Reviews
Running a panel on game design at a convention is one of the most visible things you can do as a creator. A good panel introduces your work, sharpens your…
The timber planks of Atlantic City's celebrated oceanfront have long carried the rhythm of slot machines, salt-water taffy vendors and buskers dressed in…
A gaming convention at Atlantic City’s Showboat Hotel rewards careful pacing. With tabletop role-playing games, live-action role-play, workshops, panels,…
In 2018, a four-day convention at the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City pulled together an eclectic crowd of LARP enthusiasts, designers, and small-press…
The Crowdfunding Your Tabletop Game Project panel at High Level Games Convention (HLG Con) 2018 pulled a standing-room-only crowd into one of the smaller…
There's a particular magic to live-action role-play that cameras tend to ruin, and it's the immersion itself. When someone in full garb is mid-speech, holding…
The official scenario at HLGCon 2018 represented months of coordinated effort by a small writing team determined to deliver something distinctive for the…
When a player raises a hand, calls out a word, or taps a shoulder in the middle of a live-action scene, that small action halts the fiction and protects the…
For millions of Australians, Saturday afternoon means a board game cafe in Melbourne's CBD, a few rounds of Wingspan at Good Games in the inner suburbs, or a…
The Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City buzzed with dice clatter and animated conversation during High Level Games Convention in 2018. Tucked into a busy corridor,…