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Bump In The Dark is a deeply American tale of survival and the supernatural
First, the factories and mines shut down. Then, the monsters came.
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Warhammer
Armageddon out of the Warhammer 40,000 coverage game
Final Liberation*
news
United WOTC officially elected in a NLRB vote count
The MTG: Arena team is now full of card-carrying union members.
news
At Origins, Apocalypse World inducted into Hall of Fame, Land of Eem wins RPG of the Year
Also: Chaosium wins for best supplement and Wayne Reynolds joins a highly select group of fellow artists.
reading club
Reading Club: Stonetop
Ending our GMing season by going home.
features
Fighting for yourself
Emergent stakes, creating the character at the table, and finding risk in Under Hollow Hills.
backerkit
Designers support BackerKit's collab-funding, say there's no crowdfunding fatigue
Creators believe the benefits of group crowdfunding outweigh the cons.
People Make Games
Lessons on play from Jerry Gretzinger and his ever-expanding map
A world composed of more than 4,000 individual paintings arose from the act of ritual play.
podcasts
Radio Hour: Documents and Daggers
The best defense is a good offensive backstab.
tabletop
As union loses 20% of membership to layoffs, Paizo’s CEO shares his concerns for the future of the company
“The loss from 2025 has happened, and no matter what happens, that can't be fixed.”
tabletop
Top 10 inspiring quotes from the first TTRPG Manifesto Jam
I don’t always do listicles but when I do, they’re the most pretentious listicles around.
features
First ever Jubenshacon scripts a murderously successful and sold out debut
Another milestone in the story of the Chinese genre's international crossover.
news
Paizo lays off 12 employees in the fallout of Diamond Comics’ bankruptcy
The Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher seeks to rebuild book trade as union protections soften blow to staff.
podcast
Talkback: Burning Wheel
The Rascal Reading Club rides again.
features
Twenty years and two editions later, Heroes of Horror still offers scary good advice
From campaign advice to corruption, D&D 3.5e’s ghoulish guide was anything but a throwaway supplement.
features
Tabletop Bookshelf built its brick-and-mortar future out of past goodwill
For owner Tom Gibes, Milwaukee's first independent RPG bookstore is a testament to lifting up small, passionate tabletop creators.