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The envy of the students of Hogwarts from us Muggles is real. What do they have that we don't? Oh yes, magical abilities... Unfortunately, we can't...

Anyone who thinks that all nerds are the same has never witnessed a heated debate about whether D&D or Shadowrun is the better pen & paper role-pla...

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How Lovely are your… Harry Potter decorations?!This must be Dobby’s doing. Since he decorated the Room of Requi...

Writing letters seems to be an occupation of the last century. German government offices still use them today, but that rather confirms this statem...

In Diagon Alley, at the Burrow, and in the Great Hall on just about any occasion, Harry and his friends can find baked goods galore in the form of ...

The journey of the Fellowship, which sets out to destroy the One Ring and prevent the reign of terror of Sauron is not only dangerous and adventuro...

Battles make you thirsty, even if they are only fought with cards. To maintain concentration and not get dehydrated during an important game, it ma...

If you’ve ever played a pen-and-paper RPG or a good fantasy video game, you’ll have developed a healthy distrust of chests. Because it’s impossible...

Only one egg is left on the breakfast table. You look to your left ... You look to your right. Your family is fixating their greedy eyes on the per...

"The Lord of the Rings" has fascinated us nerds for generations. It's not just the detailed and diverse value of Middle-earth that inspires us, but...

The best scene in Harry Potter - both the books and the movies - is definitely when Harry decides to buy a piece of every single snack on the Hogwa...

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.Peter Jackson has taken this quote by Gandalf to heart and dedicated part of ...

In the fabulous world of Harry Potter, the owl Hedwig is truly a marvelous animal. With her intelligence and dedication, she becomes far more to Ha...

Even though you are well over eleven, you are still eagerly awaiting the letter to Hogwarts. You just don't want to accept that you will remain a s...

Steeping herbs, fruits and leaves in a hot liquid, grinding and boiling exotic beans, adding pinches of fine powder and other liquids as desired......

Everyone who grew up with the Harry Potter books and films remembers how painful it was not getting the long-awaited Hogwarts letter on their 11th ...

As we learned in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, students at Hogwarts have access to not only boring old showers but also luxurious baths with...

„It’s dangerous to cook alone!”: A saying that video game fans will definitely recognize! But it's not only important to have the right utensils fo...

Hogwarts founders Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff were of very different opinions when it came to the t...

If you have finally managed to get hold of a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts, you will first get a shopping list as long as your arm. Of course, y...

When autumn comes, it gets cold and nasty outside - the perfect weather for nerds. After all, we love to snuggle up indoors and play games, watch f...

These two tankards with the coats of arms of the houses Stark and Targaryen would also have made wonderful tableware at a wedding celebration. Unfo...

It is hard to imagine the world of "The Witcher" without inns. They are the place where Geralt lands new contracts, meets old friends or recuperate...

Speak friend and enter! Hmm, for some reason, that didn't work. Maybe you made a mistake while deciphering the runes on your front door. Well, you ...

As is well known, there are different types of players in pen & paper games: those who just want to have fun, those for whom role-playing is most i...

When it's cold and dreary outside again and the days are getting shorter, you want to make yourself especially cosy inside. A hobby cave would be t...

Thanks to the success of the Harry Potter books and films, platform 9 ¾ at King's Cross station in London has become a tourist attraction. This is ...

With 20,000 different cards and over 35 million players worldwide, Magic: The Gathering is a giant among collector card games. The premise sounds p...

Everybody knows Cluedo. This legend of a board game turns regular players into master investigators stepping into the footsteps of Hercule Poirot a...

What does a hero truly need? A magic sword, a mithril shirt and magical powers? Well, those and a proper jacket, of course. After all, what good is...

Calling The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt a "good" game would probably be the understatement of the century. After all, the third instalment of the video-ga...

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is, in fact, blue. And actually there are only four of him. Or rather three, after the card that Yugi Moto’s grandfather...

The pen & paper role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” has been around since 1975 – back in the day a completely new invention that paved the way f...

For Henry Cavill, what many gamers dream of has come true: he was allowed to slip into the skin of one of his favourite characters and make him rea...

Who hasn't experienced it: you just want to apparate home, but something goes wrong and you get stranded in the middle of a Muggle area! It's a goo...

To our surprise, even the world of wizards and witches involves dealing with rather mundane problems: plagued by money problems, the Sorting Hat fr...