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OgreCave video: Japji Khalsa at KublaCon 2014

August 26, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

In our final KublaCon 2014 video, we manage to grab a few minutes with Japji Khalsa, Executive Producer and founder of KublaCon. In this video, we learn about the CCG-derived origins of the convention, how game designers use the show

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OgreCave video: Gamer apparel at KublaCon 2014

July 17, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Geek Culture, Interviews Leave a comment

The KublaCon 2014 coverage is continuing on OgreCave’s new YouTube channel with a short look at gamer apparel. In this installment, we talk with Phil Lacefield Jr. of JBM Press about the t-shirts he sells at dozens of conventions. Then

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OgreCave video: PERK, DiceShield, GameRustlers, and more

July 11, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Conventions, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

We’re continuing to fill OgreCave’s new YouTube channel (which you should totally subscribe to) with great footage from KublaCon 2014. In the latest installment, we talk with Buddy Wagner of Dire Ninja Media about P.E.R.K. – the Pretty Easy Roleplaying

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OgreCave video: Crafty Games at KublaCon 2014

July 3, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

We’re getting back into videos, and to make things go smoothly, we’re launching the OgreCaveDOTcom YouTube channel! We already have a few things there, starting with some coverage from KublaCon 2014. First up, an interview with Patrick Kapera of Crafty

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2014 Origins Award winners announced

June 16, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games One comment

The 40th annual Origins Awards were given out Saturday night. The details of said nominees and winners are a bit hard to find, so we thought we’d compile them for you here. Or all the ones we could find, at

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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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Interactive fiction conference streaming June 9th

June 8, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Gamebooks, Geek Culture, Uncategorized Leave a comment

So, remember Choose Your Own Adventure books, the Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf gamebooks, and other solo-adventure enabling products? Those are interactive fiction. We like to bring them up from time to time because they were formative influences on our

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TableTop season 3 campaign is dressed to impress

April 29, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Geek Culture, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

With Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and other campaigns regularly raising impressive sums for all sorts of projects, it’s easy to become numb to all the hype. Some companies merely use the fundraising sites as a preorder system, while others bend over backwards

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Wheel of Time series nominated for Hugo Award

April 23, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Geek Culture, Industry, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Over this past weekend, the 2014 Hugo Award nominees were announced. Among the nominees is the well-known Wheel of Time fantasy novel series, written by the combined efforts of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Some Hugo Award fans – hardcore

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Gaming News Update podcasts: James Ernest, and Free RPG Day

June 14, 2013 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

We’re still having flashbacks to the great time we had at KublaCon 2013, and we’d like to share those experiences. To that end, we have two new podcasts for you to eavesdrop upon. In the first of two Gaming News

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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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Gaming News Update podcast – Free RPG Day (KublaCon 2012)

June 8, 2012 Allan Sugarbaker Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, LARP, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

We’re getting the last bits of KublaCon 2012 out of our system at OgreCave by posting a podcast episode about Free RPG Day 2012. Since it’s coming up in just over a week on Saturday, June 16, you may be

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Gaming News Update podcast – Signal Fire Studios (KublaCon 2012)

June 6, 2012 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Geek Culture, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

It had been a while since we caught up with Signal Fire Studios, so we made sure to sit down with Jamie Chambers at KublaCon 2012 and hear what his company’s been up to lately. In this Gaming News Update

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Gaming News Update podcast – Crafty Games (KublaCon 2012)

June 4, 2012 Allan Sugarbaker Conventions, D20, Geek Culture, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

KublaCon 2012 has come and gone, and OgreCave was there to get latest news from Crafty Games. In this Gaming News Update interview, Patrick Kapera of Crafty Games gives us the details on the Mistborn RPG, which has enjoyed an

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2012 Origins Award winners announced

June 4, 2012 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games One comment

Gamers lucky enough to attend the 2012 Origins Game Fair this past Saturday got to see the winners in person (and apparently some chair balancing and other mischief from James Ernest). From all accounts, there was much celebrating and revelry

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