culture
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.
tabletop
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.
tabletop
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.
tabletop
What if all games were more like lyric games?
The first edition of Brandon O’Brien’s monthly column, To Do and Die
culture
Tyranny of the moving box
Deciding which RPG books would accompany my immigration proved extremely tough.
tabletop
A Texas conformity bill could impact tabletop roleplaying games in schools statewide
This decade’s Satanic Panic is encapsulated in the F.U.R.R.I.E.S Act, aimed at reinforcing "reality" while curbing students' rights to creativity and expression.
tabletop
Wizards of the Coast shutters Sigil virtual tabletop project, lays off 30 staff
Lack of corporate interest and poor internal communication reportedly stymied success.
tabletop
Heeding the siren call of Doomsong
Rules light doesn’t have to mean a heavy burden for the GM
tabletop
The Burden of Sin in Tom Bloom's CAIN
"In this talk of sin, what about forgiveness?"
Public Articles
RPGs That Ask You To Save The World On Company Time
Boss makes a d20, I make a dime.
Public Articles
Fallen London’s tabletop RPG is an intriguing but muddy collection of systems
Mechanics appropriately feel like a magpie’s nest of shiny trinkets.
tabletop
Daggerheart weighs itself down with a dragon-sized albatross
For many, the upcoming RPG’s juice will not be worth the squeeze.
tabletop
Are all your fave SFF writers secretly playing RPGs at home?
Nine writers explain what really happens when two industries like each other very much.