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.
tabletop
Why the Year Zero Games Are My Favorite Type of Trad
It's all about pushing, resource management, and more pushing.
features
I want to fight my friends in the back of a moving truck
What if some games are too risky to not play?
culture
What does Session Zero of a protest look like?
Games as rehearsal for the streets.
culture
More reunion than Gathering: Final Fantasy and MTG's shared history
Dungeons & Dragons & Wizardry, Oh My!
tabletop
My must-have tabletop tchotchke is the miniature PHB I made myself
Why I make Personal Player's Handbooks, and you should, too.
culture
TCGplayer union wins additional severance, benefits for laid off workers
eBay shut down the Syracuse-based authentication center in May.
tabletop
D&D's Monster Manual is an empty, distracting feast
Novelty and shallow aesthetics are piled high on a plate once filled by utility.
miniatures
Witnessing Adepticon from the wargame event horizon
Golden Demons in heaven, but I’d rather slum it with the Grimdark hackers.
tabletop
The Burden of Sin in Tom Bloom's CAIN
"In this talk of sin, what about forgiveness?"
culture
The complicated labor behind voicing diverse D&D characters
Some players feel apprehensive, other overburdened, when portraying minority cultures at the table.
culture
Big Bad Con's cardstock currency pits networking against building community
Personal lessons from the school of card knocks.
community
The Many Multiverses Of London Town
Where to go when you want to roll dice in the heart of ol’ blighty
culture
What We Can Learn From D&D’s Sexist History
If a female character wears leather or carries a whip, get ready to roll initiative.
culture
Play as Learning: TTRPGs in the Classroom
A new style of class-based progression mechanics
culture
Dreams, TTRPGs, and Radical Imagination
When all of your time is focused on survival, it can feel impossible to imagine a brighter future.