The spells-per-day tables for spellcasters in 3rd Ed could easily have been a lot better. Recently I talked with an academic about designing...

A friend who has started writing wonderful novels mentioned that he’s looking for great scenes, scenes that are wonderfully well-written eve...

As photographic evidence reveals, I’m thrilled to be at Gen Con this year! This my first convention-chance to talk with people about 13...

Here's a guest post from Jonathan Tweet. I'm one of the players who he forbade from looking into this game, so I publish this with less over...

You play amateur detectives in a cosy-fantasy setting. Your band of plucky investigators solves mysteries (quite often, murder mysteries) that crop up with remarkable regularity in the lovely little h...

The upper end of the alphabet leans into games played with friends who prefer casual fare. Hot Streak Four hapless lower league baseball ...

Here are notes on games I’ve played in the past couple months, with game design comments where appropriate. Covering four games at a time me...

If you’re looking for a fun adventure to run as a one-shot at a convention, or for new players, or to jump-start a campaign when you don’...

There’s something new in the way we’re presenting monster stats in 13th Age . Jonathan came up with it. I’m calling it the descriptor app...

On the nights I GM, I’ve been running a wild dungeon-crawl centered 13th Age game that attempts to live up to Hargrave’s eclectic grimoi...

All 135 chapters of Moby Dick in Dada-esque moving collage form, featuring rotoscoped found footage, found text, and more.

The next chapter of superhero roleplaying begins! Streamlined rules and all-new art, Mutants & Masterminds Fourth Edition is ready to rise—sign up to be n

In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Dan Dillon and Rob Heinsoo to talk about creating adventures based on the lore of monsters. Thanks to our Sponsor: The Tome Show's Awesome Patreon Patrons!...

That’s one of two Estonian phrases my father taught me in the last few years of his life. He’d been weirdly reinvigorated by the Russian i...

Work on Issue 12 is ready to begin, now that we've completed Issue 11. This issue is dedicated to a popular phrase in 13th Age social media ...

I got both the deluxe versions of the Heroes’ Handbook and Gamemaster’s Guide and The Art of 13th Age in the mail on Wednesday. I took t...

I’ve created this guided tour for GMs and players who’ve played D&D and want to explore what else tabletop RPGs can do. It features 12 games arranged in a specific sequence, designed to show th…

Despite the subject line, today’s blog is not a strategy guide! Instead, it’s a look at a couple of cards from the about-to-release Legendar...

I love the Legendary deck-building game designed by Devin Low! Lisa and I were in the same city as Devin when he made the original edition,...

The success of Martha Wells Murderbot stories has reopened the window for well-supported publication for some of her earlier books! One of...

Our several-year labor of love, 13th Age Second Edition , is out! Well, it’s some-of-the-way out! Past the first stage of modern rpg publica...

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(art by Aaron McConnell & Lee Moyer) The High Druid gets the nod as the iconic lead for the short chapter that covers ability score ...

(art by Lee Moyer and Aaron McConnell) Today's image is the opening spread from Chapter 1 of the Heroes' Handbook . ...

A sampler of bite-sized roleplaying games suitable for any occasion.

If you play Hearts, you’ll recognize the strategy of the USA’s current White House. The goal of Hearts is to avoid taking points; 1 poi...

For the next few weeks, I’m going to share two-page spreads from 13th Age 2E . The images are showing up first as Kickstarter updates. Here ...

TRAIL OF CTHULHU: A ROLEPLAYING GAME OF HORROR AND MYSTERY Investigate Lovecraftian horrors in the dark decade of the 1930s!

Laura Galli's painting above, from 13th Age 2E, illustrates the icon connection example when a half-orc with a connection to a High Druid a...

Monica Valentinelli asked some fun questions about 13th Age 2E and I wrote a few long answers. You can find the interview on Flames Ris...

GAMERS 4 HARRIS Harris/Walz 2024: It's the Correct Play More than 400 creators of your favorite games have a m...