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Category: Renaissance Gamer

Gathering Imagination: Some Tips on Collecting TTRPGs

February 11, 2019 theratholereviews 1 Comment

Over on my site I talked a bit about starting up the Canadian Library of Roleplaying Games, and what I…

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Posted in: Renaissance Gamer Filed under: Canadian Library of Roleplaying Games, CLoRP, PlayRPGs, Renaissance Gamer, Roleplaying Games, RPG, TTRPG

From the Files: Ogreball Updated

February 4, 2019 theratholereviews

Since yesterday was the Superbowl, and I’ve had a chance to playtest ogreball in my game since I first posted…

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Posted in: Campaign Prepper, Column, Renaissance Gamer Filed under: Ogreball, PlayRPGs, Renaissance Gamer, Roleplaying Games, RPG

The Proper Care of Your Playtester

January 28, 2019 theratholereviews

[We’re giving our Renaissance Gamer, Brent, the week off. Fear not he’ll be back next week. But for today enjoy…

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Posted in: Renaissance Gamer, Review by Debra Savage

Modeling the Good Player

January 21, 2019 theratholereviews

It can be easy to spend inordinate amounts of time talking about the characteristics of disruptive or difficult players. Because…

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Posted in: Column, Renaissance Gamer Filed under: PlayRPGs, Renaissance Gamer, RPG

No True D&D

January 14, 2019 theratholereviews

If you follow Matthew Mercer (of Critical Role) on Twitter, you’ll have seen his recent twitter thread. For those that…

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Posted in: Column, Renaissance Gamer Filed under: Critical Role, Matthew Mercer, PlayRP, Renaissance Gamer, RPG

Trails Rations: Nobody Don’t Like Fried Bread

January 7, 2019 theratholereviews

If you spend enough time looking at food from around the world, you start to notice some items are universal.…

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Posted in: Column, Renaissance Gamer, Trail Rations Filed under: Renaissance Gamer, Trail Rations

Random Thoughts for 2019

December 31, 2018 theratholereviews

Hello, and welcome to my final post on The Rat Hole for 2018. It’s been a heck of a year,…

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Posted in: Column, Renaissance Gamer Filed under: 2019, Happy New Year, Renaissance Gamer, Roleplaying Games, RPG

Nerd Adjacent Gift Ideas

December 17, 2018 theratholereviews

Like a lot of gamers, I’m sort of hell to buy presents for. Everyone’s first instinct is to get me…

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Posted in: Holiday Games, Renaissance Gamer Filed under: gift ideas, Holiday Games, Renaissance Gamer

Everything is Dolphins, Part 2

December 10, 2018 theratholereviews

In Part One I talked about the Everything is Dolphins, what a fun and adorable role-playing game it is. Today…

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Posted in: Column, Renaissance Gamer, Roleplaying Games Filed under: Everything is Dolphins, PlayRPGs, Renaissance Gamer, Roleplaying Games, RPG

Campaign Prepper: Memorable Villains

November 19, 2018 theratholereviews

Whether I’m running a pre-written adventure or something I’ve put together, I spend a lot of time on my main…

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Posted in: Campaign Prepper, Column, Renaissance Gamer Filed under: Campaign Prepper, Renaissance Gamer, RPG

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