Category: Paco Garcia Jaen

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

River Dragons review

By Paco Garcia Jaen I will never understand why, despite sitting at the table with people I genuinely like and enjoy the company off – thus being people I’d never wish any bad things upon – I absolutely adore backstabbing and, generally, screwing my friends plans when we play a game. Probably more than I…
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The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 67–Magicians with Kyle Simmons

To learn playing is one thing we start practising before we can even speak, and to learn languages playing is even better, which is what Kyle Simmons has done with his game Magicians: A Language Learning RPG that will teach you Korean.

Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space Review

For someone who grew in a country where the Doctor was, and largely is, nothing but a name we know very, very little about, it only took me a few episodes of the series to get infatuated with the character and companions hopping from adventure to adventure. Even though I wasn’t all that keen on the actor portraying the Doctor, the story and extremely clever writing that came with it really got me hooked.

The G*M*S Magazine Episode 65 – Sarah Newton and Mindjammer Press

You might remember that a few episodes ago we started a discussion about art and role playing games. At the time, we had some difficulties with audio and Rob couldn’t stay online due to bad internet connection.

This time, Rob is in a much better place and can talk for ages about the subject, so we can hear what he has to say. And some of the things he says are very, very interesting, even if I have to throw a few challenging questions back at him!

The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 64–More Spiel with Dr Mike Reddy

With so many interviews from Spiel and so many episodes to come, including the ones for the RPG section of the podcast, it felt only right to record one episode with Dr Reddy to ask and answer questions about Spiel and the state of games at the show.