Masks: A New Generation
I was a teenage superhero self-insert
Me, mask thoroughly pierced: “I’m not owned! I’m not owned!”
Latest Stories
tabletop
The Substratum Protocol, I presume
An interview with Pandion Games about how core-delving scientists collect clues to craft new explanations every game.
tabletop
Yearning to explore the megadungeon internet
Freedom from platforms might rest at the center of a labyrinth.
actual play
This is how the world ends, not with a bang but with Ties That Bind
In the zombie apocalypse, the only thing we have are the stories we tell each other
tabletop
The Job’s dice stacking capitalizes on tension at the table
Stressed and loving it.
tabletop
Don’t serve me Empty Frontiers when I asked for sad, cowboy dirtbags
This yeehaw propaganda once hit harder.
tabletop
Vecna: Eve of Ruin is a farewell tour of a multiversal rogue’s gallery
The god of secrets is breaking out all the baddies for one last nostalgic 5e joyride.
tabletop
Hearts Blazing you will always be famous
Hold on to the games you love because this industry is fucking brutal.
tabletop
Lara Croft finds a horde of trolls in Twitter’s tomb
The officially licensed tabletop RPG is pilloried for the crime of imagining a different kind of raider.
community
Even for Dimension 20, Ticketmaster’s Dynamic Pricing model is shrouded in secrecy
When Live Nation is the only game in town, what is an anti-capitalist to do?
actual play
The LEGO D&D special is pure marketing, but at least it’s good marketing
The special invites newcomers to tabletop and actual play, doing some good, some bad, and a little capitalism along the way (as a treat)
tabletop
Munkao’s gorgeous, hornet-filled temple run demands cleverness to crawl through
An automata-filled, systems-agnostic dungeon crawl, Stirring the Hornet’s Nest at Het Thamsya layers fanaticism, Southeast Asian legend, and Buddhist histories within a claustrophobic setting.
tabletop
Coriolis: The Great Dark’s fascination with material triage creates desperate, stifling drama
The path to progress is littered with spent oxygen tanks.
actual play
Reinventing sci-fi: combining worlds and genres in Mekong
Queen’s Court Games’ Mekong blends Western space opera and Eastern mecha genre tropes to examine the Southeast Asian diaspora
actual play
Dimension 20 goes big time, with all the baggage Madison Square Garden brings
The live show marks an historic first appearance of actual play on the legendary stage, but do the venue's values align with Dimension 20’s?
tabletop
Rapscallion finally sets sail
For game writer, designer, and artist Whistler, queerness and piracy go hand in bloody hand.