community
Ancient Tales of Faraway Lands
The old new girl on her journey to becoming a Rascal
culture
Woke Tacos Salted With the Tears of Would-Be Culture Warriors
Why the controversy over D&D artwork exposes a lack of humor and an ignorance of what actually goes on a TTRPG table.
community
BigBadBoycott organizers reach agreement with tabletop convention leadership
“Big Bad's leadership has acted and failed to act in ways that have been harmful to the community, especially to people of colour.”
culture
Corporate AI will save creatives for last
The LLM-powered call is coming from inside the house.
tabletop
Coyote & Crow will bring indigenous consultation directly to RPG publishers
Connor Alexander says his cadre of professionals fill a real need in the tabletop industry.
tabletop
Edition Wars have made a battleground of D&D Beyond
In an effort to support backwards compatibility, the proposed changes to D&D Beyond (and the subsequent retraction) divided the user base along lines a decade apart.
tabletop
How to slay the 1 HP dragon
Nobody hunts fire-breathing legends for the thrill of reducing numbers.
culture
Your kind, annual reminder that awards aren’t that important
Let’s all politely clap and get on with our lives.
video games
The Dark Urge is the most honest way to play Baldur’s Gate 3
Duty, friendship, faith, romance… all these themes fall to the wayside in service of the rigorous application of power through violence.
tabletop
Despite releasing in 2020, Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast is finally, truly out
Jay Dragon believes the physical book represents a final, definitive vision for Possum Creek’s latest tabletop RPG.
culture
Tabletop journalism deserves better than this, and so do you
The industry fails one of its death saving rolls.
tabletop
Government suits roleplay World War III like murderhobos, because of course they do
Systems matter, especially in a game like War
excerpt
Hack the orcs, loot the tomb, and take the land
Reflections on settler colonialism, Indigeneity, and otherwise possibilities in "Dungeons & Dragons."
culture
The OGL is dead. Long live the OGL.
This ain’t a victory lap, it’s a cautionary tale.
culture
Letters from The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Linda and Rowan LARP as theater critics for a tame night of misadventure and not nearly enough mayhem to make it worth traveling into Times Square.
culture
Fuck immersion: Stop trying to make me smell my game
My game nights smell like pork spring rolls and canned vodka mixers, as God intended.