So my bookshelves are breaking. I think I spoke a couple of months ago about how one of the shelves on one of my three bookshelves full of tabletop roleplaying games had broken, and in doing so, severely damaged the

Continue ReadingThe crushing weight of TTRPG collecting

So I’m pondering writing a small tabletop roleplaying game, a sci-fi adventure for solo play. It has aspects of science-fiction exploration, procedurally-developed settings, and cosmic horror. It is, as the cover image implies, heavily inspired by the probes sent out

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So recently one of the best games of 2025, specifically “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”, gave up its “Game of the Year” awards after it was learned that the development team for that game used AI tools to assist with its

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There are more rumors swirling around “Dungeons & Dragons”, as there often are, but these might be worth listening to. According to Tenkar’s Tavern on Youtube, there are somewhat credible rumors regarding not only a new edition of D&D being

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So the ridiculously-popular D&D 5e campaign “Dungeons of Drakkenheim” is being reworked into a new edition for “Daggerheart” (see the Kickstarter campaign here). This may not seem like a big deal, but I expect this news has some folks over

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There’s a new update coming for “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” in January. This isn’t really news, I’m aware. There are actually two updates coming, one free and one paid, although for a mere pittance ($5 for the Switch 2 update,

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Well, Halloween is coming up this weekend (Friday, specifically), and for a lot of us, this provides the perfect time to break out some horror-based tabletop roleplaying games for some one-shot fun! But what sort of horror games should you

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So, lets make one thing perfectly clear: I am a dedicated Console Peasant, and my two consoles of choice are the Nintendo Switch, and more recently the Xbox Series X. PC gaming is just too damn expensive anymore, and I

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So I have been thinking a lot about what setting I should use for my next game. I was considering reworking one of my old games from the 90’s, and just using its setting with a modern system, but I

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There is a lot of talk today in the Tabletop RPG Design scene regarding AI, and the use thereof. AI used to create “art” for TTRPGs, especially for small creators (and big ones, like “Wizards of the Coast”). AI used

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