Welcome to the very first episode of our new storytelling podcast! Once a month, we’ll select a theme and provide a selection of interesting options for your various storytelling needs. Whether you use them for character development, creating plot points, world building, or storytelling outside of the gaming table – we… Continue reading
Grant and Peter take a break to talk about collectible card games! We talk about our experiences with games both paper and pixelated: War of Omens, Hearthstone, Magic: The Gathering, Doomtown, and the Legend of the Five Rings CCG. Plus, work disaster s… Continue reading
A lot of people stop by the booth over the course of Gen Con’s four day run. The expressions on their faces are often somewhere between excitement and the sort of glazed-over look that comes from gaming through the nights instead of sleeping. However, when a gentleman came to us… Continue reading
Mike Perna of Innroads Ministries and Game Store Prophets joins us to talk about a complex problem in both faith communities and geek communities: Gatekeeping. Mike’s joined us before for Episode 33 (”Our Origin Stories”), and he was a perfect fit for this topic in many ways. He previously wrote an excellent article on gatekeeping, and has a lot of wisdom and experience to share with us. We hit on a lot of small details—’controllers’ vs. ‘facilitators’; gatekeeping in church and in geek culture; comments on “pastoral […]
Grant and Peter are back to talk about non-human player characters—the weirder, the better! After a quick reminder to rate and review us on iTunes or Stitcher, we get on with our main topic. We run through the spectrum of inhumanity: Near-humans, former humans, intelligent animals, and more! Then, we go through questions players (and GMs) need to ask themselves about these sorts of characters to make them effective, believable, and interesting.
Scripture: Genesis 1:21, Hebrews 13:2
If you are a regular reader on the site or listener to our podcasts, you know about the Dice Tower and the greater Dice Tower Network. However, maybe your various wanderings have brought you here through the wilds of the internet. Maybe you work at a church and are curious… Continue reading
One of the questions I get asked more than any other is “When can I get an InnRoads or Game Store Prophets t-shirt?!” I’m thankful that we live in an age of email, because otherwise I’d still be digging my way out of the giant pile of requests just like… Continue reading
Recently an article was published in the Telegraph stating that board games are dying out. The author sited a survey that showed 73% of parents polled had vivid memories of playing board games with their families while only 44% of children surveyed said they play them now. From the instant… Continue reading
Grant and Peter are back, with Fear the Con 8 behind us and new gaming horizons ahead! Grant’s had some major changes in his local gaming group, which prompt some discussion, but soon enough it’s on to our main topic: Picking a system that works best for the kinds of stories you want to tell while gaming. From universal to simulationist to light-weight indie games, we weigh all the considerations we can to help you pick the right game. Plus, some (well-deserved) plugs for System Mastery [NSFW], and this clever trick for making your own Fate dice!
Scripture: Proverbs 4:6,
UPDATE: A couple people have been asking about entry fees. I want to be clear that there is NO COST FOR ENTERING THE EVENT. There will be an entry for the Pretense “Last Role Standing” competition (see below), but you can come and play the games in our collection for… Continue reading
