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Can't wait to get some time to play this one. 

Yes; I've added it to my wishlist. Sadly, the kotaku review was a bit lukewarm on the story. Said the art was (obviously) gorgeous, and the gameplay was solid, but that the story dragged. I'll still end up playing it though.

It's definitely worth a play. One of my favorite games I've found on Steam. It's my favorite genre (TRPGs) and has a story that was solid. It's also really challenging.

Browser-based emulator for old NES roms. Play all your old faves right in the browser. Thank Drew Glover for the tip. 

Play all the old Sega console games in a browser (if you're into that sort of thing). Thanks to Drew Glover for this walk down memory lane. 

"Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games"

Great site with older games at discount prices. Similar to Steam and Humble Bundle. Great deals on a lot of old faves and games that you probably never got around to playing. 

Here's the blog I mentioned at meeting #14. This guy plays and reviews board games that can be played solo. Pretty interesting.

"Eldritch Horror" for one. Dude's brave.

Hahah. This game evolves from 8-big graphics all the way to textured 3D as you level up. It's an RPG about the history of video games. 

This is very funny. I wish they had the old Ultima IV screen, though. That's the first one I remember playing.

This is the Diablo clone with giant skill web that I mentioned. Here's a link to the interactive skill web: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree Description from page: "Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. We're a small independent team of hardcore gamers based in New Zealand and have created Path of Exile as the game that we'd want to play ourselves."

Worth checking out for the mechanics it shares with your game (people as turn actions; building a family).

I've got the iPad version. It kind of... busy. I think it would be easier to follow if I'd played the table-top version first. I do like the people-as-turns model, though.

Classic D&D meets deck-building

I got my beta key for it last week. It's pretty fun. They've done a great job of mimicking the table-top game experience online. I like the way that a character is a pretty basic set of stats that level up as you advance, but that the real variability and strategy comes from the items that you equip your characters with in the form of action cards. So if you equip your mage with one wand, it will have 3-6 actions with it like lightening bolt or fireball. But a different item will have a different set of cards. So much of how you play depends on how you configure your items.

"Previous centuries have been defined by novels and cinema. In a bold manifesto we're proud to debut here on Kotaku, game designer Eric Zimmerman states that this century will be defined by games."

Here's Critter Forge, the game that my friend Lewis said he'd pay $100 for if they did a good update to it. 

I mentioned HabitRPG in a previous Wednesday night meeting. It's a "gamified" to-do list. I've been using it for everything from remembering to drink more water to getting specific tasks done on my game. It's been one of the best, most consistent motivators that I've ever found for encouraging good habits and discouraging bad. The mobile interface is a bit wonky, but they're working on it. The web interface is really the best way to manage it. I recommend the mobile mostly for logging completed tasks.  One nice feature of the game is the wide community of others working on tasks. You can join parties and guilds, and work together with others to complete quests and challenges. 

More of a rhythm game with RPG elements, but you play as a shop keeper who makes items based on requests of the heroes who visit your shop

Rhythm. Crafting. RPG. What a crazy combination!