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Kahn is the creator of If I Were a Lich, Man, a trilogy of humorous games whose name is a mashup between a “Fiddler on the Roof” song and an undead character, the lich.

Running a not-so-Zagat-rated deli, dropping into a Chinese restaurant for Christmas Eve dinner and acting out a bat mitzvah that involves a vampire — for contemporary board game fans, those can be all in an evening’s play.

It's that time again — the judges' scores and comments are in, and we've selected the winners of our third annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It's 1925! As you know, we asked game designers of all stripes to submit new creations based on works published in 1925 that entered the public domain in…

Posts about gaming like its 1925 written by Leigh Beadon

It's that time again — the judges' scores and comments are in, and we've selected the winners of our third...

Remembering Grußau is perhaps to call it a guided reflection on a piece of artwork — specifically, the 1925 painting of the same name by the Jewish surrealist painter Felix Nussbaum — and its meaning within the greater context of history, and the artists life and eventual murder in the Holocaust. The game is simple, focused, and highly effective in prompting the player to meaningfully engage with the subject matter in a deeply personal way. A big part of how it accomplishes this is by inv...

Play Chanukah goblins and shoot jelly doughnuts   Max Fefer of Oakland is the designer of Chanukah Goblins, a new tabletop role-playing game. (J., The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) - Heres something to do during the long nights of Chanukah under lockdown - become a goblin with a jelly doughnut launcher. Thats one option if you play Chanukah Goblins, a tabletop role-playing game by the indie game designer Max Fefer that makes its debut on Thursday, the holidays first night. Some...

71 shares Hanukkah Goblins is based on Eric Kimmel’s classic children’s book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. (Art/Kali Hayes, KH Illustration/ via JTA) J., The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA — Here’s something to do during the long nights of Hanukkah under lockdown: become a goblin with a jelly doughnut launcher. That’s one option if you play Hanukkah Goblins, a tabletop role-playing game by the indie game designer Max Fefer that makes its debut on Thursday, the ho...

The 5 Towns Jewish Times December 9, 2020 Hanukkah Goblins is based on Eric Kimmel’s classic children’s book "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins." (Art/Kali Hayes, KH Illustration) (J., The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — Here’s something to do during the long nights of Hanukkah under lockdown — become a goblin with a jelly doughnut launcher. That’s one option if you play Hanukkah Goblins, a tabletop role-playing game by the indie game designer Max Fefer t...