Fan-Made Olive Garden LARP Has Unlimited Breadsticks And Heart
Role-playing games can take many shapes and forms beyond the dice-rolling of Dungeons and Dragons. One game designer…
Octopath Traveler's Best NPC Is This Reclusive Old Man
Every party member in Octopath Traveler has a special ability that allows them to interact with NPCs throughout the…
A Tabletop RPG For Storytellers Who Want To Be Infamous Criminals
If the industrial, supernatural world of Blades in the Dark was the backdrop for anything other than a tabletop…
What's The Best D&D Character You’ve Ever Made?
Rare are the opportunities for Dungeons & Dragons fans to geek out about their favorite character. It’s like explaining…
120-Sided Dice, For Your Most Hardcore RPG Sessions
There’s now a d120 out there, made by the folks over at The Dice Lab, and while it’d be interesting to see what it…
Fallout 4 Is Not The Fallout Fans Fell In Love With
Last night, while wandering in Fallout 4, I heard something strange in the distance. A man on a megaphone was…
I Hate Starting New Games In RPGs
Is there anything more paralyzing than a blank slate?
Old-School Game Creators Want A Million Bucks (Or Two) To Make An Old-School RPG (Or Two)
Brenda Brathwaite made Wizardry, among other classic role-playing games. Tom Hall made Anachronox. They and their…
Half Minute Hero Won't Let Me Doom the World
Many role-playing games ask us if we want to save the world. Even the parody role-playing game Half Minute Hero, which I…
Why Aren't You Finishing Your Video Games?
In today's mostly complete episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Dodgerwd wonders if everyone is having the same…
A Rare Argument For More Linear Video Game Stories
One brilliant thing about video games is that they can react to what players do and have multiple endings. Books can't…
I Will Now Attempt To Explain A Battle System
Ladies and gentlemen of Kotaku, children of all ages. I will now attempt to explain to you the battle system in Sega…