Trick taking games are a staple of the tabletop world (see page 36 if you don’t believe us). Every month there seems to be a new trick taker vying for your attention and each one needs a ‘hook’ to mak

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It’s gamble o’clock, and everyone’s invited to the party! In Emerald Skulls everyone gets to wager all the time. During your turn you can enjoy pushing your luck with a big stack of dice, trying to cl

Well, it certainly looks like a game. But is it? The archaeological object illustrated here is of a type found frequently in the Central Andes, homeland of the Inca Empire from about 1400 to 1553. Spe

Kory Heath was born in San Jose, California, in 1970. After teaching himself programming and making a career out of it, he moved to Maryland in 2000 and became a key contributor to the Looney Labs boa

running the largest live-action roleplaying game in New England for decades. So he’s incredibly tuned in to what players actually want – what’s balanced, what’s fun, what draws people in.” When Robert