community
CRIT Awards pulls ceremony from Gen Con citing “safety concerns”
Many online blame the convention for folding to a right wing outrage campaign and forcing the event to end
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tabletop
Dungeons & Dragons’ new art direction isn’t AI generated but almost worse—boring
Characters, without character.
Lay it on the Table
In which I try, and fail, to be evil
Deathmatch Island is the Survivor meets Battle Royale TTRPG of my dreams
horoscopes
Oh you're a Cancer? How's that bleed treating you?
Honestly if you're not crying because of the sheer overwhelming love you have for your character, you're not doing game right.
tabletop
In Last Train to Bremen, Hell is something we inflict on each other
Four bandmates flee a contract with the Devil, but players will find their past is much harder to escape.
Public Articles
RPG publisher that promised not to use Web3 technology in their business does it anyway
Evil Genius Games wants to sell you a digital version of Rambo’s M60 for roleplay purposes.
actual play
The Panic Table yearns for the space mines
If the kids from Stranger Things played Mothership, you’d end up with The Panic Table
tabletop
D&D almost deradicalized me
The media events are a good overview, but without getting a look at the product I’m left parroting corporate talking points.
Lay it on the Table
The Dead Queen’s raiment
For The Queen made a plea unto the Giants, bearing her Sword, Crown, Mask, and Voice on the journey.
community
Bitcherton, please
An interview with the cast of Bitcherton on crowdfunding their improvised Regency comedy podcast
tabletop
Teamwork and therapy built Kids in Capes
Austin Taylor continues to discuss the development of the upcoming young superhero tabletop RPG and how their other job bleeds over into game design.
tabletop
Kids in Capes is the adolescent-led RPG’s most ambitious genre superleap, yet, by its most ambitious team
In this first of a two-part interview, Austin Taylor discusses combat systems, remote team work, and why Recess is a secret superhero cartoon.
community
Tabletop Workers United negotiations stalled by lawyer’s belligerence and subsequent vacation
Hex & Co’s desire to speed up the bargaining process has been stymied by ownership’s obstinate and outright hostile legal counsel
actual play
Dimension 20 knows that iteration is how the hobby—and the industry—evolves.
Kids on Bikes isn’t built to support Actual Play; but a hack of it could be fit to purpose.
tabletop
Artificial product, artificial hype: the saga of Wonders of the First’s AI art and NFT-powered CCG
$1.25 million in funding, a Kickstarter cancellation, and likely brigading bans, all in the name of creating the collector’s perfect card game. Or so one Web3 evangelist says.