actual play
The LEGO D&D special is pure marketing, but at least it’s good marketing
The special invites newcomers to tabletop and actual play, doing some good, some bad, and a little capitalism along the way (as a treat)
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tabletop
Munkao’s gorgeous, hornet-filled temple run demands cleverness to crawl through
An automata-filled, systems-agnostic dungeon crawl, Stirring the Hornet’s Nest at Het Thamsya layers fanaticism, Southeast Asian legend, and Buddhist histories within a claustrophobic setting.
tabletop
Coriolis: The Great Dark’s fascination with material triage creates desperate, stifling drama
The path to progress is littered with spent oxygen tanks.
actual play
Reinventing sci-fi: combining worlds and genres in Mekong
Queen’s Court Games’ Mekong blends Western space opera and Eastern mecha genre tropes to examine the Southeast Asian diaspora
actual play
Dimension 20 goes big time, with all the baggage Madison Square Garden brings
The live show marks an historic first appearance of actual play on the legendary stage, but do the venue's values align with Dimension 20’s?
tabletop
Rapscallion finally sets sail
For game writer, designer, and artist Whistler, queerness and piracy go hand in bloody hand.
tabletop
Pay no attention to the CEO behind the DM Screen
Hasbro leader Chris Cocks wears his tabletop bonafides like any other suit.
Lay it on the Table
Poor Things: starting a sex worker-led revolution through Blades in the Dark
How a very pretty film made me so angry it sparked a character and two articles
Public Articles
Watch Rascal's first live Q&A
Consider our brains thoroughly picked.
tabletop
Violence might be 25 years old but it’ll still kick your ass
“The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed” still contains relevant critiques of contemporary game design.
community
TTRPG TV Guide's creators believe in a Field of Dreams for Actual Play
India-based game designers Poorna M. and Armaan Babu want people to find your show somewhere other than Twitter.
Satire
Why do y’all hate tabletop RPGs?
Pouring a big ol’ cup of Amazon vitriol and sipping away.
Satire
What the fuck is actual play?
If it doesn’t come from the Critical Role region of Twitch, it’s just a sparkling improv game.
Public Articles
How to start game design discourse
It’s actually, like, super easy.
Lay it on the Table
Even in games built for silliness, I can’t get over myself
Being a goofy little guy is hard work and I’m not emotionally prepared for that kind of vulnerability.
actual play
Beyond the Brook is your inner child’s new favorite Actual Play
If you want a cozy AP that captures the magic of Over The Garden Wall, all you have to do is go Beyond the Brook.