tabletop
Knock! blows open the door once again
The old school fantasy magazine returns with another issue and a new editor.
tabletop
Rowan’s Pile of Games: Battle School and the Looming Context
Can a game be a critique just because it says so?
tabletop
Farce and sitcom are the heart of Kobold Press’ animal RPG
RiverBank’s designer talks working on Greyhawk, structuralism, and tea.
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Bitter Chalice is a bold RPG design playing a bold game of chicken with US tariffs
A health bar appears below the US Customs agency.
tabletop
Helena Real speaks candidly about Dungeon World 2
The co-designer of the sequel talks about its challenges and controversies.
tabletop
SOLO BORG sells the dream of dying in a pit, all alone
Patrick Buechner, one of solo play’s biggest advocates, puts on his designer hat.
culture
How RPGs Get Disability Wrong
You’re often a missed roll away from playing a character that’s freshly disabled.
tabletop
The OSR dreams of having it all
What drives the new in old school? Maybe the same goal that always has.
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Evil Hat announces crowdfunding plans for Blades in the Dark expansion
An interview with Sean Nittner and John Harper on Deep Cuts and future books.
tabletop
Tabletop couture and the horror of high-end fashion
Banana Chan’s Knockoff is the second book in The Mephistopholes Trilogy
Public Articles
Small tabletop creators already feeling squeezed by the Tariff Era
Scattered information and ever-changing stakes leave creators feeling naked against a coming economic storm.
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The Trans Rights TTRPG Bundle is about more than just the money
An interview with Rue Dickey on the award-winning charity bundle’s fourth year of fundraising for queer-focused charities.
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When we play roleplaying games, we’re all magical girls
Girl by Moonlight and the choice between the power of love and incredible violence.
Lay it on the Table
My RPG group mercy killed our last campaign
Sometimes you gotta put a game out of its misery.
culture
Tabletop publishers believe RPG books are exempt from Trump tariffs, for now
But reality in the worst timeline changes daily.
tabletop
I want to like Good Society, but I’m too cool (read: sad)
There are no truths universally acknowledged. There is just genre and politics.