horoscopes
Oh you're a Cancer? How's that bleed treating you?
Honestly if you're not crying because of the sheer overwhelming love you have for your character, you're not doing game right.
tabletop
RPG publisher that promised not to use Web3 technology in their business does it anyway
Evil Genius Games wants to sell you a digital version of Rambo’s M60 for roleplay purposes.
tabletop
Teamwork and therapy built Kids in Capes
Austin Taylor continues to discuss the development of the upcoming young superhero tabletop RPG and how their other job bleeds over into game design.
community
Tabletop Workers United negotiations stalled by lawyer’s belligerence and subsequent vacation
Hex & Co’s desire to speed up the bargaining process has been stymied by ownership’s obstinate and outright hostile legal counsel
actual play
Dimension 20 knows that iteration is how the hobby—and the industry—evolves.
Kids on Bikes isn’t built to support Actual Play; but a hack of it could be fit to purpose.
tabletop
Artificial product, artificial hype: the saga of Wonders of the First’s AI art and NFT-powered CCG
$1.25 million in funding, a Kickstarter cancellation, and likely brigading bans, all in the name of creating the collector’s perfect card game. Or so one Web3 evangelist says.
actual play
Godkiller: Last Hope is the beginning of a new cycle for Transplanar
Connie Chang and Sea Thomas’ first in-studio foray is a divine cinematic experience
community
The battle for RPG discovery will happen at Friendly Local Games Stores
We ride at dawn. Or at 10 AM, when the doors open.
tabletop
I didn’t think about tabletop games for 11 days, and so should you
The question of whether we can afford to step away from reality is a neoliberal trap.
tabletop
You are The Darkness at the Brink of Ohio
Microcelebrity is horrifying, especially in Akron
community
Severe flooding endangers Brazil’s largest TTRPG publisher
Jambô Editora’s headquarters in Porto Alegra have “water from floor to ceiling”.
excerpt
Combat in Dungeons & Dragons
A short history of design trajectories.
community
8 trans games by trans artists in this trans rights charity bundle
Rue Dickey’s third annual Tabletop for Trans Rights Bundle is raising money for the Appalachian LGBTQ+ community
Public Articles
Unionizing hobby stores in NYC say owners called their efforts “the absolute insanity of the woke”
Tabletop Workers United asks folks to sign a petition to bring Jon Freeman and Gregory May to the table in good faith.
excerpt
Hack the orcs, loot the tomb, and take the land
Reflections on settler colonialism, Indigeneity, and otherwise possibilities in "Dungeons & Dragons."
community
itch.io is the collective organizing platform we have, but is it the one we need?
A pattern of delays in communication and payment from itch.io have repeatedly left charity organizers and game sellers in the dark.