Starting a reaction thread on 13th Age 2E. First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1

Like it says on the tin, this is about 13th Age 2E shipping, and also about the '13th Arduin' game I'm running for fun, and about the updated resource pages on the @pelgranepress.bsky.social website . . . tinyurl.com/ycy93kw5

Here's an interesting blog post about RPGs other the D&D, what they do, and how different systems support and demand different sorts of play. Thirty years ago, this is what I wanted to see one day: lots of story-oriented RPGs on the shelves. sagaofthejasonite.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/b...

Notes on translating a superhero game's terminology into something that works better for GRR Martin's swords and subterfuge stories. tinyurl.com/r3thmw4z

A new card game I designed is coming out from Upper Deck in the next couple weeks! tinyurl.com/2vp4yevb

I love Martha Wells' book CITY OF BONES, and by the end of this blog I'm searching for a word I'm not sure exists to describe its evocation of place. tinyurl.com/y9c4dey5

13th Age's Unique Mechanics, Escalation Die Explained #gaming #tabletop #roleplaying #rpg

I'm ordinarily impervious to impulse shopping when paying up on BackerKit. But I couldn't resist the cuneiform dice sold as part of Chris Sellers' DEFY THE GODS. The game uses two and I bought three. tinyurl.com/5n885fs3

There are so many stages of an rpg release these days, and we've just enjoyed the Digital-Launch! Notes on that, and credits, and an upcoming AMA on August 29th at 3 PM EST on the 13th Age Discord channel. tinyurl.com/4krrx837

I caught up with my original intentions and backed the Defy the Gods RPG on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/hec...

I feel honored that I get to interview Lee Gold this month for an audio doc on the evolution of ttrpgs. If anyone would like to email/DM me a note to bring to Lee in person, feel free to send along! I'd love to bring her a collection of thank-you notes to show how much she means to this community

Kristin is going to be interviewing Lee Gold this month and is looking to collect together notes, thank yous, and remembrances of A&E or Lee to bring her (maybe as a zine!). If you were a member of A&E or affected by it, please drop her a line here or at [email protected]

I've got an AMA coming up on Friday the 13th at noon PST on the @13thAge Discord. And here's the opening spread of chapter 2 of 13th Age Second Edition! tinyurl.com/yc6df8m5

An image of the opening chapter spread of #13thAge 2E and notes on the project's timing. So. Nearly. Finished! tinyurl.com/5ae5p36s

Coincidentally the 632nd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Dahlia’s Diversions for Peculiar Parties! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Today's blog combines traditional game mechanics with the current power-grab. tinyurl.com/9fwa3wfa

Notes on a 2-page spread from the Monsters chapter of the upcoming #13thAge 2nd Edition: tinyurl.com/384smzne

Pelgrane's Trail of Cthulhu backerkit campaign is in its final train minutes: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

A blog post with 13th Age 2E art (Calling the Ancestors) and recommendations for political podcasters who have given me sanity points this year, and #Gamers4Harris. tinyurl.com/2vak72ty

Here's a blog that has a couple short notes on #13thAge 2E art and a link to a longer interview with Monica Valentinelli and Flames Rising about 13th Age design philosophy: tinyurl.com/3e2bscrf

Here's a well-written letter summarizing the high-stakes presidential election and endorsing Harris and Walz: gamers4harris.org It's signed by over 400 game creators. Reading the list feels like a canvassing event organized out of a twenty-shelf gaming library. #Gamers4Harris

This was a seriously fun interview with excellent questions! Jared, I've attached Lee Moyer's brand-new second edition rendering of your character's beloved, the Elf Queen who was for some (unique) reason consorting with your human hunk! #13thAge #TabletopGaming

I ran a 2-hour demo of #13thAge at GenCon and thanks to writer John McGuire's recap of Things He Did at GenCon, tinyurl.com/ycxdy766, there's a writeup of some of the resulting fun. John didn't go into the comedic manipulation of his wood elf ranger's faulty memory by his sketchy comrades!

Simone Bannach's wonderful new drider for #13thAge Second Edition is here to invite you to my Ask-Me-Many-Things conversation on the unofficial #13thAge Discord on Monday the 19th of August at 11 a.m. PST. We'll record this AMMT for those who can't make it. #TabletopGaming

While thinking about how to use @slyflourish.com's new City of Arches (on Kickstarter at tinyurl.com/yufy4dcp ), I realized that the only non-13th Age book I keep and use as a 13th Age book is Fantastic Locations, Sly Flourish's earlier high-fantasy sourcebook of bizarre and wonderful places! #TTRPG

After Lee Moyer finished painting the new version of the Crusader icon for 13th Age 2nd Edition, he said there wasn't really a need to revise the icons we'd decided to keep as-is. An hour later he admitted that he was busy repainting the Emperor. And five or six hours later, he sent this: