Behind the GM screen (part II): Maps

In the ongoing series about what’s happening behind the GM screen, I now would like to say something about maps, and especially on using the Roll20-webpage with maps. Maps are of course essential for almost any roleplay game, and this is definitively the case with Pathfinder. This is of course not hard to understand, the

Chess Olympiad starts on friday

The 42nd Chess Olympiad starts Friday the 2nd September. This year the Olympiad is held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and a total of 182 teams from 176 countries are registered for the open section and 141 teams for 137 countries in the women’s section. Sadly Armenia is not participating (due to the strained

What I’m watching – TV-part

As I did a movie-update on Wednesday, I thought I had to follow it up with a television part. As previously mentioned, I don’t have the time to watch many series, and frankly, there aren’t that many series I find interesting. If I have time, I prefer to watch anime (I have a scary long

What I’m watching – movie-part

I guess it’s time to give a short update on the movie and TV front. This category isn’t the most frequently updated here on Tabletopcave, but it’s nice to at least have a few posts under my belt. Since the day only has 24 hours, and between taking care of two young labrador retrievers (my

Behind the GM screen (part 1): The Beginning

The last 25 years I’ve played various rpg, both as a player and a dm/gm/keeper.  How often we play have fluctuated through the years, but the last two years we’ve played Pathfinder (the evolved version of 3.5 D&D published by Paizo) rather regularly*. Currently I’m the Gamemaster (gm) for the adventure path Carrion Crown, and

Sinquefield cup – predictions

The next leg of the Grand Chess Tour starts  Friday 5th August in Saint Louis with the Sinquefield cup, a 10 player-round robin tournament and the first classic chess in this year’s Grand Chess Tour.  With  about 20 hours left before the first moves are made, here are my thoughts concerning the players and my

The review team is revealed

There are plenty of tabletop reviews out there, and many ways to convey what a reviewer thinks about a game, from podcasts to blogs, from vlogs to magazines.  The plan is to make pretty straightforward tabletop reviews a regular feature here at Tabletop Cave, and I’ll try to keep a schedule with at least 1

Why write about chess

Well, the obvious answer is “why not write about chess”? As a Norwegian it’s hard not to take some notice to the chess world. Magnus Carlsen, world no. 1 and reigning world champion, is of course the main reason we Norwegians went chess-mad autumn 2013 during the first wc-match between Carlsen and Anand. An event

Norway – a chess-mad country

In the wake of Magnus Carlsen rise to the become the current world champion in chess there have been a gigantic boom of interest in chess in his home-country of Norway. It started with the unlikely tv-success of the world championship match between Carlsen and Anand in 2013. Suddenly “everybody” followed the moves from Chennai,

We’re open!

Welcome to Tabletop Cave! This is a webproject by a thirty-something Norwegian with a master’s degree in film science and a passion for tabletop games, rpg and anime. You can follow me on twitter: Axel Sandaas @tabletop_cave. The posts will be in english and in advance; pardon any language gaffes. The main focus while be