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Despite a tumultuous year, Monte Cook Games seems more stable than ever
Is Cypher’s crowdfunding success the cipher to crack their secret?
tabletop
Runecairn with Rune & Caelyn
Imitation is the sincerest (and most approachable) form of flattery
tabletop
Magic: The Gathering’s imperfect Avatar Beginner Box turned my spouse into The Enemy
Confident first steps with no path offered into the wider trading card game.
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WARLOCK and Exodus speak volumes about Wizards of the Coast’s video game ambitions
Exactly what meets the eye.
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The Year Ahead 2025: Lin Codega
Games remain, as ever, good.
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The Year Ahead 2025: Chase Taylor-Carter
Resident curmudgeon shambles back into room screaming vindication.
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The Year Ahead: Thomas Manuel
Couldn't get worse at least, right? Right?
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The Year Ahead 2025: Caelyn Ellis
We catch up with Caelyn before she gets too lost in the nog.
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My one-shot character trick is asking “why is this your fault?”
What’s in a blame?
Public Articles
GAMA appoints new interim executive director, Zaria Davis, with a background in advocacy and restorative practice
The search for the next executive director goes on.
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Draw Steel studio says Crack the Sun will be an epic campaign about a worldrending conquest
Five acts, two villains, and one gigantic campaign.
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Brotherwise Games’ Plotweaver RPG takes its first unaided steps
Leaving the Cosmere’s nest.
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Revolt! interrogates power but falters in conversation
Telling stories about violent regime change is cathartic and entertaining, and maybe that's all it needs to be.
Public Articles
The trials and tribulations of tabling at conventions
Colin Le Sueur discusses his post-mortems and why he writes them.
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Dungeon Pulp is part of a balanced breakfast
Good to the last loot drop.
tabletop
Caelyn’s Dragonmeet 2025 Haul
A veritable treasure hoard.