People Make Games

Lessons on play from Jerry Gretzinger and his ever-expanding map

A world composed of more than 4,000 individual paintings arose from the act of ritual play.

podcasts

Radio Hour: Documents and Daggers

The best defense is a good offensive backstab.

tabletop

As union loses 20% of membership to layoffs, Paizo’s CEO shares his concerns for the future of the company

“The loss from 2025 has happened, and no matter what happens, that can't be fixed.”

tabletop

Top 10 inspiring quotes from the first TTRPG Manifesto Jam

I don’t always do listicles but when I do, they’re the most pretentious listicles around.

features

First ever Jubenshacon scripts a murderously successful and sold out debut

Another milestone in the story of the Chinese genre's international crossover.

news

Paizo lays off 12 employees in the fallout of Diamond Comics’ bankruptcy

The Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher seeks to rebuild book trade as union protections soften blow to staff.

podcast

Talkback: Burning Wheel

The Rascal Reading Club rides again.

features

Twenty years and two editions later, Heroes of Horror still offers scary good advice

From campaign advice to corruption, D&D 3.5e’s ghoulish guide was anything but a throwaway supplement.

features

Tabletop Bookshelf built its brick-and-mortar future out of past goodwill

For owner Tom Gibes, Milwaukee's first independent RPG bookstore is a testament to lifting up small, passionate tabletop creators.

features

With the release of Umdaar, we might be at the end of Fate

Fred Hicks talks about the birth, life, and maybe death of the gaming line that launched his company.

Rascal Radio

Radio Hour: Entering a Horse Race on a Donkey, feat. Jenna Stoeber and Tomas Franzese

All the president's hype men.

unions

MTG Arena’s nascent union faces “optional” meetings, letters to homes, and management closing ranks

With a union vote looming, United Wizards of the Coast faces classic union busting from the tabletop industry’s largest company.