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.

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.

It was like being inside a warm cardboard computer, hands and mind humming in tune with the circuitry.

A chat with Brian Reynolds about learning and loving bridge, cocktails at my favorite Trinidad spot, and comparing two mixes of MC Lyte’s “Ruffneck.”

Cinnamon whiskey and hot chonklit vs. the cold. Introspection vs. depression. WWII vs. boredom. Sadat X vs. your boring playlist.