Author Archives: GirlsGetGaming

Podcast Episode 3- 50% women!

Posted on February 16, 2016 by GirlsGetGaming

ttp://www.podbean.com/media/player/2xeuy-5cb23e Show notes: We played Betrayal at House on the Hill in our first Table Top Tuesday. Don’t Starve:Shipwrecked Pandemic:Cthulu Aether Captains on Kickstarter (since cancelled) Why Undertale is the BEST GAME EVAH!!!

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Podcast Episode 2 – What is Tic Tac Toe?

Posted on February 8, 2016 by GirlsGetGaming

http://www.podbean.com/media/player/s4pu8-5c78b4 What is Tic Tac Toe anyway? Table Top Tuesday in the Black Sheep in Dublin, Ireland!!! The Division. I was talking about APB! Super expensive Cast Metal Dice. Chinese New Year in Heroes of the Storm. Civilization the Boardgame.

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5 Reasons You Should Play Heroes Of The Storm.

Posted on February 5, 2016 by GirlsGetGaming

  If you’re a long time fan of Blizzard games it should have been no surprise when they expanded their already amazing and broad franchises by adding a MOBA, HOTS and now a shooter, Overwatch. I’m not here to talk … Continue reading →

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No Touching: Should Parlor LARPs ban contact?

Posted on September 29, 2015 by GirlsGetGaming

Most of my role play experiences involve sitting around a table describing the story and slipping into character for dialogue.  I do, however, love a con game and, thanks to Team Coffey and Ice Cream, I’ve had even more opportunities … Continue reading →

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Fight Club 3 for Pathfinder – Character Sheets are Obsolete!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by GirlsGetGaming

It’s been quite a while, but we’re starting up a D&D, Pathfinder session again.  A friend is coming over to the Girls Get Gaming house once a week to run it for us, and since we’re all a bit rusty … Continue reading →

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Ireland Cosplay Convention

Posted on July 7, 2015 by GirlsGetGaming

This year was the return of Irelands foremost Cosplay Convention to the Red Cow Hotel. The Convention was packed with con-goes, artist selling their wares and doing on the spot commissions and number of small businesses pimping their work, such as … Continue reading →

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Transylvania Curses and Traitors – Let’s Play Board Games

Posted on June 30, 2015 by GirlsGetGaming

Not a bad game on the first play through.  Easy to pick up and simple to explain.  Good keys, good art, good gender diversity, almost no racial diversity at all.  The character designs were pretty hit and miss.  Apparently, the … Continue reading →

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Betrayal at House on the Hill – Review

Posted on May 30, 2015 by GirlsGetGaming

Betrayal at House on the Hill is a semi cooperative horror board game by Avalon Hill and Wizards of the Coast. The players begin by exploring a modular haunted house, hoping to gain abilities and items to increase their chance of survival. Some of the room tiles hold Omens, powerful items and followers that also have a chance at triggering the haunting. The special thing about Betrayal is that there are fifty hauntings to trigger, all with their own characters and mechanics. After about a dozen plays, I haven’t experienced the same game twice. Continue reading →

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Sword and Sworcery EP – Review

Posted on April 14, 2015 by GirlsGetGaming

About a week ago I was lying in bed, awake but not ready to get up yet so I pulled out my iPad and went in search of a new RPG to try.  There are a lot of repurposed old … Continue reading →

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Never Alone (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa) – Review

Posted on March 30, 2015 by GirlsGetGaming

Never Alone is a narrative platformer developed by Upper One Games, an indigenous games company belonging to the Cook Inlet Tribal Council in Alaska.  Iñupiat elders were at the heart of the writing, collaborating with the developers to portray a … Continue reading →

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