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Tabletop journalism deserves better than this, and so do you
The industry fails one of its death saving rolls.
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Government suits roleplay World War III like murderhobos, because of course they do
Systems matter, especially in a game like War
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Hack the orcs, loot the tomb, and take the land
Reflections on settler colonialism, Indigeneity, and otherwise possibilities in "Dungeons & Dragons."
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The OGL is dead. Long live the OGL.
This ain’t a victory lap, it’s a cautionary tale.
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Letters from The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Linda and Rowan LARP as theater critics for a tame night of misadventure and not nearly enough mayhem to make it worth traveling into Times Square.
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Fuck immersion: Stop trying to make me smell my game
My game nights smell like pork spring rolls and canned vodka mixers, as God intended.
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The Crooked Roots and Tangled Blessings of Cassi Mothwin
Cassi Mothwin was 2023’s Rising Star Designer. In 2024, she’s trying not to burn out.
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Games I play while listening to investor calls
Applying game design principles to Hasbro’s investor meetings shows the real agenda.
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How do you read a tabletop RPG book, and other very important questions
That which we call a book by any other word smells just as inky.
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Yearning to explore the megadungeon internet
Freedom from platforms might rest at the center of a labyrinth.
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Don’t serve me Empty Frontiers when I asked for sad, cowboy dirtbags
This yeehaw propaganda once hit harder.
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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.
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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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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.
Public Articles
Why do y’all hate tabletop RPGs?
Pouring a big ol’ cup of Amazon vitriol and sipping away.
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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.