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DriveThruRPG delisted a tabletop game about revolutions over “hateful” politics
Rebel Scum's censorship reveals the limits of Roll20's apolitical guidelines.
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What can shounen anime teach us about gaining experience?
In TTRPGs and real life.
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Videogame you’ve probably never heard of based on an RPG you probably haven’t played gets a remake
Sidetalkin’ Reforged
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How MCDM designed Draw Steel alongside their fans
Step one: raise millions. But what’s step two?
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Defy the Gods’ creator wants a game "intensely full of life”
Queering sword and sorcery in a mythic Bronze Age.
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Jason Carl on the new White Wolf and getting it right this time
More like Wolf the Resurrection, amirite?
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D&D's Monster Manual is an empty, distracting feast
Novelty and shallow aesthetics are piled high on a plate once filled by utility.
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You, Me, and The King in Yellow
A spoiler-free anti-review of Impossible Landscapes.
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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.
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BackerKit's quest for investment and the future of crowdfunding
And how their lead investor worked for DOGE.
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A Magic Trick Called Paranoia
Mechs Into Plowshares’ one mechanic managed to hoodwink my ass so good.
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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.”
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Munkao on the art-heavy, shoes-lite play of Kala Mandala
Southeast Asian fantasy with a comic twist.
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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?"
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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.
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In 2025, I’m playing shorter games with fewer players
Two over four because sometimes, less is more.