This is my horror show. Drop this in a dungeon. Watch your players squirm.

I dunno, it might become a thing? Altho the cycle of Dark Sun speculation is unending some days.

The Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart Kickstarter just crossed the $250k mark, which means we'll be writing a brand-new adventure site for the book! Next: at $300k, we'll add even *more* adversaries. <3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/dun...

A profile of a Colorado professor and how he thinks games like D&D are used to help people emotionally grow and heal. www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2...

More deets on that event.

So I had not known that there is a tabletop convention in Dubai or the Middle East. Tabletop.me is the first one there, apparently. And there's big vendors. Honestly, Dubai is going all out to try and attract Western interests as of late. Will be curious to hear what comes out of the event.

To be clear: if we are talking about audiences for AP being outstripped by the number of participants, that was a convo half a decade ago. It remains true that AP has always been made for many reasons, & for that reason cannot be understood as a single scene, industry, or community of practice.

Matt Mercer to appear alongside Jeremy Crawford and the Acquisitions Incorporated crowd at PAX Unplugged. Might just be me, but this feels close to confirming earlier reports that Acq. Inc. might start playing Daggerheart instead of 5e. But we will see!

Airlines cancel more than 700 US flights as FAA-ordered, Trump shutdown cuts begin… www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/a...

New from TTRPG Insider: One of those questions I've been asking myself is about how 'big' Actual Play content can get. There are a lot of folks who are really excited to create in this space. But are there too many shows already? www.ttrpginsider.news/p/are-there-...

if you’re going to Pax Unplugged, might be worth checking your flights in the coming days. Philadelphia International Airport is one of the 40 airports being affected by cancellations due to lack of pay for flight controllers and TSA staff.

The SHIFT Kickstarter is now over! Thank you for helping us hit $100K! The superhero World Spark will be available as a PDF and included in the core SHIFT RPG rulebook. If you missed out on the campaign, late pledges are open now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shiftrpg/shift-rpg?ref=65ozro

This is the new Half-Life 3 meme.

Free League is releasing a Saruman themed anthology of adventures for its ONE RING/5e-based series of LOTR content, where the players will decide whether to serve or subvert the White Wizard before he turns evil.

There's some good replies to this that hit the core. Time, cost, etc. I'm gonna add a third variable: A diminishing number of locations to do so. The easiest and ideal way to play is with friends, but the other option is playing at third places like FLGSes, bars or libraries.

I was thrilled to talk with Teos and Shawn at @masteringdnd.bsky.social this week. We talked about Designers & Dragons: Origins, of course, but dug into some nice history too: Greyhawk's dungeons, Jack Fred, Palace of the Silver Princess! (The show is nicely indexed, so you can hear what you want!)

Odyssey of the Dragonlords, a Greek-inspired 5e campaign, got a remaster. @belloflostsouls.net spoke with the author (who comes from the makers of KOTOR and Mass Effect) about what that entails. www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/11/dd-a...

INTERVIEW: Vibrant's Eric Brouillet spoke to us about how character creation and adventuring works in D&D: The Immersive Question, D&D Beyond & more. #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #DNDTheImmersiveQuest

Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan teases his upcoming RPG Merryshire Detective Club #gaming #cozy #rpg

Wanted to know more about OVER/UNDER, the Mothership PbP campaign on Discord that has 1,200 players? @manysidedmedia.bsky.social has the scoop. open.substack.com/pub/manyside...

Twilight Sword, the Zelda-inspired TTRPG developed by Two Little Mice in collaboration with Free League Publishing, will crowdfund on Nov. 20. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: We spoke with @lumpley.bsky.social about what changed in APOCALYPSE WORLD 3rd Edition and how watching their kids play their game inspired the changes www.ttrpginsider.news/p/how-the-mi...

Fascinated by how central Trent Ikithon is to Mighty Nein's intro sequence. He was always a core baddy but he was in the background. Seems he's more central than before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYCv...

Who's going to PAX Unplugged? Let me know if you'd like to meet, especially if you're there to discuss something new or chat about projects. I'm mostly there in a reporting facility for TTRPG Insider, but I'm also trying to meet with numerous other folks.

IN HONOR OF GODZILLA DAY TODAY...we are apparently getting a Godzilla TTRPG. It's going to be made by ex-Games Workshop designers Jarvis Johnson, Gav Thorpe, and Mark A. Latham and published by IDW Games. The game will arrive on Kickstarter in March 2026. www.gamesradar.com/tabletop-gam...

There are a few truly pure things Internet is good for and this is one of them. xkcd.com/3163/

The California-based TTRPG convention Big Bad Con, which focuses on indie and marginalized creators, confirmed today that it has decided not to host a physical convention in 2026 due to the current political climate but is still determining its plans going forward. @bigbadcon.bsky.social

UK Games Expo promoted a tabletop RPG on Instagram that claimed to use "fully ethical and transparent" generative AI. Everything went downhill once the publisher began responding to criticism.

Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.

Are you missing out on PaxU but have something to share with other ttRPG and AP enthusiasts--either as a panel host or perhaps by running a seminar about a topic you know really well? Submit your pitch to us at Convention Zero Fall 2025, running from Nov 21-23! forms.gle/rsrSgqiShX5p...

NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: The OSR-inspired Old School Essentials is getting a major update in 2026, Chaosium celebrates its 50th birthday on Halloween and Warframe meets Paizo! All the news you need in this week's issue. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/news-round...

NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: The OSR-inspired Old School Essentials is getting a major update in 2026, Chaosium celebrates its 50th birthday on Halloween and Warframe meets Paizo! All the news you need in this week's issue. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/news-round...

I’m the Scrooge in my family who protests every time my sister plays Christmas music before Thanksgiving.

Dndbeyond.com updated its terms and conditions last week to include language that, from what I understand, now has you agree to a class action waiver, it appears. www.geeknative.com/211293/dd-be... Hard to say how important this is but it seems noteworthy.

Tonight's the @chaosium.bsky.social 50th anniversary! The paperwork was officially filed today. Congrats to the company for such a historic moment.

Want to get into the weeds on the recent Stranger Things-themed starter set? Hasbro published an interview with artist Butcher Billy and managing designer Justice Ramin Arman newsroom.hasbro.com/news-release...

"There’s a lot of me in this project. Even if I’m often hiding behind the voices of Charlotte and Samantha." @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social tells Rascal about the process of creating her pseudo-autobiographical horror RPG about finding meaning before death, but also accepting the unknowable.

Huh. Interesting.

A letter article between Chase and Thomas wonders how The Dice Tower mistook punching down on small games as having professional standards.

OUR LATEST FROM TTRPG INSIDER: We look at two new AP podcasts with audio drama aspirations; WELCOME TO HOLE and @uepodca.st 's MISFORTUNATE 4 arc. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/podcast-sp... Thanks to Brendan Way and @pcperini.com for chatting!

Time to get ready for Halloween!

OUR LATEST FROM TTRPG INSIDER: We look at two new AP podcasts with audio drama aspirations; WELCOME TO HOLE and @uepodca.st 's MISFORTUNATE 4 arc. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/podcast-sp... Thanks to Brendan Way and @pcperini.com for chatting!

VOIDSEA, a joint project launched by Loot Tavern, Archvillain Games and Titan Forge focused on an nautical-meets-Cthulhu 5e campaign setting, successfully raised $1 million on Kickstarter; making it the 8th (?) campaign of 2025 to do so. www.kickstarter.com/projects/voi...

I've mixed feelings about season 2 of HAZBIN HOTEL. But the music is, as always, catchy as heck. GRAVITY is way too good.

@pelgranepress.bsky.social is trying something new by supporting Lumen, a “virtual GM screen.” Pelgrane games like 13th Age and Night’s Black Agents are available for it now. One-time purchase, not a subscription. lumenscreen.com

From down under, a remastered release of Acquisitions Incorporated: Pirate Borg! Thanks to @limithron.bsky.social and starring @ifycomedy.com , @robbotron.bsky.social , Violet Wilkin of Good Games Morley, @krisstraub.com , and @tychobrahe.bsky.social ! This Friday @ Noon on www.youtube.com/@acq...

Lab monkeys from Tulane University have escaped an overturned truck north of the town of Heidelberg, Mississippi. Despite initial claims by local law enforcement, the monkeys are not carrying COVID-19, herpes or hepatitis C. buff.ly/16gTRJa

Geek Native reviews No Mercy For Monsters. It's a polished, compelling, and grimly personal journey into obsession and vengeance.