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Wizards of the Coast appoints World of Warcraft veteran John Hight as president
Hight’s decades of video game experience fits the analog company’s dubious digital aspirations.
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How to slay the 1 HP dragon
Nobody hunts fire-breathing legends for the thrill of reducing numbers.
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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.
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Chappell Roan’s unofficial TTRPG Play List
Games for the gays, the girls, and the gay girls who can’t stop singing H-O-T T-O G-O! during character creation and end up wondering why their tiefling bard is such a hot mess all the time.
community
Moonbeam’s revolution of the creator ecosystem begins in tabletop
In a Rascal exclusive, the creators behind the new streaming platform explain their vision for a better digital future
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Escaping the adolescent surveillance state
Part-TTRPG, part art-book, Night Fable is a surreal escape from the panopticon of modern childhood.
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At 50 years old, Dungeons & Dragons is an artifact
Wizards of the Coast is intent on self-mythologizing D&D on its 50th anniversary. Historians aren’t going to let them go unchallenged.
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Don’t hold your breath for Iron Kingdoms’ new paranormal tabletop RPG
Steamforged Games’ involvement in Strangelight Workshop comes with several big asterisks.
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Unfortunately, I was right about D&D’s digital future
Wizards of the Coast adopts a miserly version of preorder bonuses for its landmark book release.
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Magnolia: City of Marvels delves into the politics of artistic rebellion
Fantasy Punk is here to free us
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Come for No-Tell Motel's murder mystery, stay for the juicy goss
VIP stands for Very Idle Peepers
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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
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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.
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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.