Posts by: Hylke Langhout
Lemnis Gate impressions: A solid shooter that lacks a compelling hook
Time loop. Advisory: The game featured in this article is rated T for violence. For my first foray into Lemnis Gate‘s beta I played against myself. I wanted to get a feel for the characters
Opinion: Lessons learned from a three year D&D campaign
Roll tide. In 2017 I began running what would become a three year long Dungeons and Dragons campaign, one that promised to be weird, dangerous, and require great thought. My friends were up to the
D&D: The importance of ‘Session Zero’
Starting off on the right foot. The idea of a formal ‘Session Zero’–an initial meeting where the ground rules are laid out for campaign based games like Dungeons & Dragons–hasn’t been around for that long.
Opinion: Game criticism needs to do better
Deep dives don’t always generate an audience. Hylke Langhout is the former curator of Good Games Writing, our parent, and includes himself in the discussion below. Games criticism needs to move past its formalistic approach
Criticizing Monster Hunter: World’s Trophy Hunt
Big game hunting. Dramatic upheavals in the behavior of the Elder Dragons–fierce creatures perhaps best described as forces of nature–have resulted in you being sent to investigate what’s happening in the New World. For reasons
Five Dungeons & Dragons alternatives you can play online
More options than you can shake a stick at. Seriously. Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition is the most popular tabletop roleplaying game on the planet and it’s probably not especially close. Between being owned by
