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Pay no attention to the CEO behind the DM Screen
Hasbro leader Chris Cocks wears his tabletop bonafides like any other suit.
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Poor Things: starting a sex worker-led revolution through Blades in the Dark
How a very pretty film made me so angry it sparked a character and two articles
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Watch Rascal's first live Q&A
Consider our brains thoroughly picked.
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Violence might be 25 years old but it’ll still kick your ass
“The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed” still contains relevant critiques of contemporary game design.
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TTRPG TV Guide's creators believe in a Field of Dreams for Actual Play
India-based game designers Poorna M. and Armaan Babu want people to find your show somewhere other than Twitter.
Satire
Why do y’all hate tabletop RPGs?
Pouring a big ol’ cup of Amazon vitriol and sipping away.
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What the fuck is actual play?
If it doesn’t come from the Critical Role region of Twitch, it’s just a sparkling improv game.
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How to start game design discourse
It’s actually, like, super easy.
Lay it on the Table
Even in games built for silliness, I can’t get over myself
Being a goofy little guy is hard work and I’m not emotionally prepared for that kind of vulnerability.
actual play
Beyond the Brook is your inner child’s new favorite Actual Play
If you want a cozy AP that captures the magic of Over The Garden Wall, all you have to do is go Beyond the Brook.
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Cloud Empress’ writers rip open their spore-filled hearts over Life & Death zines
Co-creators Em Matson and watt talk balance, intentionality in language, and post-post-apocalyptic Minneapolis.
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Paizo’s best designers return to Pathfinder's historic Tian Xia setting
An interview with three of the lead creatives who worked on the new Paizo setting books for Lost Omens: Tian Xia.
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MÖRK BORG co-creator’s 5-year-old son can color within the lines and design a killer dungeon
This kid’s got a vision and plenty of red markers.
actual play
Make the worlds (and jobs) you want to see
Join The Party’s new miniseries shows a different, sustainable side to making D&D actual play
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Chuck Tingle, the World’s Greatest DM, trots to 2e and has never regretted it
For some buckaroos, TTRPGs peaked at AD&D and that’s a unique, wonderful way I had to know more about.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 developer isn’t interested in being another Hasbro show pony
Larian to Hasbro: It’s not you, it’s me.