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Eucatastrophe and the Role of Hope in Tolkien’s Narratives

In his landmark essay On Fairy-stories, J.R.R. Tolkien coined the term eucatastrophe to describe “the sudden joyous turn,” the moment

July marks the 72nd anniversary of the publication of The Fellowship of the Ring, and that feels like as good

Local tabletop wargamer Alex M. announced the start of an ambitious new army project this week, citing “creative momentum” and

Released in 1999 as part of the Specialist Games line, with Andy Chambers as the primary developer, Battlefleet Gothic took

There’s a version of gaming we all imagine: Everyone shows up on time, the table is clear, the GM has

My good friend Erik Ortiz has released the quickstart for Ioun Star, a space opera setting of “High Magitech Adventures”.

A Dungeons & Dragons campaign took an unexpected interpretive turn Thursday night after the dungeon master mentioned dragons, prompting the

Star Wars Roleplaying Game by Wizards of the Coast, first published in November 2000 and revised in 2002, never gets

Hit Point Press’ beloved woodland fantasy setting Humblewood is getting a new rules treatment with Humblewood in the Mist, a

Somewhere along the way, a lot of us picked up the idea that every fight in an RPG needs to