Abby Zarakovich

Abby Zarakovich

Working on an MBA in Business Administration. Fan of Boardgames, RPGS, and various other media.

Ancient Board Games: Chaturanga

History: This game from 6th century India is believed to be the ancestor of chess and other games (worldwide!) like it. There are a few things that set Chaturanga aside from modern chess. For one thing, unlike modern chess, this…

Castle Flipper

Castle Flipper is a Building and Decorating Simulator for medieval castles! This game isn’t just castles, either: it also includes the surrounding land, and  sheds, barns, huts, houses, mansions, palaces and even pirate ships! This game takes place in the…

Ancient Board Games: Royal Game of Ur

A game like this, from 2600 BC, is full of intrigue. This delicately carved block of stone, with flowers and markings etched into the rock, sings to played again. A 4×3 board is connected to a 2×6 board with 2…

Basic Map making – the absolute minimum

As a DM, you lead your fellow players in the adventure of a lifetime! And you can’t do that without a setting for your adventurers to traverse! There a Few ways to do this, like always! Base it off of…

START AGAIN: a prologue

How do you feel about Time loops, dear reader? Does the monotony of the same day over and over and over bore you to tears? Or does the hope to fix your mistakes blind you to the truth that the…

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

With an art style taken straight out of middle-aged engravings, this game is a fun twist on the recipe-style order games that litter both the mobile market and early 2000’s PC games. In it you can create your own recipes,…

How to Build a Big Bad Villain

There are a few ways to create the ultimate evil for your DnD (or other media) game! The Standard Choose from the prototypes of any popular mass media for the skeleton to build your villain off of! The common tropes…

Rail Route: The Train Dispatcher Simulator Game

Early Access on June 23 Hypnotizing with it’s elegant minimalism, the spray of numbers and times across the screen a soothing balm to the organized mind. It’s the base form of a puzzle game, meant to challenge you and engage…

Setting the Stage: How to prep for your first DnD session

Your Stuff Ready by session One: Basic World building: Major locations and the breadcrumbs that will lead your players there. Some starter quest for your players to introduce them to the world or situations you want them to face. This…

Sherwood Extreme

A free-to-play spin on the classic Robin Hood tale, Sherwood merges it with what any love about modern PvP games. Building on the aesthetics of Middle Ages Europe, Sherwood is rendered in stylized polygons, with a wide range of customization…