features
Path Apparatus tackles lifepath systems through scholarship and play
We discuss how lifepath games invite introspection and imagination.
Thomas Manuel
A journalist, playwright and game designer from India. He's the host of the Yes Indie'd podcast and the writer of the weekly Indie RPG Newsletter.
features
Before larp arrived, Australians had their own brand of freeform roleplaying
Wordplay, down under.
news
The big announcements from GenCon 2026 [with sparkling analysis]
It's only commentary if it's from the Indianapolis region.
features
Larping Cthulhu-style
How the HP Lovecraft Historical Society dressed up, solved mysteries, and lost their minds having fun
new games
Creators of the Strange Studies of Strange Stories podcast are betting on audio guides to set their new horror RPG apart
Funnelling hundreds of episodes of genre analysis into ten impossible tales.
news
Finland recognizes roleplaying as living heritage and culture worth preserving
Tabletop RPGs join pies, puppetry, and playing in the snow.
new games
Intergalactic Bastionland will be funnier and weirder than you expect
Chris McDowall’s follow-up to Mythic Bastionland charts a startling, unique course.
reading club
Talkback: Stonetop
The end of the first season is one of our best episodes yet.
new games
Sneak Peek: Shawn Tomkin is reimagining Ironsworn for a new “alternate edition”
Tentatively titled Legacies, this new version currently ditches Powered by the Apocalypse style moves for oracular “codexes”.
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.
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.
podcast
Talkback: Burning Wheel
The Rascal Reading Club rides again.
features
With the release of Umdaar, we might be at the end of Fate
Fred Hicks talks about the birth, life, and maybe death of the gaming line that launched his company.
new games
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Tyrant Philosophers to be a weird fantasy RPG from Handiwork Games
“He's taking a bit of a risk with us, to be honest, but I think it'll pay off.”