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Do these dice say 100 or 10?
Most gamers roll two ten-sided dice where one dice counts for the tens and the other for the singles.
Honk! The GMless RPG about redeeming the reputation of geese
Sadly, I’m a fat goose with -1 in my Run skill, and when I rolled a 5 on my d6, that took my total down to 4. Failure.
Creepypasta and urban legends: Strange Things Afoot RPG
The premises is straight forward; all those creepy stories on the internet are true. The player characters have to do something about that.
Why emotion is the new frontier for TTRPGs
The indie TTRPG scene, on the other hand, is brimming with smart, innovative designs based around the mental, emotional, and social lives of individual player characters.
Genre Police: The Beat Goes On
Here’s how the thoughtful use of music can make your tabletop games better and more memorable.
EN World’s most anticipated RPGs of 2020 survey pushes Modiphius, Free League and Chaosium to all-time top
EN World, a popular RPG community and news site, surveyed members to see which games they were most looking forward to this year.
Chaosium reschedules Red Thread of Fate
The Henge interfere with mortal life to unite two lovers. They reattach the tragically severed red thread of fate.
Libreté: A macabre RPG about children trying to survive in a haunted city
The game is set in The City. It always rains, and there are no adults; they are all gone. The remaining kids struggle to survive, there are gangs and the Sirens of the Storm that lurk in the water.
These D&D Classics are much improved with hilarious new tiles
Here’s a good project. Take a bunch of classic D&D modules, scan them and then photoshop their titles into hilarious new alternatives.
