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Category Archives: Site News
The Border House Wants You (to write for us!)
It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means we’re coming up on a third anniversary for the site. Wow, has it been that long? I’m fascinated by its growth over the past few years and really enjoy the community we’ve built up here. … Continue reading
Your BorderJam 2012 Games
Below is a list of games made during the 2012 TBH Game Jam and submitted to the editors. If you submitted your game and it is not on the list, please send it in again! We have been having some … Continue reading
#BorderJam: Thanks for Participating!
The first-ever TBH Game Jam has officially ended. I wanted to thank everyone who participated and who spread the word about the event. There are just a few things I wanted to make sure everyone saw about the end of … Continue reading
The TBH Game Jam Has Begun!
If you’re reading this, then the first-ever Border House Game Jam has officially begun everywhere in the world! Your goal: make a game in Twine. Submit your game HTML file or a link to your game to editors@borderhouseblog.com by midnight … Continue reading
The First Border House Virtual Game Jam Starts THURSDAY!
I’d like to invite all Border House readers and authors to participate in the community’s first-ever game jam, beginning this Thursday! What is a game jam? If you don’t know what a game jam is, basically it is an event … Continue reading
Podcasts are down, we’re investigating!
Just wanted to drop everyone a note to let you all know that we’re aware the podcasts are down and we’re investigating what is going on. Don’t panic! We’ll get it resolved soon
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Community Event: Roleplaying Campaign
You asked for it and so it will happen. The campaign will be a custom-made superhero setting based on the Savage Worlds rules. Don’t worry if you are not familiar with these rules, as they are quite simple as roleplaying … Continue reading
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Community Update
Playing multiplayer games without some asshole spoiling your fun is rather difficult, as I am sure many of us know. While it is not possible to completely eliminate their presence, the community facilities (I like to pretend we’re a fortress) … Continue reading
Guild Wars 2 with The Border House and Praxis
guest post by Dee As many of you are probably aware, the first public beta of Guild Wars 2 is running this weekend, beginning Friday, April 27, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and ending Sunday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. PDT … Continue reading
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The Border House Podcast – Episode 6: Safe Spaces
At long last, the latest episode of The Border House Podcast! We’re changing up the format to be a monthly release and hopefully tackle more serious and current topics to make each especially worth it. Anna and Kim join … Continue reading
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