tabletop
Why do people love to hate Shadowrun?
A long-form exploration of corporations, cyberpunk, and elves.
Latest Stories
tabletop
Laura Lang brings user-experience design to craft an adventure for new players
More like "use your experience", am I right?
tabletop
Blinking Birch Puzzle Hunt 2025 puts your TTRPG knowledge to the test
Bringing the community together through puzzle hunting.
tabletop
Chris Spivey and Shane Ivey on organizing the future of Arc Dream
"The obstacle is going to be giving Shane two jobs and saying he can't do the other five or six.”
culture
Game designers are experiencing persistent payout issues from itch.io
The indie platform’s payout delays are a symptom of a bigger issue.
miniatures
UPDATED: The Grim & The Dark provides a concise introduction to the most overused term in miniatures
Gently Blanched.
Rascal Radio
Fear of Hights
And our fantasy heartbreaker predictions.
culture
Diamond distributors levy adversary lawsuits against tabletop RPG, comic publishers
Delays in bankruptcy proceedings leaves everyone bleeding time and money.
tabletop
London board game cafe workers to strike throughout October
Draughts workers unionized with United Voices of the World want an end to zero-hour contracts, among other demands.
tabletop
Zephyr’s sweeping art brings an alien world to life
How Federico Sohns went from learning to paint to illustrating a whole book.
miniatures
Planet Shark’s creators want their bite-sized game to be more than extremely cute predators
Jawsome!
culture
Games aren’t too violent — they don’t make us think about violence enough
Would an anti-wargame have less war or more?
itch bundle
Game designers raise funds for Palestinians via Play for Peace Bundle
Putting games and art together for Palestinian aid.
culture
Crowdfunding kayfabe is dead
Troika! publisher Melsonia retires its Kickstarter-green trunks and exits the ring.
culture
The history of RPGs, one hour at a time
Anna Anthropy talks about the laborious but rewarding process of condensing historically important RPGs into classroom sessions.
tabletop
Academic Press To Release Physical Version of Mountain Witch
Tim Hutchings leads new series that includes Dog Eat Dog and Princess With A Cursed Sword.