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Throwback Review: The One Ring, First Edition
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Throwback Review: The One Ring, First Edition

July 20, 2026 Mark
Tolkien and the Power of Small Places in RPGs
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Tolkien and the Power of Small Places in RPGs

July 17, 2026 Mark
The Long Defeat: Tolkien’s Philosophy of History
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The Long Defeat: Tolkien’s Philosophy of History

July 15, 2026 Mark
Throwback Review: The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, 2002
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Throwback Review: The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, 2002

July 13, 2026 Mark
Helm’s Deep and Running the Battle Your Players Can Actually See
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Helm’s Deep and Running the Battle Your Players Can Actually See

July 10, 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
Remembering John Blanche, the Artist Who Taught Me What Warhammer Looked Like
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Remembering John Blanche, the Artist Who Taught Me What Warhammer Looked Like

June 3, 2026 Mark

Galactic & Going Rogue 2e: Games of Hope and Sacrifice

You know I love a Star Wars RPG, and I absolutely love games that are Star Wars with the serial

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“From Spark to Tidal Wave” — Weaving Nemik’s Words into a Living Campaign

Six paragraphs, six pulses of raw conviction, now stitched across your table. We started with the crushing awe of an

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“Remember This: Try.” — Willpower as the Smallest, Strongest Engine

Some slogans stride across banners; Nemik’s last word flickers like a match in cupped hands: Remember this: Try. Not conquer,

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“One Single Thing Will Break the Siege” — Engineering the Tipping Point in Your Campaign

We’ve all watched walls stand solid for years—then crumble in a single gasp. Nemik captures that instant: Remember that. And

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“Authority Is Brittle” — Exposing the Cracks of Tyranny in Your Campaign

The Empire’s banners look permanent only from a distance. Step closer and you’ll see weld lines, patch jobs, nervous techs

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“The Frontier Is Everywhere” — Making Minute Defiance Matter at the Table

Nemik reminds us that rebellion isn’t a distant border you travel to—it’s every threshold you cross. Remember that the frontier

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“Freedom Is a Pure Idea” — Channeling Invisible Armies at Your Table

Every so often a concept sparks like flint and nobody can trace the hand that struck it. The open-license boom,

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“Dwarfed by the Scale of the Enemy” — Turning Nemik’s First Truth into Tabletop Fuel

The first swipe of Nemik’s Manifesto in Andor lands like a vibro-blade: There will be times when the struggle seems

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Evil Hat Launches Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts

For those who have fallen down the rabbit hole of Blades in the Dark and all it has to offer

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Running Star Wars 500 Years After the Skywalker Saga

The clash over Exegol, Rey’s fledgling Jedi Order, and the tentative New Republic now rest inside history holocrons. Half a

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