Review: Tabletop Wargames – A Designers’ and Writers’ Handbook by Priestley & Lambshead
I’ve got no small interest in the design of miniature wargames, so when I saw that Pen & Sword books was doing a reprint of Tabletop Wargames: A Designers’ & […]
Balance
Statistical Threats to Metawatch
January is often a time when graduate students everywhere begin frantically cramming for various exams with words like “Qualifying”, “Comprehensive” and “Defense” in their names, which means it’s also the […]
Balance Dataslate Hot Take: Extended Edition
It’s been awhile since I’ve talked about the competitive landscape of 40K – there’s myriad reasons for that, ranging from people doing the basic stats of tournaments well and the […]
Why I Think Two Wound Firstborn Is a Mistake (In the Long Term)
The internet is all aflutter with the now confirmed suggestion that the classic “Firstborn”, non-Primaris, power-squatting Marines of the classic 40K Space Marine range are getting some significant updates that […]
What’s the role for Math Hammer in Narrative Gaming?
This was inspired by a question from Cadian Shock, and was originally supposed to just be a snippet. But it’s gotten a bit past that, and I thought it would […]
Ron Swanson Game Design: Adeptus Titanicus Edition
A lot of people have very fond memories of Epic. For some it was their gateway game into the wider hobby. For others, it had a scale and majesty that […]
A Solidly Reasonable FAQ
So, the new FAQ is out and… …well it’s fine.
My (Belated) Takeaways from the LVO Warhammer Panel
The Las Vegas Open was awhile ago, and the Warhammer Preview panel that was held the first night has been detailed in depth, as has the tournament itself. The results […]
Command Points are 8th Edition’s Psychic Dice
TL;DR: They’re good at injecting flavor into the game, are fun in small quantities, but when deployed en masse break the game. This started as what was just going to be […]
Good Decisions Build on Bad Logic
I’m not going to break down the Big FAQ 2 – other people have done it better than I have, and if you’re looking for a source I’d suggest Nick […]