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Book of Beasts: Bakunawa

The Bakunawa is a great sea dragon that hungers for the moon. Her mouth yawns the size of a lake, with a tongue red like blood and massive sharp teeth. With the help of her wings she can leap from the...

Magic the Gathering 101

In 1993, Seattle-based gaming giant Wizards of the Coast — yes, the very same people who created the iconic tabletop RPG game Dungeons & Dragons back in the ’60s — came up with yet another classic...

Designers of Color Talk On Diversity in Tabletop Gaming: Part Two

Last time on Brown Geeks, game designers of color (DOCs) discussed how representation matters in gaming. Recapping the designers involved: Omari Akil is a writer and marketing consultant, and one of t...

Designers of Color on Diversity in Tabletop Gaming: Part One

With a myriad of games coming out every year, it’s often hard to see the forest for the trees. So our focus is on the next big hit: the game that everyone talks about, with the pretty artwork and cust...

The Brown Geeks Virtually Play ‘Just One’ and ‘Codenames’

One of the most famous quotes in the board gaming scene comes from none other than Plato, who said: You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation. Still relativel...

Game Designers on Process and the Future of the Industry

In part 1 of our Comic Con 2020 panel on tabletop game design, the panelists talked about how COVID-19 affects their creative process and their playtesting. They also discussed the challenges of new d...

Comic Con @ Home: RPG Round-Up

I’ve been attending San Diego Comic Con International since I was 18 eighteen, and I’ve been a professional RPG writer since I was 21 twenty one, doing many projects over the years, and I’m currently ...

Tabletop Game Design During COVID-19

These days, we’re confined to our homes because of the coronavirus. That’s forced designers and publishers of tabletop games to think outside their 11×11-inch boxes. How has COVI...

The Brown Geeks Are Going to San Diego Comic Con From Our Couches

2020 is a challenging year for all of us. We are living through history at this very moment in a lot of ways. We’ve had to find new ways to gather and connect. Mostly, we’ve gone online to...

Nitrate City: The Ultimate Monster Mash-Up Noir Tabletop RPG

Vampire private eyes. Frankenstein mobsters. Gambling werewolves. The invisible femme fatale. It’s a monster mash… up of noir, crime, and classic horror creatures. Welcome to Nitrate City,...

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