principles

Way way back (well ok 2 months ago) I wrote up my gaming principles and one thing I didn’t put down back then is something I think might be a new principle or maybe it’s something else. So what does the post header of “Tabletop Ambassadors” mean then?  Are they...

This principle is about trusting yourself and not listening to the opinions of others to the exclusion of other information.  Pretty deep for a gaming blog huh? I’d say I’m fairly opinionated about gaming, in some respects that’s a given with my starting a blog about it. Alongside that though...

I believe that change is something that is good for the hobby and has been necessary to in keeping me interested in my hobby. So what do I mean by change?  New rules, new versions of games, new expansions for games, new players of games, different players in the play...

*Note this is written from the perspective of someone (Me!) who prefers GM based games as opposed to RPGs where the GM role is more fluid or indeed non-existent.* So, you’re going to be the GM.  It might only be a one-shot game or it might a multi-year spanning campaign...

The title says it all really. Tabletop Games are just games that are played on a tabletop.  Games are an activity providing entertainment or amusement and as such should be fun.  So how does this turn into a principle rather than just happening by default?  Well…  Not all games are...