This week was Veterans’ Day, and a time for giving thanks for those who served this country. There was a time when I visited the VA Hospital in the Bronx, where I visited my father (a Marine). I got in the habit of visiting even after my father passed to see some of the vets I got to meet, along with Vietnam veterans whom I knew from school back in the day. 

The sun shone bright over the Hudson, the air carried that crisp early-fall energy, and every so often the wind decided to remind us who’s boss with a playful gust or two.

Tabletop gaming is more than dice rolls, cards, and miniatures—it’s a living ecosystem of personalities, strategies, and shifting energies.