Depression, Anxiety, and Gaming

I suffer from chronic anxiety, which caused a great deal of turmoil for me not too long ago. Things came to a head when the anxiety got so bad I felt I had to stop gaming, stop writing, and stop doing things I loved. I walked away from freelance writing, from gaming groups, and from […]

FFG Star Wars RPG: Crafting Rules Review

If I had to pick one crafting rules system in an RPG to be my favorite, I think the one found in the current Star Wars TTRPG would have to be it. It is simple, every item turns out unique, and you have to a bit more work to create exactly what you want. In […]

FFG Star Wars: Weapon Attachment Combos

I really like the attachment system that the current Star Wars RPG uses for weapons, armor, and vehicles. I know this isn’t the first RPG to use an attachment system, but something about Star Wars is making this a ton of fun for me. Digging through books, making lists, trying to find fun combination are […]

FFG Star Wars RPG: Large Equipment For Medbays

The Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars RPG is a favorite of mine. I am currently playing a technician in one campaign and preparing to run one of my own. As the technician I have been acting as the crew’s Q, proposing equipment, creating my own, and making plans for cool tech when the big money […]

My Video Game History

I was talking to my 13 year old brother today about video games and it became clear to me that his experience and understanding of video games is vastly different than what mine was at his age. I was exposed to video games in a very different way, under very different circumstances. Many of the […]

A Star Wars RPG Campaign Idea

As I was drifting off to sleep I was thinking about something established about my character in the Star Wars RPG I am currently playing in. Dax, the chada-fan mechanic, spent some time with the Space Rescue and Salvage Corps. I know that no such organization has been established in any Star Wars lore, but […]

Campaigns I Want To Run, and a Couple I Want To Play

There are so many stories I want to tell. There are so many adventures I want to have. In about a month I will have a bit more free time to prepare and run campaigns, and hopefully a few more positive changes in my life will open up my schedule to have two games a […]

Limiting Options At The Game Table

There are plenty of table top RPGs out there with over a dozen rule books, and several with over one hundred. No where in any of those games is a rule that states that all printed material for the game must be used. There isn’t even a rule that demands the rules be followed as […]

Brussles

Brussels is an unfortunate event that gives signs to the type of world we live in, and the form our future is taking. Division, anger, hate, blame, and violence are created when we allow ourselves to give into the lie that we are enemies to one another. We are brother and sisters of the same […]

Depression

“I don’t know if I say it enough, but I really appreciate and am grateful for all of you. It is unfortunate that my life has taken me to some difficult and dark places, but this group of friends has been a great joy and help to me. You are all wonderful people.”

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