect for the 2026 grad in your life!

Sharing memories of Fantasy Flight’s golden age of LCGs with Kenny Katayama of the Shelf Stable podcast.

Actual play of NINJA BORG RPG with the creators, Walt and Rugose. Mission: Kill Cheap Trick during Live at Budokan.

Win a small stack of neat-o indie tabletop games. Details in Game of the Week segment, plus a loving look back at the skirmish thrills of Tannhäuser.

Ninja Borg TTRPG creators explain why you get to pick from 18 kinds of shurikens. Matt Thrower gives us his view of Fantasy Flight Games’ Golden Age.

My soul escapes the gravitic well of holiday depression and finally orbits around my first solo play of SETI. Plus a fond look back at the brutal streets of Arkham Horror 2nd Edition.

A bad night in the basement with the Dwelling RPG, a lark in the countryside with the Ryuutama RPG, and still kicking ass aboard the Sin of Damnation in Space Hulk: Death Angel.

Renaissance man and Fox in the Forest designer Josh Buergel gives us a tour of his favorite trick-takers and a look at what he’s working on next.

Final Girl is back on the table. One dude in Wyoming struggles against a robot killer for the very first time and another dude in Colorado rediscovers the joy of a hook-handled bone hammer.

A preview of SETI offers a glimpse of techno-optimism, but the effluvium of another future — the world of Lichoma — steals the show.

I interview Cave Evil co-designer Nate Hayden about the cult hit game’s resurrection and the years of play that kept expanding its tunnel systems, monstrosities and ideas.

Name the cocktail that Skrrt’s making with his homemade plum liqueur and win modest prizes. Also, I crown my top multiplayer lightweight game for 2025.

Getting crushed by Franco in the Spanish mountains during my first game of Resist! and reflecting on how designer David Thompson conquered my table this summer.

Cheers, Breakup Gaming Society hits 100! “Ohh” and “ahh” to the clever card play of Pyrotechnics, then brace yourself for the twin dystopian visions of Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel.

I review the first few salvoes of Postmark Games’ Battle Card, a series of six affordable and pretty print-and-play WWII strategy puzzles for solo play.

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