culture
Tabletop journalism deserves better than this, and so do you
The industry fails one of its death saving rolls.
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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
video games
Bitchless in Faerûn
How I fumbled every baddie on the Sword Coast. Twice.
tabletop
The Glup Shitto-fication of Dungeons & Dragons
The new covers for D&D’s 2024 sourcebooks promise a future yoked to brand promotion.
tabletop
Independent, together: the IWGB opens its membership to tabletop creators
A handful of RPG designers join UK-based IWGB in a small but critical step towards growing union solidarity.
Public Articles
I didn’t think about tabletop games for 11 days, and so should you
The question of whether we can afford to step away from reality is a neoliberal trap.
Lay it on the Table
Organization is its own kind of game
My Blades in the Dark campaign, like most of my life, only functions because I have a Notion the size of Nebraska.
actual play
Killing a god and finding a friend at the end of the world
BlackwaterDND’s actual play, Godkiller Oblivion, shows the beauty in things falling apart.
tabletop
The Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG isn’t going to make anyone happy
With little to offer fans of the franchise and game design that leaves much to be desired, this game is an irredeemable disappointment.
tabletop
Star Trek Adventures eyes the final frontier (again)
An interview with two members of the Modiphius team about emotional combat, arc-based storytelling, and how to write a fanfiction generator.
tabletop
A new audience For The Queen
Darrington Press is one hell of a herald.
tabletop
You are The Darkness at the Brink of Ohio
Microcelebrity is horrifying, especially in Akron