Lay it on the Table
The Dead Queen’s raiment
For The Queen made a plea unto the Giants, bearing her Sword, Crown, Mask, and Voice on the journey.
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community
Bitcherton, please
An interview with the cast of Bitcherton on crowdfunding their improvised Regency comedy podcast
Public Articles
Teamwork and therapy built Kids in Capes
Austin Taylor continues to discuss the development of the upcoming young superhero tabletop RPG and how their other job bleeds over into game design.
tabletop
Kids in Capes is the adolescent-led RPG’s most ambitious genre superleap, yet, by its most ambitious team
In this first of a two-part interview, Austin Taylor discusses combat systems, remote team work, and why Recess is a secret superhero cartoon.
community
Tabletop Workers United negotiations stalled by lawyer’s belligerence and subsequent vacation
Hex & Co’s desire to speed up the bargaining process has been stymied by ownership’s obstinate and outright hostile legal counsel
actual play
Dimension 20 knows that iteration is how the hobby—and the industry—evolves.
Kids on Bikes isn’t built to support Actual Play; but a hack of it could be fit to purpose.
tabletop
Artificial product, artificial hype: the saga of Wonders of the First’s AI art and NFT-powered CCG
$1.25 million in funding, a Kickstarter cancellation, and likely brigading bans, all in the name of creating the collector’s perfect card game. Or so one Web3 evangelist says.
actual play
Buzzfeed’s first actual play blends D&D with Saturday Morning Cartoons
Magic & Stuff is an all-queer, all-femme animated twist on a classic AP format
actual play
Godkiller: Last Hope is the beginning of a new cycle for Transplanar
Connie Chang and Sea Thomas’ first in-studio foray is a divine cinematic experience
tabletop
Despite releasing in 2020, Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast is finally, truly out
Jay Dragon believes the physical book represents a final, definitive vision for Possum Creek’s latest tabletop RPG.
culture
Tabletop journalism deserves better than this, and so do you
The industry fails one of its death saving rolls.
community
The battle for RPG discovery will happen at Friendly Local Games Stores
We ride at dawn. Or at 10 AM, when the doors open.
interview
How Encounter Party won over TV audiences
Brian David Judkins and Ned Donovan set their sights on getting an Emmy for Actual Play
Lay it on the Table
I’m the least excited member of my weekly RPG group, and that’s okay
My biggest foe yet is social anxiety.
tabletop
Launching the Mothership
How Tuesday Knight Games built an indie tabletop RPG darling, and why the Deluxe Box took three years to release.
community
Can anyone make a living in tabletop and actual play?
A study by Dr. Emily Friedman and Carson Barnes wants to pull back the curtain on labor in TTRPGs