Christopher Helton Archives

By Christopher Helton During the month of October, the minds of gamers tend to turn to thoughts of more scary games than they would normally play. Whether

By Christopher Helton This past week our weekly gaming group decided that it was time to start up a new game, playing the new edition of Dungeons &

By Christopher Helton It isn’t every day that a comic store makes it to twenty five years, and this past weekend local comic store Emerald City Comics

By Christopher Helton   Back at Gen Con, Pinnacle Entertainment Group announced that they were moving their Savage Worlds game books from having two sizes

By Christopher Helton Despite being one of the oldest tabletop roleplaying games on the market, Tunnels & Trolls has never really received a lot of

By Christopher Helton Pinnacle Entertainment Group and Visionary Comics have announced a transmedia partnership that will bring Pinnacle’s Deadlands

By Christopher Helton On the heels of the news that Days of Wonder had been acquired by board game company Asmodee, the company has announced the release

By Christopher Helton There is always demand for good tools that will help lighten the work load for a busy fantasy roleplaying game master. At Gen Con I

By Christopher Helton Now that we are a couple of episodes into the new Doctor Who series, I think that it is time to talk about something of great social

By Dan Taylor Hero Happy Hour… You may have heard of it. The independently self-published black & white comic book from GeekPunk that came out a dozen

By Christopher Helton The new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game has been rolling out over the last couple of months, first with the

By Jason Vey So here it is, August 2014, and I’m neck-deep in the first Kickstarter campaign related to a core game of my design: Troll Lord Games’

By Christopher Helton I want to get the hyperbole out of the way at the beginning of this: If Wayward, the new Image comic from Jim Zub and Steve Cummings

By Christopher Helton Fred Van Lente is a multi-faceted writer of comics, including the New York Times Best-selling Incredible Hercules, Marvel Zombies,

By Christopher Helton Big new today in tabletop gaming is the news that Asmodee has merged with Days of Wonder. While technically being called a merger,

By Christopher Helton And with day four, we wrap up our coverage of the “Best Four Days In Gaming.” According to the people running the convention, the

By Christopher Helton Day three of Gen Con was probably my busiest day at the convention. I talked with a lot of people and was able to meet some

By Christopher Helton The second day of Gen Con was a busy one, busier than the previous day. More people were milling about the convention center. The

By James Edward Raggi IV Lamentations of the Flame Princess is running a crowdfunding campaign where you Pay What You Want for a full color hardcover

By Christopher Helton Thursday was the first day of Gen Con, even though after travel time, it was only a half day for me. Despite jet lag, a lack of food

By Christopher Helton Gen Con may not have officially started, but the Bleeding Cool coverage has been going on for a few weeks now. While today was

By Christopher Helton The Valiant Universe roleplaying game is out from Catalyst Game Labs and Valiant Entertainment. Based on the Cue System rules

By Christopher Helton Gen Con is all about the gaming. Each year people file into the exhibitor’s hall looking for the hot new game, or to fill those

By Christopher Helton If you are looking for a bit of culture while you are at Gen Con next weekend, try checking out the Otherworld Theatre performance

By Christopher Helton This past Sunday I spent a day at the Tampa Bay Comic Con with my brother and a friend. The convention has been going for a couple

By Christopher Helton Gen Con is coming in a week and a half. Over the last month a lot of things have been filtering through my email about the

By Gary Reed It’s amazing how the perception of Kickstarter has changed since it first started.  When I first started hearing about it, I was like many in

By Christopher Helton When your first complaint about a new comics is “man, that was too short” that bodes well for the issue, right? It does for The

By Christopher Helton Early Monday morning, the blog at the ENnies website announced this year's ENnie Award nominees. The list is long, and there are a

By Christopher Helton Just before the fireworks of the American Independence Day you may have heard a shot fired off. That was the opening volley in the