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A sepia-toned close-up of the first stone tablet of Gilgamesh.

More Like Gilga-meh!

By Stu Horvath • April 21st, 2022

This supposed epic, this paradigm-shifting piece of literature, is just another flood myth! Do you know how many flood myths we already have lying around?

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Notes on a Train Trip

By Stu Horvath • September 16th, 2021

In Chaosium’s Horror on the Orient Express the journey is your final destination.

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Fracas in Freshtovia

By Stu Horvath • November 5th, 2019

Wendy’s admittedly committed attempt at a tabletop RPG is every bit the corporate advertisement it tries not to be.

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Grab Bag

By Stu Horvath • July 5th, 2019

Stu has a handful of thoughts on everything from The Name of the Rose to dungeon synth.

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The One Good Dog

By Stu Horvath • June 6th, 2019

When pitches came in for the Pets Issue, Stu expected to get several pitches about the dog from Fable II. He got zero. So he wrote his own, goddammit!

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The Incorrect Way

By Stu Horvath • May 8th, 2019

Stu and David delight in playing serious games on their own terms.

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Metal is My Church

By Stu Horvath • April 4th, 2019

Stu Horvath ponders the alchemy behind taste as he reconsiders a “cheeseball” artist from his nascent metal education.

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Hail to the King

By Stu Horvath • March 8th, 2019

There are many King Arthurs.

The Rivers, The Sea

By Stu Horvath • January 30th, 2019

In tabletop RPGs, the system is a language.

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Scimitar

By Stu Horvath • January 15th, 2019

Pronunciation may not be at the front of the player’s mind as they slash through baddies, but it can prompt some interesting discussions.

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The Feels

By Stu Horvath • December 3rd, 2018

What happens when a horror story tries to manifest in the real world?

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Binge Reader

By Stu Horvath • October 29th, 2018

There are many books sitting on my shelves that I have read in a single sitting. I can’t tell you a single thing about most of them. Re-read responsibly, kids.

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The Rulebook Tarantella

By Stu Horvath • October 12th, 2018

The mind behind Unearthed Arcana stumbled on a roleplaying publishing paradox: you need rulebooks to make money, but the more rulebooks you publish, the more unwieldy your game.

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Dungeons & Dragons Is a Double-Edged Sword

By Stu Horvath • August 15th, 2018

Dungeons & Dragons is the gateway into tabletop roleplaying, but for many players, it is also the final destination.

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A screenshot of Vampyr.

Powers of Darkness

By Stu Horvath • July 4th, 2018

DontNod’s Vampyr, creating something disappointingly human out of our the monster of our collective nightmares.

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The Shadow of Lovecraft

By Stu Horvath • May 22nd, 2018

It’s time to retire the word “Lovecraftian.”

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False Memory

By Stu Horvath • May 14th, 2018

Whats the French phrase for the feeling you get when you watch a classic movie you’re sure you’ve already seen only to find you never have? In English, it’s probably “disorienting embarrassment.”

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The New Make-Believe

By Stu Horvath • February 28th, 2018

When most folks have a mid-life crisis, they buy a sports car. Stu Horvath frets about his ability to run tabletop roleplaying games.

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Signs & Portents

By Stu Horvath • February 13th, 2018

In Gorogoa, nothing is what it appears to be.

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Stranger Songs

By Stu Horvath • December 6th, 2017

With soundtracks, sometimes too much of a good thing can be terrible. Evidence: the in-your-face 80s soundtrack of Stranger Things 2.

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A Miscellany

By Stu Horvath • November 7th, 2017

This month’s column is the equivalent of a clip show – horror movies, criticism of toxic fandom, fretting about fatherhood and more inside!

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Ghosts

By Stu Horvath • September 25th, 2017

My house is haunted by history.

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Nostalgia Bomb

By Stu Horvath • August 18th, 2017

Nostalgia is the bottomless pit into which we willingly throw ourselves.

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The Perils of Realness

By Stu Horvath • July 28th, 2017

Forget all that other trash. This is the real deal.

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Unpopular Opinions

By Stu Horvath • June 23rd, 2017

All my unpopular opinions, gathered in one convenient place.

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The Past is Never Dead

By Stu Horvath • May 26th, 2017

I recently took a lengthy vacation at Rusty Lake, a resort known primarily for its mental health benefits and its fishing.

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When the Void Looks Back

By Stu Horvath • April 21st, 2017

If the cosmic gods of horror are utterly indifferent to mankind, why do human cultists worship them?

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On Preconceived Notions

By Stu Horvath • February 21st, 2017

How do you create criteria to find more surprises that defy your criteria?

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The End

By Stu Horvath • November 23rd, 2016

“Endings are a kind of freedom. If a story never ends, you’re bound, shackled to it forever.”

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On Shelves

By Stu Horvath • August 23rd, 2016

The library as a focus for meditation, or Stu stares at his shelves a lot.

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Summer Reading

By Stu Horvath • August 2nd, 2016

There’s nothing like reading about cosmic meaninglessness while laying on the beach!

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Spring, 1988

By Stu Horvath • May 18th, 2016

Can a supplement for a (not very good) role-playing game change the course of your life?

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The Ambivalent Side of the Force

By Stu Horvath • December 18th, 2015

Stu Horvath doesn’t mind if the Force decides to sleep in.

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Shaving with Tweezers

By Stu Horvath • December 11th, 2015

Stu Horvath has a deep compulsion to play Assassin’s Creed games.

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Content is the Opiate of the Masthead

By Stu Horvath • November 6th, 2015

A website that chases advertising dollars with lists and re-writes is the same as a factory that pumps toxic waste into the ecosystem.

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The Howls of the Damned

By Stu Horvath • October 30th, 2015

Where are the songs that make us scream in terror?

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A Sense of Place

By Stu Horvath • October 16th, 2015

How much can a place give you? How much can you take away?

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The End of the Campaign

By Stu Horvath • September 25th, 2015

Stu Horvath reflects on the end of his ten year D&D campaign.

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Unleash the Tarrasque

By Stu Horvath • September 18th, 2015

This weekend is my bachelor party. We’re going to the Poconos to play Dungeons & Dragons all weekend.

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None Up

By Stu Horvath • September 11th, 2015

My gran, my mother’s mother, is dying. All I can think about are extra lives.

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