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.

news

"Too bad, make it work": Unionizing staff describe crunch culture and creative oppression within Wizards of the Coast

UWOTC-CWA members are confident in their ability to organize their workforce, even without voluntary recognition.