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Category: Dungeons & Dragons

Ptolus returning in new Kickstarter campaign

February 19, 2020 Allan Sugarbaker Crowdfunding, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Sometimes, you spot an impressive gamebook on a friend’s shelf, and wish you could take it home with you because it’s out of print, and you’ll never get your buddy to part with it. Thankfully, Monte Cook Games is bringing

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2018 Origins Award winners

June 17, 2018 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Industry, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

You’ve already read through the 2018 Origins Award nominees, right? And played all of them, as you were instructed? Okay, good – let’s proceed. As always, congratulations to all the nominees. Here’s the winners: 2018 Origins Award winners Best Board

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2018 Origins Award nominees announced

June 1, 2018 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Industry, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design has announced their 2018 Origins Award nominees. There will also be Fan Favorite categories, voted on by attendees of the Origins Game Fair (as usual). Let’s peruse the list, shall we? Then,

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Eleven Games to Play at your Stranger Things Party

October 27, 2017 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Features, Game Design, Geek Culture Leave a comment

More than anything, watching the kids on Stranger Things obsess over their favorite games hits us with heavy nostalgia for those classic games of the 1980s. When you celebrate this modern classic of kids against the supernatural, whether you binge-watch

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KublaCon 2017 photo gallery – complete!

June 7, 2017 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Okay, the flood of KublaCon photos has reached its peak, and all are now neatly contained in OgreCave’s KublaCon 2017 photo gallery (over at our Facebook page). Final attendee count was reportedly 3,321 – a good sized show! See if

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KublaCon 2017 photo gallery

June 2, 2017 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Those of you who follow OgreCave’s Facebook page have already heard, but in case you missed it, the first half of OgreCave’s KublaCon 2017 photo gallery is up and running. Have a look, comment, like, and see if you got

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Guest column: Dungeons & Dragons as Story

October 26, 2015 Allan Sugarbaker Columns, Dungeons & Dragons, Geek Culture, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Today, a friend of the Cave, Aaron Teixeira, offers up his thoughts on the ongoing Dungeons & Dragons discussion: can the original roleplaying game be used as an inspired, artful storytelling device? Or is it merely a game of “killing

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OgreCave video: KublaCon 2015, Goodman Games, Cheapass Games

October 16, 2015 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Because we got some great footage at KublaCon 2015, we’re doing our best to ambush you with some of it (Flashback Friday, anyone?). We’ve included a general look at parts of the convention, but also managed to talk with Joseph

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OgreCave Audio Report 2.0 – January 2015

March 5, 2015 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, LARP, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Podcast, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

In our first show of the new year, we’re already covering a lot of ground. In just the first half of the podcast, we go from Allan’s first impressions of Dungeons & Dragons: Fifth Edition to Mike’s obsession with space

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OgreCave video: DunDraCon promo

January 23, 2015 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Geek Culture, Industry, LARP, Miniatures Games, OgreCave, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

For the Cave dwellers, the start of convention season is heralded by DunDraCon. Now that the annual gaming event and its impending awesomeness are nearly here, this seems like the time to premiere our DunDraCon promo video. Take it away,

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OgreCave video: Camp Grizzly, Star Wars X-Wing, and Megadungeon

July 31, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

The KublaCon 2014 coverage is continuing on OgreCave’s new YouTube channel with three more interviews. This time we sit down with Jason Topolski of Ameritrash Games to hear about Camp Grizzly, the ’70s horror movie board game. Then we speak

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OgreCave review: Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

July 17, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Sometimes the whole roleplaying group just can’t meet up, but you still need some roleplaying time. Many games have tried to capture the essence of RPGs in another format, with varying degrees of success. Due to a lack of other

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2014 Diana Jones Award shortlist announced

June 12, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

This year’s nominees for the Diana Jones Award have just been announced, and as always, the selections are thoughtful and varied. Two publishers and three games made the list. The nominees are: Evil Hat Productions, the folks behind FATE, Dresden

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Diana Jones Award 2013 shortlist announced

May 31, 2013 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Arguably the most interesting and best informed award in the game industry, the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming has just announced its nominees for the 2013 winner. Now, remember: Ms. Jones doesn’t limit herself to just published game

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Pathfinder Adventure Card Game releasing this fall

February 26, 2013 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Industry, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment
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