by Chris Noakes | 13 August 2025 | Resin, Tabletop |
So, here’s the thing about me… when I get excited about something I don’t do half-measures. I get invested, I get fixated, and I dive deep – I can’t help myself. Why I Fell in Love with Resin Dice Making I was searching for a creative outlet that produced...
by Chris Noakes | 07 May 2023 | Tabletop |
If you’ve played more than one ttrpg system you likely have mechanics you love in each, while simultaneously disliking other mechanics from the same system. I, for example, absolutely love the advantage/disadvantage mechanic from Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition… but...
by Chris Noakes | 23 November 2022 | Books, Roleplaying, Tabletop |
So… can we talk about what might be the best thing to happen to me in the last decade? Well, the best thing to happen to me in the last decade after meeting and marrying my person, and my granddaughter being born… but it’s a close third. Wizards of the Coast released...
by Chris Noakes | 18 May 2021 | Roleplaying, Tabletop |
First, a disclaimer: this is an entirely personal opinion that is definitely not meant to attack other systems… even if some of my reasoning is driven by comparisons to those other systems. If I do poke at any systems or their communities it is entirely in gest. I...
by Chris Noakes | 20 January 2021 | Tabletop, Roleplaying |
I still remember how I discovered tabletop roleplaying games. Late-eighties. I was in grade seven, maybe… being an attentive student was never my forte. I despised reading, avoided it with a passion, and I had a book report due. I remember wandering aimlessly through...
