tabletop
LARPing on the edge of nuclear apocalypse
An interview with the designers of Eyeball to Eyeball: The Cuban Missile Crisis.
tabletop
Ahu Tiiko trades Coyote & Crow’s Indigipunk vibes for simmering, woodsy horror
Connor Alexander’s first official expansion to the Native-made RPG narrows its genre focus and scope to weave a web of interconnected mysteries.
tabletop
Escaping the adolescent surveillance state
Part-TTRPG, part art-book, Night Fable is a surreal escape from the panopticon of modern childhood.
video games
I interviewed Halsin’s voice actor, and I wish I had the courage to be unhinged
Dave Jones is a nice man with a great voice and big dad energy.
community
Bitcherton, please
An interview with the cast of Bitcherton on crowdfunding their improvised Regency comedy podcast
Public Articles
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.
actual play
Buzzfeed’s first actual play blends D&D with Saturday Morning Cartoons
Magic & Stuff is an all-queer, all-femme animated twist on a classic AP format
actual play
Godkiller: Last Hope is the beginning of a new cycle for Transplanar
Connie Chang and Sea Thomas’ first in-studio foray is a divine cinematic experience
tabletop
Despite releasing in 2020, Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast is finally, truly out
Jay Dragon believes the physical book represents a final, definitive vision for Possum Creek’s latest tabletop RPG.
actual play
How Encounter Party won over TV audiences
Brian David Judkins and Ned Donovan set their sights on getting an Emmy for Actual Play
tabletop
Launching the Mothership
How Tuesday Knight Games built an indie tabletop RPG darling, and why the Deluxe Box took three years to release.
community
Can anyone make a living in tabletop and actual play?
A study by Dr. Emily Friedman and Carson Barnes wants to pull back the curtain on labor in TTRPGs
tabletop
Star Trek Adventures eyes the final frontier (again)
An interview with two members of the Modiphius team about emotional combat, arc-based storytelling, and how to write a fanfiction generator.
tabletop
You are The Darkness at the Brink of Ohio
Microcelebrity is horrifying, especially in Akron
tabletop
Eldritch Automata mechanizes the body horrific
Screw processing, punch the horrors of being alive directly in the face with a giant mecha fist, that’ll cure your depression for sure.