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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

New Army Project Started to Avoid Finishing Current Army Project

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

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Throwback Review: Battlefleet Gothic (1999)

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

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Running Games When Everyone Is Tired

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

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Highmoon Press’s Ioun Star Quickstart now available

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

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DM Mentions Dragons, Party Assumes It’s a Metaphor

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

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Throwback Review: Star Wars D20 (2000)

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

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Humblewood in the Mist Announced

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

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Stop Making Every Fight Fair

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

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Group Finishes Indie RPG, Unsure If They Won or Healed

A group of tabletop players concluded a full playthrough of a critically praised indie role-playing game Sunday night and left

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Throwback Review: The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game (1984)

TSR’s The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game, published in 1984 and designed by David “Zeb” Cook and John Byrne,

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  • Throwback Review: The One Ring, First Edition July 20, 2026
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