Divinations from the Collective

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April 2024 Gaming Convention Calendar

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterApr 02, 2024

Here are the gaming conventions going on in April! Alabama n/a Alaska n/a Arizona n/a Arkansas n/a California Board Games at Berkeley Con: Berke...

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Cooking up Cuteness: A Review of Ham’s Sandwich Shop

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterFeb 01, 2024

Everyone should have a dream. Sometimes those dreams require a little help, though. Especially if you’re a hamster who dreams of opening your very ...

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Gaming Convention Calendar December 2023

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterDec 02, 2023

Here are the gaming conventions going on in December! Alabama n/a Alaska n/a Arizona n/a Arkansas n/a California n/a Colorado n/a Connecticut n/...

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Gaming Convention Calendar November 2023

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterNov 01, 2023

Here are the gaming conventions going on in November! Alabama n/a Alaska n/a Arizona Meeplefest: Mesa, Nov 10-12 Arkansas TableCon: Springdale, ...

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3 Online VTTs for Running Fate (or similar TTRPGs)

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterSep 27, 2023

It’s undeniable: tabletop RPGs exploded during the Covid lockdowns. And while the games became more and more popular, they also became somewhat mor...

A banner from the Kickstarter for Pasion de las Pasiones. It shows the core book for the game, with a photo of a man and woman dramatically embracing, next to the name of the game against an orange background

The Young and the Beautiful: Pasion de las Pasiones, a telenovela TTRPG

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterSep 13, 2023

Have you ever wanted to be the star of your own television show? To find true love in the most unlikely of places? To prove yourself worthy of ador...

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Figments of Pure Imagination: Fatal Familiar, A Monster Collecting RPG

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterJul 19, 2023

This past weekend, my family and I had the absolute pleasure of attending CritHit AZ: Year Zero. Not quite a con, the tabletop gaming retreat featu...

Part of a cover of a Mutants and Masterminds book, showing the title of the game in block letters, with the arms of superheros behind them

4 Mutants and Masterminds Character Builders

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterJul 05, 2023

Mutants and Masterminds (MnM) is a hugely popular superhero TTRPG where players create superpowered characters and fight various threats to humanit...

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July 2023 Convention Calendar

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterJul 03, 2023

Here are the gaming conventions going on in July! Alabama Play on Con: Birmingham, Jul 6-9 Alaska n/a Arizona CritHit: Mesa, Jul 15-16 Arkansas ...

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4 LGBT+ Focused TTRPGs to Try Out this Pride Month

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterJun 13, 2023

It’s pride month this June. A month for celebrating personal autonomy, identity, and endurance in the face of persecution. It’s no surprise that a ...

THe kickstarter banner for Raccoon Sky Pirates. It shows a black and white illustration of a raccoon leaping away from a rock toward a space ship of some kind

Trashing the Neighborhood: A Review of Raccoon Sky Pirates, a miniature TTRPG

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterMay 30, 2023

When you think about playing tabletop RPGs, the first thought that you have is generally about the epic-scale adventures of heroes: science fiction...

A photograph of a boardgame set up on a table. Several small green meeples are stood on the middle of a board, with a small stack of round cardboard tokens and a tupperware container near them

May 2023 Gaming Convention Calendar

Blog PostMorgan CarpenterMay 01, 2023

Here are the gaming conventions going on in May! Alabama n/a Alaska n/a Arizona n/a Arkansas n/a California Pacificon: San Diego, May 6-8 Fani...

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