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(Images courtesy of Max Fefer and Hit Point Press/Design by Mollie Suss)
Posted inCulture

With goblins, spellcasters and holiday heroes, board game makers are imagining new Jewish worlds

by Lindsay Eanet May 12, 2023

(JTA) — Running a not-so-Zagat-rated deli, dropping into a Chinese restaurant for Christmas Eve dinner and acting out a bat mitzvah that involves a vampire — for contemporary board game fans, […]

Brenda Romero's "Train" is a board game about complicity during the Holocaust. (Photo/John McKinnon)
Posted inGames

A bestselling novel, a Holocaust-themed game, and accusations of ‘uncredited work’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 27, 2023March 29, 2023
Players of games like the massively popular "Call of Duty" can often be subjected to "white supremacist ideologies" from other players, according to a new ADL report.
Posted inCulture

ADL: One in five adults is exposed to white supremacist ideologies while gaming

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 9, 2022December 12, 2022
Doan Trang's cover art for Raphael Falk's "Lucid: Sea of Dreams" roleplaying game
Posted inGames

Enter a ‘sea of dreams’ in Jewish-themed role-playing game

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 1, 2022
An all-rabbi Dungeons & Dragons campaign pits a diverse group of Jewish clergy against skeletons, giants and other fantasy creatures. (Photo/JTA-Screenshot)
Posted inGames

Dungeons & Dragons has united a diverse group of rabbis. But their commitment to social justice has faced a challenge.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA September 9, 2021
Game designer Max Fefer based Hanukkah Goblins on Eric Kimmel’s classic children’s book, "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins." (Art/Kali Hayes, KH Illustration)
Posted inHolidays

Take on the Hanukkah goblins in Oakland designer’s new tabletop game

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 8, 2020December 9, 2020
A screenshot from a Lost Tribe Esports tournament where participants played Rocket League, a game in which flying cars play soccer. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Jewish and into video games? There’s an esports league for that.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

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