tabletop
Leaving pieces of my heart on the table
Using physical ephemera to differentiate between in-character and out-of-character relationships helps me be present with both of my partners.
Latest Stories
Pledge Drive
The Rascal Radio Hour Pilot
Chase finally gets to make a podcast.
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Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall’s second serving expands the immigrant experience
The RPG about a haunted family restaurant believes food and monsters bind many children of two countries.
community
TTRPGs are part of the war machine—but they don’t have to be
Is the military industrial complex at the table with us right now?
Public Articles
Solo Games I Got At Gen Con…
…to play while I have Covid, which I also got at Gen Con
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Brandon Sanderson plans to support the Cosmere RPG “for as long as he's writing books”
Brotherwise Games seems happily married into Sanderson’s fantasy empire, to the tune of $5 million and counting.
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The X-Card was created because Dave didn’t like the vibe
James Mendez Hodes was there when the deep magic was written.
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How the designers behind the Cosmere RPG soulcast a literary universe into roleplay gold
Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy empire is not so easily bound to dice.
actual play
Letters from the Secret D&D Live Show (feat. Sigil)
They had us in the first half, I’m not gonna lie.
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The quest for tabletop sustainability might begin with a zine
A conversation with Tony Vasinda about Zine Club and actual play
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Fifteen years later, Fallen London finally unveils its official tabletop RPG
Failbetter Games has partnered with Magpie Games to translate the Neath to the tabletop
Gen Con 2024
United Paizo Workers win the Diana Jones Award
Sometimes progress looks like a glass pyramid.
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Behind the decade-long session of TribeNet and its play-by-email empires
One TribeNet community have been playing the game for at least a decade—and counting.
actual play
The Re-Slayer’s Take is Critical Role for kids
The actual play giant’s most recent show hopes to make a new generation of Critters.
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A new Dungeons & Dragons podcast is taking on true crime
A scripted podcast starring Jon Hamm will inject notoriety to a missing persons case that is, at its core, desperately boring and deeply sad.
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Hasbro will need more than video game execs before “going all in” on digital play
Art is made by people, preferably not laid off in four-figure droves.