The Analog Gamer: I DM therefore I Am
July 9th, 2009  
Gaming is a great hobby, one I’ve spent most of my life enjoying as a whole while moving from system…
July 9th, 2009  
Gaming is a great hobby, one I’ve spent most of my life enjoying as a whole while moving from system…
July 2nd, 2009  
Hi, my name is Shawn and I’m a recovering Magic-aholic. Magic is like paper crack to me. I find it…
June 17th, 2009  
What if you could play as a walking war-machine construct? A golem of destruction with a pure heart and good…
June 15th, 2009  
One of this weeks’ Xbox Live release hint at a coming “nerdpocalypse”. I say this in the nicest terms of…
June 10th, 2009  
First things first, let’s all take a minute to wish happy birthday to the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons….
June 3rd, 2009  
The Star Wars SAGA RPG is officially one of my favorite games to read lining right up there next to…
May 27th, 2009  
Dungeons & Dragons is a game about fantasy characters fighting mythical creatures, overcoming great adversity and sometimes saving the world,…
May 19th, 2009  
Magic the Gathering has been around a long time in the history of collectable card games but apparently the folks…
May 13th, 2009  
Action figures, miniatures, battle maps, water damaged paper – I’ve used all of these things to make my games more…
May 6th, 2009  
There is one role that every player and game master takes on while playing a traditional RPG or wargame whether…
May 5th, 2009  
I talk weekly about the convergence of pen-and-paper gaming with the digital game space of video games but today I…
April 29th, 2009  
Players always want choices. More skills, more powers, more spells, more gear. This is a given in most of gaming…
April 24th, 2009  
Along with the resurrection of the site.. we’ll be bringing back out regular editorial content as well. To kick off…
December 10th, 2008  
There are only a few more memorable lines spoken in the original Star Wars than when Obi Won refers to…
December 3rd, 2008  
“Here, There Be Dragons…” is a phrase you’d expect to hear in a Dungeons and Dragons game, so I guess…
November 19th, 2008  
I realize its been awhile since the last installment of The Analog Gamer and there have been a few…
September 17th, 2008  
One of the reasons I began writing The Analog Gamer months ago was to point out areas where digital and…
August 27th, 2008  
Cryptic’s chief creative officer Jack Emmert has shared his favorite new games from Gen Con in a new Dev Blog…
August 19th, 2008  
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… no longer ago actually. Before the Rebellion against the Empire,…
August 1st, 2008  
I realize its been a few weeks since the last installment of The Analog Gamer but E3 and this little…
June 29th, 2008  
While Dungeons & Dragons may dominate the history of tabletop RPGs in the USA there is another game that has…
June 20th, 2008  
The settings of a tabletop RPG don’t have to revolve around the dungeon or large fire breathing lizards. Sometimes its…
June 13th, 2008  
Seven days have passed. Seven days of joy and fear, terror and epiphany. The RPG Emperor truly does have new…
June 5th, 2008  
While we’re waiting for the release of the D&D 4E core rules this week I thought it’d be a good…
May 29th, 2008  
I’ve been talking about the upcoming revisions to Dungeons & Dragons for awhile now. Well the chance to finally test…
May 8th, 2008  
Its been a few weeks since we’ve had a regular installment but this week I thought it would be interesting…
April 21st, 2008  
Modernization is a good thing in general. Its brought us electricity, access to immense amounts of information, both trivial and…
April 17th, 2008  
On June 6th change is coming. No matter how much the stalwart heroes of countless worlds fight it there is…
April 16th, 2008  
The latest expansion for Magic the Gathering is closing fast and in conjunction with Wizards of the Coast, Gaming Today…
April 10th, 2008  
And now for the news… This week before I get into the discussion about the initial Analog Gamer’s Digital Experience…