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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)
Rowan Zeoli
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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
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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?
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
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
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.
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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.
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Make the worlds (and jobs) you want to see
Join The Party’s new miniseries shows a different, sustainable side to making D&D actual play
community
COVID has changed TTRPGs, have we changed with it?
It’s dangerous to go alone…and unprotected. You should still be wearing a mask to big events.
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The unsung intrepid hero of Dimension 20
If you love Dimension 20, it’s probably because of Orion D Black.
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GUDIYA: The horrors of being Bluebeard's latest plaything
Using Magpie Games’ Bluebeard’s Bride, this award-winning actual play is the closest I’ve seen to an AP art film (so far)
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Making the most of your One Shot
A conversation about community, creation, and activism with the new host of the One Shot podcast, Dillin Apelyan
Lay it on the Table
We Are All Talking To Ourselves: My Toxic Relationship To D&D 5e
I keep trying to get out, but they keep pulling me back in.
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What Is the Future of Dimension 20?
With huge production jumps being taken every season, Dimension 20 Series Producer and Co-Executive Producer Carlos Luna wants to be sure the show doesn’t “get lost in its own sauce.”
The rascals full Daggerheart chargen playtest
This video is an exclusive Party Member and Paragon subscriber perk.
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Daggerheart’s first go at chargen doesn’t fully integrate its inspirations
The Rascal team works through the playtest packet and learns that a family can be two monkeys, a walking fungus, and a showpony automaton.