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Twenty years and two editions later, Heroes of Horror still offers scary good advice

From campaign advice to corruption, D&D 3.5e’s ghoulish guide was anything but a throwaway supplement.

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Tabletop Bookshelf built its brick-and-mortar future out of past goodwill

For owner Tom Gibes, Milwaukee's first independent RPG bookstore is a testament to lifting up small, passionate tabletop creators.

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With the release of Umdaar, we might be at the end of Fate

Fred Hicks talks about the birth, life, and maybe death of the gaming line that launched his company.

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Radio Hour: Entering a Horse Race on a Donkey, feat. Jenna Stoeber and Tomas Franzese

All the president's hype men.

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MTG Arena’s nascent union faces “optional” meetings, letters to homes, and management closing ranks

With a union vote looming, United Wizards of the Coast faces classic union busting from the tabletop industry’s largest company.

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For some publishers, the cost of missing Gen Con outweighs mounting risks

“When shit is sorted I’ll reconsider, but right now that door is closed.”

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RPG bundle crowdfunds disaster aid in the aftermath of Typhoon Sinlaku

Proceeds from 92 digital games will help locals from Saipan and the Mariana Islands with little power or clean water.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Tyrant Philosophers to be a weird fantasy RPG from Handiwork Games

“He's taking a bit of a risk with us, to be honest, but I think it'll pay off.”

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Little Wolves takes top honors at the 2026 Indie Groundbreakers Awards

IGDN’s annual laurel-foisting celebrates tabletop RPGs from small but talented teams beyond the usual spotlight.

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Rascal Reading Club: Burning Wheel

Attack their beliefs.

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Digital elbow grease saves largest actual play database

Anne Monteverdi made sure Series Seeker stuck around to keep track of all the RPG hobby's stories.

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Rascal Crossword 4: Getting Generic

Werds, werds, werds.

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Bludgeon wants you to embrace roleplaying in your own, radical way

This RPG from an Indian team approaches classes, and divinity, beyond Western conventions.

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Detect Or Die is more than just Disco Elysium brought to tabletop

There’s a hodgepodge of influences.

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AI-generated profiles of TTRPG designers ignite fury across social media

4 Pillars Gaming’s new website adds AI-generated slop to an already ephemeral online historical record.

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Talkback: Draw Steel

A podcast is just a series of negotiations.

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First Dungeon Crawler Carl, now D&D Beyond: the time of the Drop has come

The age of supplements is over.