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Back on the High Seas: Rediscovering Pirates of the Spanish Main
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Back on the High Seas: Rediscovering Pirates of the Spanish Main

August 24, 2026 Mark
Luke Cage Punched a T-Rex: A Marvel Heroic Breakout Session
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Luke Cage Punched a T-Rex: A Marvel Heroic Breakout Session

August 21, 2026 Mark
Adventures in One Evening
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Adventures in One Evening

August 17, 2026 Mark
Why Fantasy Is So Often About Lost Golden Ages
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Why Fantasy Is So Often About Lost Golden Ages

August 10, 2026 Mark
40K Player Explains Army List Is “Fluffy” While Tabling Opponent Turn Two
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40K Player Explains Army List Is “Fluffy” While Tabling Opponent Turn Two

August 7, 2026 Mark
Press Release: Loke Battle Mats announce The Big Book of Battle Mats for Arkham Horror: The Roleplaying Game
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Press Release: Loke Battle Mats announce The Big Book of Battle Mats for Arkham Horror: The Roleplaying Game

August 1, 2026 Mark
Highmoon Press’s Ioun Star Quickstart now available
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Highmoon Press’s Ioun Star Quickstart now available

June 22, 2026 Mark
Humblewood in the Mist Announced
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Humblewood in the Mist Announced

June 16, 2026 Mark
Paizo Announces Layoffs and Organized Play Changes Following Financial Struggles
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Paizo Announces Layoffs and Organized Play Changes Following Financial Struggles

June 9, 2026 Mark

Back on the High Seas: Rediscovering Pirates of the Spanish Main

I’ve got a lot of games I’ve lost over the years. They get traded, sold, donated, shoved into a box

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Luke Cage Punched a T-Rex: A Marvel Heroic Breakout Session

Luke Cage punched a Tyrannosaurus rex in the head. We recently got a group together for a session of Marvel

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Adventures in One Evening

There’s something magical about a single-session RPG. You gather your players, roll dice, and by the time everyone heads home,

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Why Fantasy Is So Often About Lost Golden Ages

Fantasy is full of ruins. Ancient towers stand on lonely hills. Broken roads cut through forests that have forgotten the

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40K Player Explains Army List Is “Fluffy” While Tabling Opponent Turn Two

Local Warhammer 40,000 player Jason K. insisted his army list was “purely narrative” Saturday afternoon, moments before completely tabling his

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The Art of Session Zero

There is a beautiful lie that a campaign begins when the first die hits the table. A campaign begins before

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Press Release: Loke Battle Mats announce The Big Book of Battle Mats for Arkham Horror: The Roleplaying Game

Loke Battle Mats, longtime friends of the blog, have announced they are releasing a Big Book of Battle Mats for

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The Cataclysm at the End of the Campaign

Every long RPG campaign needs an ending that feels like the world has changed. That doesn’t always mean the world

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Moria as a Gothic Ruin

Moria is often remembered as one of the great dungeon sequences in fantasy literature. The Fellowship enters through a hidden

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Other RPGs That Can Function as Games in Middle-earth

Whenever we talk about roleplaying in Middle-earth, the obvious answer is The One Ring. It was designed specifically to capture

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