Occasionally we feature a post from our friends at The Malted Meeple. Their Game of the Month series highlights one of the many games in their libraries at Ravenwood Castle and The Malted Meeple. They briefly describe the game, how to play it, and why they like it.
Continue reading Meeple Moments – Game of the Month: Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate
Occasionally we feature a post from our friends at The Malted Meeple. This time around, it’s about the fundamentals of playing role play games or RPGs.
I remember the first time I was asked to play Dungeons & Dragons. I was a senior in high school and about to go to college when a friend of mine invited me to play D&D with some people on Saturday night. I was hesitant. I had played very few table-top RPG’s. I was not against the idea, but I knew almost nothing about it. My initial reaction to his invitation was, “but I don’t know how to play.” If I invited you to join my friends and I in a game of basketball, but you knew nothing about the sport or how to play, you might respond the same way. However, one of the greatest elements of an RPG like D&D is that it is all make believe. These are games that simulate reality in a fantasy world. You get to take actions and make decisions in a world that doesn’t exist, for the sake of entertainment. So it doesn’t really matter if you aren’t an expert! Continue reading Meeple Moments – What Does It Take to RPG?
We turned to the dark side for this month’s Meeplecast. Yes, for our Halloween episode we’re talking about our favorite monsters and villains! But first, we have updates on Con on the Cob, which is coming up November 9-12 – and we want to see you there. And even though it was a bit of a light news week in the geek world, we do have a couple of movie and tv updates to share. Listen now! Continue reading GW1 Issue 128 – Monster Mash
Occasionally we feature a post from our friends at The Malted Meeple. Their Game of the Month series highlights one of the many games in their libraries at Ravenwood Castle and The Malted Meeple. They briefly describe the game, how to play it, and why they like it.
Continue reading Meeple Moments – Game of the Month: Red Scare
Our friends at The Malted Meeple like to give some extra attention to their favorite board game publishers and designers. In their Publisher’s Spotlight they provide a bit of a background on the publisher, discuss a few of their games, and may even announce a visit to The Meeple by some of the publisher’s representatives! Continue reading Meeple Moments – Publisher’s Spotlight: Tasty Minstrel Games