Gaming Archives - Verner Entrekin

The Petal High School Chapter of the Illuminati

Jul 31, 2026 | Gaming

I’ve often said that tabletop games teach you things that have nothing to do with rolling dice or moving pieces around a board. Sometimes they teach strategy. Sometimes they teach teamwork. Sometimes they teach creative problem-solving. And occasionally…...

Gen Con Day One: Mutants, Munchkins, and Making New Friends

Jul 31, 2026 | Conventions, Gaming

There are moments that live up to decades of anticipation, and then there are moments that somehow manage to exceed it. My first full day at Gen Con was one of those days. For years I had dreamed of walking the halls of the convention I first discovered through those...

The Man Who Taught Us to Dream in Dice

Jul 27, 2026 | Conventions, Gaming

Every year on July 27, gamers around the world celebrate Gary Gygax Day. It’s a chance to remember a man whose imagination changed not only my life, but the lives of millions of people who have ever gathered around a table with dice, character sheets, and a...

A Forty-Year Journey to Gen Con

Jul 21, 2026 | Conventions, Gaming

Some trips take months to plan. This one has been over forty years in the making. Ever since I was a kid in the 1980s, I’ve wanted to go to Gen Con. Back then, I’d pore over the pages of Dragon magazine, dreaming about all the games I wanted to play and...