tabletop
Eldritch Automata mechanizes the body horrific
Screw processing, punch the horrors of being alive directly in the face with a giant mecha fist, that’ll cure your depression for sure.
Latest Stories
interview
The Tabletop Game Designers Association offers education and protection for game designers
An interview with a co-founder of the newly-launched TTGDA on the power of sharing collective knowledge
Lay it on the Table
Identity is ever changing, vampires are forever
Memory’s a fickle thing when you’re wandering the Bloodbeam Badlands
community
Severe flooding endangers Brazil’s largest TTRPG publisher
Jambô Editora’s headquarters in Porto Alegra have “water from floor to ceiling”.
excerpt
Combat in Dungeons & Dragons
A short history of design trajectories.
tabletop
Exclusive: Paint the town (blood) red in this new sad vampire game
An interview with Zach Cox of SoulMuppet Publishing about vampires, mental health, and how to make characters dying really, really worth it.
community
8 trans games by trans artists in this trans rights charity bundle
Rue Dickey’s third annual Tabletop for Trans Rights Bundle is raising money for the Appalachian LGBTQ+ community
tabletop
Government suits roleplay World War III like murderhobos, because of course they do
Systems matter, especially in a game like War
Public Articles
Unionizing hobby stores in NYC say owners called their efforts “the absolute insanity of the woke”
Tabletop Workers United asks folks to sign a petition to bring Jon Freeman and Gregory May to the table in good faith.
excerpt
Hack the orcs, loot the tomb, and take the land
Reflections on settler colonialism, Indigeneity, and otherwise possibilities in "Dungeons & Dragons."
community
itch.io is the collective organizing platform we have, but is it the one we need?
A pattern of delays in communication and payment from itch.io have repeatedly left charity organizers and game sellers in the dark.
culture
The OGL is dead. Long live the OGL.
This ain’t a victory lap, it’s a cautionary tale.
actual play
Quinns Quest's Citizen Sleeper is an old-school actual play with some cybernetic enhancements
Quinns Quest has made his first venture into the realm of actual play—after saying he’d never do one.
updates
Changelog: Rascal 1.2
Updates, our upcoming pledge drive, Gen Con, and a reader survey!
culture
Letters from The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Linda and Rowan LARP as theater critics for a tame night of misadventure and not nearly enough mayhem to make it worth traveling into Times Square.
interview
The unwinnable resistance of Oceania 2084
War is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. I love Big Brother.