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Editor-in-Chief, Tabletop for Gaming Trend and lover of vinyl, comics, and Ween

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Mike Dunn’s Biography

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Mike Dunn has been a writer, reviewer, producer, podcaster, videographer, designer, and leader at Gaming Trend for the entirety of its nearly twenty year existence and even part of it’s pre-existence as a console only gaming site. Much of that time was spent with video games, but for the last five years he has headed up Gaming Trend’s tabletop beat, following his mission to give tabletop the shine that video games have enjoyed, and discovering that is where his heart truly was all along.

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Mike Dunn’s Journalist Portfolio

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There’s quite a few things you could say about Gen Con this year, but the one thing everyone can agree on was…

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Jeremy Crawford talks Planescape, the multiverse, and next year's rules revisions

Jeremy Crawford talks Planescape, the multiverse, and next year's rules revisions

It's been a while since Dungeons & Dragons made an official appearance at Gen Con, and while this year it was…

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Mistwind preview - Come for the flying whales, stick around for the clever action system

Mistwind preview - Come for the flying whales, stick around for the clever action system

Recently, we got to spend a lot of time with a much more polished prototype, and I’m happy to report that eve…

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We get lost in Stonemaier's Expeditions-GAMA Expo 2023 preview

We get lost in Stonemaier's Expeditions-GAMA Expo 2023 preview

One of the most hotly anticipated games of the year is Stonemaier Games' Expeditions, the standalone sequel t…

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An Age Contrived preview - A triumph in form and function

An Age Contrived preview - A triumph in form and function

An Age Contrived, a game created by a fledgling studio on its first crowdfunding campaign, is exceptionally b…

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Jason Matthews on the history of history gaming

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By Mike Dunn Verified, Sean Brown, Mark Streed
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It's Twilight Struggle's 20th anniversary! Did you know Twilight Struggle, the Cold War 'wargame' that dominated the BGG top 100 for years is twenty years old this year? We got to chat with Jason Matthews the co-designer of the classic about the history of the game, historical games as a genre, and almost managed to not dip into politics (hey, it isn't much! promise!) Oh, and there is a GIANT Twilight Struggle he's bringing to cons these days...
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Day one of Gen Con 2026

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By Mike Dunn Verified, Nick Dubs
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Scott Brady talks about his designs and inspirations

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By Mike Dunn Verified, Mark Streed, Sean Brown
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Scott Brady talks about his designs and inspirations And behold his wall of components! VIDEO Scott Brady has designed and co-designed several of the most compelling games of the last few years and shares with us some behind-the-scenes info on how they got made and his design process in general. Learn how even the Covid pandemic couldn't keep Hues & Cues from becoming a smash hit! Hear the origins of the thinky cat game boop. and it's many spin-offs. Marvel at Scott's wall of components!
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What was your first job as a journalist?

GamingTrend

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

It isn't good