Games that pit players against their own ignorance and paranoia are exploding in popularity. Matt M. Casey finds our love of society and storytelling at the heart of the Social Deduction genre.
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Matt M. Casey What deduction games like Werewolf tell us about ourselves
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Matt M. Casey Apps bring new possibilities to board games
Matt M. Casey on Golem Arcana, one of the new offerings whose gameplay leaps from tabletop to tablet.
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Matt M. Casey Five Tribes — a twist on the worker placement game
Worker displacement games will soon pack the shelves at your local tabletop game store. For that, you can thank Five Tribes’ designer Bruno Cathala. By Matt M. Casey
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Matt M. Casey Making better use of dice in games
Game designer Stefan Feld has designed eight published games that focus on dice. Each takes its own approach to using the 5,000-year-old randomizers without creating a random winner. By Matt M. Casey
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Matt M. Casey D&D 5th edition Monster Manual review: a deep resource for DMs
What should you expect from the D&D Fifth Edition Monster Manual? Matt M. Casey says depth, texture, and story. "It may be Wizards’ best Monster Manual ever."
