features
Under the Dice keeps tabletop conventions small, local, and human
A DIY event for a DIY hobby.
new games
After Grimwild’s creator disappeared, the RPG’s community banded together to design their own free edition
Stepping into JD Maxwell’s shoes, and out of his shadow.
news
Itch.io frames inundation of "slop" games as spam problem, not generative AI problem
While the platform deleted added user-facing filters, it issued no ban on AI-generated games.
podcast
Reading Club: Realis
Fire the anti-canons.
features
Eldritch Automata rises from the wreckage
After Gehenna Gaming failed to deliver on the author’s original crowdfunding campaign, Nick Francia has launched a rescue campaign.
new games
Kenna Alexander and Shanna Germain team up to adapt the award-winning Between Earth and Sky series
Rebecca Roanhorse’s unique world full of political intrigue and epic fantasy is coming to the table.
news
Hasbro appoints Dan Ayoub as Wizards of the Coast’s new president
Ayoub will accept Hasbro CEO’s charge to “develop our people” amidst a fervor of unionization.
new games
In A Fool’s Errand, the fate of both gods and player characters is all in the cards.
A tarot RPG driven by interpretation and cosmic fallout.
features
In The Pines is funny, scary, and a little bit fucked up
But maybe the real gender-horror is what happens outside the game.
gut check
What Is The OSR, or How Discourse Would Be Better If You Tried Googling It
Seriously.
features
Mark Diaz Truman explains how Magpie Games changed over the last decade
As Masks turns 10, a candid conversation about the publisher’s artistic choices and compromises.
Rascal Radio
Radio Hour: A Grab is Better Than a Click, and a Treat is better than a Trick, feat. Eryk Sawicki
Plus, the Carrot Cake diplomatic maneuver.
new games
World of Styria turns a 39-year home campaign into a Pathfinder 2e setting book
After four decades of collaborative play, designer Sutton Moore is releasing his world to the public.