new games
After Grimwild’s creator disappeared, the RPG’s community banded together to design their own free edition
Stepping into JD Maxwell’s shoes, and out of his shadow.
features
Eldritch Automata rises from the wreckage
After Gehenna Gaming failed to deliver on the author’s original crowdfunding campaign, Nick Francia has launched a rescue campaign.
new games
Kenna Alexander and Shanna Germain team up to adapt the award-winning Between Earth and Sky series
Rebecca Roanhorse’s unique world full of political intrigue and epic fantasy is coming to the table.
news
Hasbro appoints Dan Ayoub as Wizards of the Coast’s new president
Ayoub will accept Hasbro CEO’s charge to “develop our people” amidst a fervor of unionization.
new games
In A Fool’s Errand, the fate of both gods and player characters is all in the cards.
A tarot RPG driven by interpretation and cosmic fallout.
features
In The Pines is funny, scary, and a little bit fucked up
But maybe the real gender-horror is what happens outside the game.
gut check
What Is The OSR, or How Discourse Would Be Better If You Tried Googling It
Seriously.
features
Mark Diaz Truman explains how Magpie Games changed over the last decade
As Masks turns 10, a candid conversation about the publisher’s artistic choices and compromises.
Rascal Radio
Radio Hour: A Grab is Better Than a Click, and a Treat is better than a Trick, feat. Eryk Sawicki
Plus, the Carrot Cake diplomatic maneuver.
new games
World of Styria turns a 39-year home campaign into a Pathfinder 2e setting book
After four decades of collaborative play, designer Sutton Moore is releasing his world to the public.
news
"Too bad, make it work": Unionizing staff describe crunch culture and creative oppression within Wizards of the Coast
UWOTC-CWA members are confident in their ability to organize their workforce, even without voluntary recognition.
features
How quantification and Midwestern culture shaped D&D’s problematic legacies
Aaron Trammell’s new book explores why some things shouldn’t be simplified.
news
EN World remains calm amidst a plague of AI bot swarms
The longstanding tabletop news site and forum is periodically shutting down access to prevent overloads and potentially deter data-hungry scrapers.