While other people were watching Dawson’s Creek, I was watching The X-Files. (Yes I am bragging; yes I am aware you could have watched both; yes I am a snob.  I will try to tone it down, though.)  This show was formative in so many ways, and it’s held up surprisingly well.  Though it can be jarring …

April showers bring May flowers. I know this is true because in April of 2011 it rained twenty-seven days in a row.  It rained so much that my sump pump couldn’t keep up, broke, and my basement flooded.  Have you ever tried to fold laundry in ankle deep standing water? Luckily I was raised on …

The X-Files became a cultural phenomenon because of its willingness to go for broke on ideas that, like the truth, were really out there.  The following, in order of air date, are the best examples of that boundary-pushing blended with humor. 1. Jose Chung’s From Outer Space (3×20) Like “Once More, With Feeling” from Buffy …

Whoaaaaa! Are we back here inside our bodies?! What another strange event to befall this ragtag group of would be heroes. And is that the dapper Thom the Dragonborn awake and walking around and such?? Phew, glad there weren’t any lasting issues from the poison or whatever. I guess we will figure our how to …

At some point we have all felt the frustration of losing a game and wanting to just knock all the pieces off the board. Not all of us? Okay, well I have at least, so when I got to play Cube Quest: Clash for the Crown at PAX East this year, I knew it was …

Winterfellas, do we have an exciting announcement for you. We are finally offering up the chance for you to support us through Patreon! You may be asking yourself, “Nick, this sounds like a terrible idea. You chucklef***s don’t need my hard earned dragons.” First off, watch your language this is a family oriented site, second off, …

Today begins a new era of Darkblades, as we say goodbye to some old friends and meet some new beautiful people. This new series will publish every two weeks and feature a canonical story taking place in Drunkeros. Each week will feature Michael “Thrifty Nerd” DiMauro (@thriftynerd) as DM, at least one player from of the …

I didn’t know all that much about Magic: The Gathering prior to meeting with Liz Lamb-Ferro, Brand Manager for MtG, other than the bits and pieces taught to me by some pals and a fella I sat next to on a cross country train trip. Yes, my grandma found an empty seat for the train fella, cutting …

Welcome back to Magic Gatherings! Last week, we took a look at the new set, Dragons of Tarkir, and tried to figure out what sorts of limited strategies its cards would encourage.  Today, we’ll have a bit of a grab bag: first, having actually now played the cards at the prerelease, we’ll refine our picture of …

We are proud to announce that our International Tabletop Day charity stream will benefit The Trevor Project, which is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people from ages 13-24. You can find out more about this organization on their website www.thetrevorproject.org For more information …