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How quantification and Midwestern culture shaped D&D’s problematic legacies
Aaron Trammell’s new book explores why some things shouldn’t be simplified.
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State of tabletop 2026: D&D Reigns, but OSR and horror are hungry for GMs
If you’ve been wondering what the actual numbers look like for tabletop RPG matchmaking in 2026, Groupfinder just dropped a massive data dump that paints a fascinating picture of the hobby space.
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The Meridian: Live and funded on BackerKit
Between Earth & Sky: the Roleplaying Game is set in a fantasy world with inspirations taken from pre-Columbian-contact American cultures. It's being carefully and respectfully crafted by a team that brings together Native and non-Native designers and artists.
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Demidirge: Frontiers of Fear Boxed Set
A corrosive sandbox campaign setting - the culmination of an eight year solo project by Lazy Litch
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The Keftiu Return: An Egyptian Tarot from Crete
Mythic Archetypes: Egypt tarot deck blends mythology with tarot archetypes, featuring deities, hieroglyphics, and cosmic symbolism.
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The Long Watch Wants You to Bootleg Its Manual and Spread the Uncanniness
The Long Watch's Gamefound campaign includes a bootleg-optimised digital zine, designed for recruiting Beaconers and enhancing the legacy experience.
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GRM, America's First Queer Trading Card Game, Lands in the U.S.
Tokyo's 2-chome favorite crosses the ocean, shipped outside Japan exclusively by QueerCraft.
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EN World remains calm amidst a plague of AI bot swarms
The longstanding tabletop news site and forum is periodically shutting down access to prevent overloads and potentially deter data-hungry scrapers.
podcast
Talkback: Eberron
Plus, the schedule for the remaining season for the show!
news
MTG Arena prepare Wizards of the Coast's latest unions for renewed resistance
UWOTC’s founding members claim anti-union sentiment within the RPG publisher never went away.
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Making A Mystery For The 7th Order: Humanity, Divinity & Consequences
The apocalypse has often been used as a vehicle to explore societal issues or fears... The main reason I made the Knights low-grade security guards is because it puts their position in this conflict into two different perspectives.
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Kalusa: The Enchanted City – social sandbox in an diverse, arcanepunk city
Exploring the "social pillar"!
features
Playtest Material is for the writers
The new critical outlet champions long form arguments on why games and gameplay are art.
news
The workers at Wizards of the Coast are teaming up
Workers at Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the Gathering demand ownership of personal work made off the clock.
art of RPGs
Francesca Baerald’s new book celebrates a decade of mapping some of gaming’s most beloved worlds
The Italian artist talks about her process and why maps should “invite the viewer inside the setting.”
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Fabulorium turns an editable 3D village into a free day-and-night battlemap
A Windows worldbuilding tool for GMs from Layerforged. Try the free four-version battlemap Karrholt today; the Kickstarter launches 18 November.