There are a lot of game systems out there and many of them come preloaded with settings. But what happens when you want to play in a setting that doesn’t have a corresponding system? You improvise! Which is what...
High school is difficult for everyone. You’re trying to learn what school is trying to get you to know and how to interact with the world around you all while getting a better sense of the adult world, contemplating...
Howdy! I’ve got the itch to stat up famous, blue video game protagonists. This time around I’ve decided to stat up the Blue Bomber himself, Mega Man! The Mega Man series, other than just being a great series with...
No two PCs are alike. No two parties are the same. Optimization is a tricky subject to write about, especially when your game has as much content as Pathfinder First Edition. If you are looking for guidance as a...
Hello, and welcome to Guidance! I’m Alexander Augunas, the Everyman Gamer, and I LOVE adventure paths. I enjoy playing them with my friends, I enjoy running them for my friends, and I really enjoy reading them and seeing how...
I have long wanted one of those super deluxe game tables with the recessed play space. Alternately, I’ve been considering options to instead elevate the play space. Given that we live stream some of our tabletop games the raised...
Hello, hello! Today sees the release of the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie (the nicer looking one, not the one with the human teeth). While I’m not eager to see the movie any time soon, it does give me...
The motivation behind my mantra, that everyone games in different ways for different reasons, is rooted in my belief that to fulfill my role as fun facilitator, I must first understand why my players play the way they do....
Hey, Guidance fans! Welcome to Guidance. I’m Alex Augunas, the Everyman Gamer, and I’m going to do something today that I don’t do very frequently on my column; I’m going to give my opinion regarding something going on in...
Groundbreaking is meant to be a world building experience, and I like to think I have been providing a lot of different ideas and concepts, often from randomly (and possibly radically) different angles and directions. Sometimes they flow together...