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I. Spotlight The blog mynerdyhobby has a great post about the value of a worldbuilding rule like “everyone wears a mask”. Not only does it lead to a more evocative world but it could al…

I. Spotlight Wil of Aggregate Cognizance writes an analysis of Blades in the Dark that both criticizes misreadings of the game as well as the game itself (but his criticisms are better). In the art…

I. Spotlight The Awards 2026 is open for submissions. Read the instructions and please submit your game. The shortlist for Canada Roles, a new RPG awards, is out and if you’re in Canada, you …

A project from the original creative team of SAD SPACE COWBOY RPG Orbital Blues, featuring a new book about the criminal scum of both the corporate and the outlaw worlds.

Check out Galactic & Going Rogue: Two TTRPGs of War Among the Stars on BackerKit!

I. Spotlight A Knight at the Opera writes about how to talk about difficulty in RPGs. This is a great topic and Dwiz has a neat binary of challenging decisions versus challenging actions. “Ch…

I. Spotlight This isn’t about RPGs but there’s been interesting conversations happening across the videogame sphere around Pokopia, the new Pokemon game. Grayson Morley talks about the …

I. Spotlight WS Healed, co-designer of Most Trusted Advisors, writes a long essay about games and interpretation that takes a very academic route but still ends somewhere extremely practical: &#822…

I. Spotlight On Notes From The Labyrinth, a delightful review of the erotic and violent work in progress PbtA game Praise the Hawkmoth King: “Praise the Hawkmoth King is fun, it’s just also a…

A game jam from 2026-03-02 to 2026-04-14 hosted by gshowitt, Rowan, Rook and Decard & Ex Stasis Games. Let's keep this brisk. The Havoc Engine powers Eat the Reich, our game of monstrous and sexy unde...

Blades ’68 is an official supplement for Blades in the Dark, moving the timeline forward 100 years to the swinging 60s.

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I. Spotlight Apologies for spotlighting myself but: over at Rascal News, I’ve launched a new podcast called the Rascal Reading Club. It’s a book club podcast in two parts. The first sec…

I. Spotlight Carouse Carouse is a group newsletter that started last year and I’m not sure I’ve ever linked to it before. It’s great! The latest issue has an end of year awards st…

I. Spotlight A couple of links that are interesting to put next to each other: Martin Ralya has a very thorough post about how they’re running a zero prep (well, they do campaign prep but alm…

I. Dear Reader, We skipped last week (unplanned) and we’re going to skip next week (planned) so this is officially the last newsletter for 2025 and since it’s the end of the year, let&#…

The 3 gifts every game designer wants (and a holiday party idea).

I. Dear Reader, People are posting about their favourite games of the year (regardless of when they were released) using the term Endies 2025. I did this last year but Endies does have a certain ri…

Monthly design jams, critique, theory, and inspiration for tabletop rpg designers by rpg designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.

I. Dear Reader, I wrapped up two games this week: The Defy the Gods game that has been going on since July. It ended really triumphantly, appropriately bombastic and dramatic and fun — everyone got…