Letter from the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – December 2022 By David Shimomura • December 15th, 2022 Welcome to the Gremlins issue! But before you dig in, there are some rules that you’ve got to follow…
I Played It, Like, Twice... Versus Mode: Myth x Bardsung By Orrin Grey • November 30th, 2022 Both Bardsung and Myth are dungeon-crawl games at the high end of the complexity scale, but that’s where the surface similarities end.
I Played It, Like, Twice... 2 Massive 2 Darkness: When Your Darkness is Maybe a Little Too Big By Orrin Grey • November 2nd, 2022 As much as I love a good dungeon crawl game, much of the time they are too big for me.
I Played It, Like, Twice... I Guess No One’s Coming: The Art and Arithmetic of Hidden Leaders By Orrin Grey • August 15th, 2022 Hidden Leaders is one of those games that is deceptively basic but can grow strangely complex as you play.
I Played It Like Twice... Burning the Torch at Both Ends: Peril Comes in Small Packages in Tiny Epic Dungeons By Orrin Grey • June 6th, 2022 These are minuscule board games that come in boxes about the size of the ones you used to get checkbooks in, back when anybody had checkbooks.
Revving the Engine Broken Helms, Shattered Shields By Sara Clemens • August 19th, 2021 Videogame Vikings are having a moment.
Try Reading... Magical Grieving By Harry Rabinowitz • July 1st, 2021 Harry digs into some heavier topics via middle-grade graphic novels!
Another Look Revisiting Destiny 2 By Yussef Cole • May 10th, 2021 Yussef returns to a world that’s moved beyond light and beyond him.
Feature Excerpt Hidetaka Miyazaki’s Middle Earth By Jamie Redgate • April 29th, 2021 How does one go about making a modern fantasy touchstone?