Author: Paco G. Jaen

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Incantations from the other Side

Incantations kicks off with an introduction to the spirit world, explaining how spirit magic and incantations are neither truly divine nor arcane, how they represent a primal power that can be tapped via rituals by anyone who knows how to do so, but may exact a price. (2 pages)

Out of the Box Publishing to Introduce Three New Games at Toy Fair 2011!

Windsor, Wisconsin – In their 13th year of exhibiting at American International Toy Fair in New York City, Out of the Box Publishing will debut three new products. The new releases will include two new party games, Faux•Cabulary and Shake ‘N Take, and a children’s card game, Bug Out. Out of the Box publishing will…
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Leverage: The Quickstart Job

Dennis Holland is not a good guy. He’s responsible for bank failures, collapsed mortgages, and dozens of innocent people being forced from their homes. He collects seventies memorabilia. He’s a bad man. And he’s hosting a party.

PAIZO ANNOUNCES NEW PATHFINDER RPG HARDCOVER: ULTIMATE COMBAT

Ninja, Samurai, and Gunslinger Classes Now in Open Playtest at Paizo.com January 25, 2011 (REDMOND, Wash.) – Paizo Publishing announced today that open playtesting for Ultimate Combat, a new hardcover rulebook for the smash-hit Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, is now underway. The playtest introduces three new 20-level classes—the gunslinger, ninja, and samurai—in addition to new feats…
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Games Are Fragile

I baby my games. Perhaps I’m a little too obsessive compulsive about keeping them in good shape–they are only games right? Still, I can’t help it. If one card is torn, one tile dog chewed, one pawn lost, the game just feels “broken.”