tabletop
Defy the Gods’ creator wants a game "intensely full of life”
Queering sword and sorcery in a mythic Bronze Age.
tabletop
Jason Carl on the new White Wolf and getting it right this time
More like Wolf the Resurrection, amirite?
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.
tabletop
You, Me, and The King in Yellow
A spoiler-free anti-review of Impossible Landscapes.
tabletop
Cephalofair Games’ Mister Johnson Goes to Washington
The Gloomhaven COO is taking a 50% pay cut to shore up business in the wake of devastating tariffs.
tabletop
BackerKit's quest for investment and the future of crowdfunding
And how their lead investor worked for DOGE.
tabletop
A Magic Trick Called Paranoia
Mechs Into Plowshares’ one mechanic managed to hoodwink my ass so good.
tabletop
Tabletop makers push back against tariffs with honesty and direct political action
"I urge everyone to do the same, because it’s important in times like these to speak up and to voice your concerns, your dissent.”
tabletop
Munkao on the art-heavy, shoes-lite play of Kala Mandala
Southeast Asian fantasy with a comic twist.
tabletop
A Galaxy of Tactics in Going Rogue
"What is worthy of our sacrifice? When is it more important that we live to fight another day?"
tabletop
The reality of rebellion in Galactic and Going Rogue
The Star Wars-inspired game asks players to be honest with themselves about what revolution actually looks like.
tabletop
In 2025, I’m playing shorter games with fewer players
Two over four because sometimes, less is more.
tabletop
Latest 90-day tariff reduction is a stay of execution for some tabletop RPG publishers
For others, it’s just smoke from an authoritarian dumpster fire.
culture
Much ink spilled in the defense of bigots
Goodman Games wants to “build bridges instead of walls,” but at what cost?
tabletop
In Realis, Surreal is the new Real
Actually, it’s the old Real and here’s 3000 words explaining why.
tabletop
300 episodes later, Jef & Jon still believe there are more systems to master
Discovering a game is mostly Confederate apologia is just another day in the podcast mines for these boys.