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Hasbro will need more than video game execs before “going all in” on digital play
Art is made by people, preferably not laid off in four-figure droves.
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Memories are not always lost, sometimes they are taken
momatoes’ Farewell, Good Night is an ethereal exploration of health care, identity, and power.
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Leo brings main character energy to every table
✨ brat, hot to go, kira kira ✨
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Age of Sigmar: Skaventide delivers damn good Warhammer
Rats entertainment.
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A high-octane meditation on player agency
Episode 4 of Never Stop Blowing Up is a Fast & the Furious parody with a little game theory on the side.
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Views of a Sandersonian carnival from the parking lot
A first look at the Stormlight RPG holds its best cards too close to the chest.
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Chaosium brings actual play to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
In partnership with Scottish institutions, the Call of Cthulhu publisher will host two shows at the famous avant-garde showcase.
community
Lack of diversity in tabletop’s biggest award isn’t that hard to judge
Director says “daunting” obligation received a single BIPOC candidate for 2025, who withdrew their application
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The Neopets RPG doesn’t need mechanics, just your money
If you’ve got the license for a nostalgic mid-aughts IP, the best thing to do is crowdfund a TTRPG.
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LARPing on the edge of nuclear apocalypse
An interview with the designers of Eyeball to Eyeball: The Cuban Missile Crisis.
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MTG Foundations monetizes decades-old Magic: The Gathering on-ramps
The free thing was good, but what if it cost money?
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Wizards of the Coast appoints World of Warcraft veteran John Hight as president
Hight’s decades of video game experience fits the analog company’s dubious digital aspirations.
actual play
Mechanics, murder, and more than a few non sequiturs
The third episode of Never Stop Blowing Up starts in the middle of an assassination attempt on Jack Manhattan. Oddly appropriate timing.
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Playing games during an attempted assassination
A story I will be telling until the end of time
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Update: World of Darkness shitposter promptly returns from 100,000-hour ban, but not unchanged
“Couldn’t you just chill? Did you really have to be like that, all the time?”
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But I don’t have any money: Actual Play and Porn
I’m so sorry, this never happens at my home game.