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I Played It, Like, Twice...

Only Trust Your Fists: The Side-Scrolling Beat-‘em-Up Vibes of Streets of Steel

By Orrin Grey • January 6th, 2021

When Streets of Steel is at its best, it is tapping into my fondness for these types of games in a way that makes for innovative tabletop play, rather than just nostalgia.

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A card from the Hellboy board game that reads "helpful skeletons"

The Agony of Adaptation: Hellboy and the Perils of Fandom (and Kickstarter)

By Orrin Grey • December 9th, 2020

For a while there, writing about Hellboy: The Board Game, about being a Hellboy fan, and what the franchise means to me as a creator, all felt too fraught.

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Darkness of Unusual Size: The Sword-and-Sorcery Answer to Descent

By Orrin Grey • November 27th, 2020

If Descent is what we’ve all come to expect from a modern high fantasy D&D-alike, then Massive Darkness is its lo-fi sword-and-sorcery equivalent.

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Shadows on the Cave Wall: Finding Clues in Scooby-Doo: Betrayal at Mystery Mansion

By Orrin Grey • October 9th, 2020

Scooby-Doo and Betrayal at House on the Hill are a match made in some kind of spooky heaven.

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Lost in the Dark: Finding My Way to Descent During the Plague Times

By Orrin Grey • September 3rd, 2020

“In a fit of COVID-induced mania and an effort to scratch that at-home D&D itch, I picked up not just Descent but several of the expansions.”

Open Up Shop: Finding a Killer Deal in Bargain Quest

By Orrin Grey • August 20th, 2020

“Don’t be surprised if you get a little choked up when you can’t equip the young hero well enough for them to survive their run-in with the vampire queen.”

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All Souls Bound Just Contrariwise: Yo Ho Ho and a Game of Rum & Bones

By Orrin Grey • July 23rd, 2020

Raid the high sea and manage a ton of miniatures!

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Clack Clack Clack: Searching for Rules in Vast: The Mysterious Manor

By Orrin Grey • June 30th, 2020

If it has animated skeletons, Orrin’s all about it.

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Well, We Warned You: Playing Horrified During a Pandemic

By Orrin Grey • May 22nd, 2020

Everything about Horrified echoes the Universal films in ways that will make fans of the original monster franchises grin.

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