Category: Editorials

Emerging Problems with the Stewardship of Dungeons and Dragons

Posted by Jared Rascher | Jul 8, 2020 | Editorials, Hot Buttons

Depending on how closely you follow the RPG industry, you may or may...

10 Things I learned about Japanese Tabletalk RPGs

Posted by Di. | May 18, 2020 | Editorials, General

Now in Japanese! [Note.jp]...

Player Agency vs The Juggernaut

Posted by Di. | Apr 24, 2020 | Editorials, Game Mastering

The loss of player agency sucks. It would be...

A Skeptic’s Plug for Virtual Gaming During Quarantine

Posted by Josh Murray | Apr 22, 2020 | Editorials

Like all of you, my normal routine has...

Games that Excel at Online/Remote Play: Part II

Posted by Senda Linaugh | Apr 13, 2020 | Editorials, General

Games written for remote play are inevitably...

Why Pokemon Campaigns Don’t Work

Posted by Di. | Mar 25, 2020 | Editorials, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

subtitle: and how to make em work anyways....

Rules in the Way

Posted by Jared Rascher | Jan 3, 2020 | Editorials

I have to admit something. I’m not always thrilled to hear an...

So You Want to Write an Asian Campaign Setting (Part 1: Historical China)

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Nov 29, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Campaigns, Editorials, Game Mastering, Tools for GMs, Worldbuilding

So you want to try your hand at creating an East Asian Fantasy campaign setting? Start with some valuable research from Daniel Kwan’s favourites!

Now I Like Published Adventures

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Nov 22, 2019 | Editorials

One of the cool things about RPGs is that you...

You Can’t Build Worlds by Yourself

Posted by Di. | Nov 8, 2019 | Editorials

Your world is basic as all hell. Mine is too,...

Camdon Turned me Into A Vampire Part 2–Into the Vampire-Verse

Posted by Jared Rascher | Oct 25, 2019 | Editorials, Reviews

Last month I started my detailed playthrough of...

Big Bad Con: A Lesson in Inclusion

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Oct 24, 2019 | Editorials

The Best Convention…Ever It’s been...

This Ones’s For Us

Posted by Tracy Barnett | Oct 23, 2019 | Editorials

It’s a Friday night. I’ve got my...

A Look at Phone PDFs

Posted by Jared Rascher | Oct 21, 2019 | Editorials, News, Reviews

Drive-Through RPG is an important fixture of the...

A Completely Serious Review of Wendy’s Tabletop RPG | Feast of Legends

Posted by Di. | Oct 4, 2019 | Editorials, Reviews

Where’s the beef? Right here...

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