To celebtrate the New Year, I have my annual look at the year in roleplaying. It was a year of disasters, including tariffs, distributor bankruptcy, and stolen AI art, but there were great successes too, particularly in the OSR and indie sides of the industry, and for Backerkit. Take a look!

I will be at @birconberlin.bsky.social on Saturday (aka the Berlin International Role Playing Game Convention). Would love to meet at you my DM table! :-) #bircon

@untoldtales.bsky.social We celebrated 1 year of Shadowdark! Players teleported from sandstorms to ghost fields, chasing artifacts. The final boss? Convincing witches with a disco-pink magic shirt. Nat 20 did the trick. Pure chaos, pure joy.

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138 days of silence – out of frustration over 11 million votes for right-wing parties. But resignation won’t help. We have to keep fighting. Education is a powerful force for good. TTRPGs are able to foster empathy, social skills, and critical thinking. Let’s use them. There’s a lot to do.

#RollKRIT 11: Fiasco (Morningstar 2009/2021) Fast, chaotic, thought-provoking! Fiasco’s second edition sharpens the pace and allows to explore power, deception & social dynamics. Read my Blogpost: edu-rpg.de/Fiasko/#11-en Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 11: Fiasco (Morningstar 2009/2021) Fast, chaotic, thought-provoking! Fiasco’s second edition sharpens the pace and allows to explore power, deception & social dynamics. Read my Blogpost: edu-rpg.de/Fiasko/#11-en Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 10: Paranoia (Mongoose 2023) A smart satire. Beneath the humor, players experience fear, control & propaganda in totalitarian systems. Obeying the rules? You’ll still lose. Read Blogpost: edu-rpg.de/paranoia/#10... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 10: Paranoia (Mongoose 2023) A smart satire. Beneath the humor, players experience fear, control & propaganda in totalitarian systems. Obeying the rules? You’ll still lose. Read Blogpost: edu-rpg.de/paranoia/#10... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 9: "Misspent Youth 1.2" (Bohl, 2020) In this punk #TTRPG, you and your friends challenge oppression, make hard moral choices, and explore the power of resistance. Blogpost: edu-rpg.de/misspent-you... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

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#RollKRIT 9: "Misspent Youth 1.2" (Bohl, 2020) In this punk #TTRPG, you and your friends challenge oppression, make hard moral choices, and explore the power of resistance. Blogpost: edu-rpg.de/misspent-you... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 8: "Moon Punk" (Geyer/Sprague, 2020) Moon Punk paints a dystopian vision of lunar society, reflecting our world. A PbtA-TTRPG about solidarity, protest & resistance. See also my blogpost: edu-rpg.de/moon-punk/#8... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 8: "Moon Punk" (Geyer/Sprague, 2020) Moon Punk paints a dystopian vision of lunar society, reflecting our world. A PbtA-TTRPG about solidarity, protest & resistance. See also my blogpost: edu-rpg.de/moon-punk/#8... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 7: "Eat the Reich" (Howitt, 2023) #TTRPG blends antifascist satire with splatter. Thought-provoking for informed players, but requires context to avoid trivialization. Read my blogpost: edu-rpg.de/eat-the-reic... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 7: "Eat the Reich" (Howitt, 2023) #TTRPG blends antifascist satire with splatter. Thought-provoking for informed players, but requires context to avoid trivialization. Read my blogpost: edu-rpg.de/eat-the-reic... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 6: “Achtung! Cthulhu” (Modiphius, 2021) The #ttrpg blends WWII & cosmic horror. It enables critique of fascism but risks trivialization. Framing & safety tools are key. Read blogpost: edu-rpg.de/achtung-cthu... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 5: Going Rogue (Levine, 2022) Antifaschistisches #TTRPG mit tokenbasiertem Spielsystem – fördert kollaboratives Erzählen & moralische Reflexion. Inspiriert von Rogue One & Andor. Ausführlicher Blogbeitrag: edu-rpg.de/going-rogue/ Bis zur BT-Wahl: RPGs gegen faschistische Ideologie #pnpde

#RollKRIT 5: Going Rogue (Levine, 2022) Anti-fascist #TTRPG which uses a token-based system for collaborative storytelling on resistance and sacrifice - inspired by Rogue One and Andor. Read blogpost: edu-rpg.de/going-rogue/... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 4: Rebel Scum (O’Neill, 2021) #TTRPG with Star Wars aesthetics, blending accessibility with themes of authority, propaganda & resistance - usable for both play & critical reflection. More at: edu-rpg.de/rebel-scum/#... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 3: The Spire (Howitt/Taylor, 2018) The Spire shows the complexity of resistance: risk, morality, struggles. A playful tool to challenge black-and-white thinking and foster reflection. More at: edu-rpg.de/spire/#3-en Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 2: Grey Ranks (Morningstar, 2017) The #TTRPG puts players in the shoes of teenage resistance fighters in 1944 Warsaw and allows for in-depth exploration of war, morality & identity. More at: edu-rpg.de/grey-ranks/#... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

#RollKRIT 1: Rosenstrasse (Turkington/Hammer, 2017) #TTRPG on Jewish life & resistance in Nazi Germany. Explores complicity & defiance-raising awareness of radical structures, past & present. More at: edu-rpg.de/rosenstrasse... Until BT election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. #pnpde

Roleplaying as resistance against fascism! #TTRPG foster empathy, critical thinking & social skills – essential to exposing far-right ideologies. Use #RollKRIT & stand up for tolerance! Until election, I’ll showcase RPGs against fascist ideology. More at edu-rpg.de/rollkrit#rol... #eduRPG #pnpde

Important message: "Punch Nazis!" is a newly available collection of Resistance TTRPGs that people should absolutely play. TTRPGs are a great way to foster critical thinking, social skills, and empathy - which, as we can all plainly see at the moment, is something humanity desperately needs.

Decided to spend valuable time putting most of my BORG-related products on the floor and taking a picture of them. I miss some items that are in my storage unit (or that I just lost) but this is most of it. A bunch of cool stuff in this pile, honestly.

Apropos of nothing, what are some of your favorite expressly antifascist #TTRPG s? I'll start... Night Witches from @bullypulpithq.bsky.social is a historical game about the all-woman 488th Night Bomber regiment of the Soviet Air Force, fighting the Nazis in WW2. It's a remarkable game! #PbtA.

Simple, sharp, and much needed. Thank you @mouseguard.bsky.social !!!

Progress Pride 7-Piece Polyhedral RPG Dice Set https://siriusdice.com/products/dnd-progress-pride-dice-set-limited-edition $ 30 vom Verkaufspreis gehen ans Trevor Project (suicide prevention & crisis intervention for young LGBTQ+). Limitiert auf 1500 Stück #dnd #pnpde #dice

Article by Dr. Eric Wood (9 Jan. 25) on TTRPGs in college mental health: www.forbes.com/sites/ericwo...

My favorite bits from a post by @slyflourish.com about playing #ttrpg on paper which is something I very much want to do more of. www.startstartgo.com/playing-on-p...

Article by Dr. Eric Wood (9 Jan. 25) on TTRPGs in college mental health: www.forbes.com/sites/ericwo...

Picked up the brush after a 10-month hiatus to test different slapchop techniques on some poor zombies. It was spooky, messy, fun. Painting feels good again.

I reviewed another Zungeon! This time, the Temple of Kuzhlen by @kirhon.bsky.social! It’s a cool little social dungeon — check it out! playfulvoid.game.blog/2025/01/11/z...

We did this on Twitter a few years ago and it was one of our favourite ever threads there, so please use this space to shout out your first games store and drop its lore so many of these places were just wonderful dens of iniquity, filled with misfits with in front of and behind the counters...

This. Is. Hilarious. 🤩 Read it, you will not regret it. 🤣🤣🤣

Wow, 2025. This calendar is now a whopping 40 years old! It's filled with beautiful memories, and the artwork has lost none of its charm. Elmore, Caldwell, Parkinson, & Easley illustrated Dragonlance in an unforgettable way. I'll post some more images on my instagram account (at)eduRPG. #dnd #ttrpg

Great article on Cole Wehrle and how board games can be more interesting and thoughtful slate.com/human-intere...

TTRPGs are more than just dice and dice rolls—they're about stories, friendships, and unforgettable moments. It doesn't matter if you're new to the game or a veteran: this reflection will remind you why we love tabletop roleplaying. #TTRPG #TabletopRoleplayingGames #Roleplaying

To help kick off New Game Master Month, we've got an advice column with Brian Suskind on New GMs and Metagaming! Read Here: bit.ly/KP-New-GMs-M... #5e | #TOV | #DND | #ttrpg

Thorough and deep article by a fantastic author of RPG-history. Read it!!! #pnpde #ttrpg

A bit late to the party, but: Whoohoo - New Year in space. The Mothership drifts through infinite voids, but in the distance, hope glimmers like a beacon. May 2025 bring you inspiration, brave crews, and just enough stress points for epic stories. Happy New Year, galactic storytellers! #pnpde #ttrpg

This is not a photomontage, folks, but rather how my parents (84+) store their nativity figure. Frame it however you like, but I had a laughing fit when I helped them decorate last year and found the 'Holy Family' like this. Take good care of yourselves, and see you under the Christmas tree. #pnpde

The wonderful little RPG shop "All The Problems In This World" in Berlin-Kreuzberg managed to get hold of this gem by @riseupcomus.bsky.social & deliver it just in time for Christmas. My first impression is that it looks absolutely fantastic. Will tell you all about it. 🤩 #pnpde #ttrpg #MacApproved

🎄 Last year’s tree topper was our masterpiece (yet)! 🎉 My wife and I are setting up the Christmas tree again tonight, and we’re looking for fresh ideas. What should we put on top this year? Drop your nerdy suggestions in the comments! 😆✨ #ChristmasVibes #TreeTopper #ttrpg

Es wird wirklich mal wieder Zeit, 'Vier gegen die Finsternis' zu spielen. 😀 #pnpde #HabtIhrAuchDasGefühlVorWeihnachtenIstNochMehrStress

Two weeks ago colossal skeletons of long-extinct beasts towered over me at Berlin’s Natural History Museum – and suddenly, my mind was swarming with ideas for TTRPGs: Dino cults, cybernetic T-Rexes, prehistoric nightmares. Why are dinos so fascinating? Ever brought them to life in a campaign? #pnpde

Lesenswert! Und Tim Clares Buch "The Game Changers" ebenso. 🤓

Oha! 1 Jahr Pause seit meinem letzten Post hier. Hatte mich als (ät)eduRPG auf Instagram ganz auf pädagogische Aspekte von #TTRPGs konzentriert. Jetzt wirds wieder Zeit, hier privatere Projekte zu besprechen: Habt ihr schon Abenteuer für eure Weihnachts-Sitzung? Freue ich mich über Tipps 😀 #pnpde

Ich wünsche euch einen lustigen, spielerischen Heiligabend, besinnliche Weihnachtstage mit viel erholenden und schönen Momenten. 🎄🤶🏻🐶🤗 Umgibt euch mit lieben Menschen und genießt die Zeit mit ihnen... und esst, lacht, tanzt, singt, malt als wenn euch niemand zusieht. 🤗😀💚 #ErstesWeihnachtenMitHund