Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (320 pages, published by Wizards of the Coast in 2001) was $39.95. That is the equivalent in purchasing power to $75 today. If your 300-ish page print ttRPG is less than $75? You are under-charging. #RealGameIndustry

Oooooo... maracuja

Word of the Day: maracuja

42 years ago today Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by the punk rock band Minutemen, which was released as a double album on July 3, 1984 and deals, among other things, with the Vietnam War and racism in America #punkrock #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Natalya Saprunova's photo series exploring coastal erosion and permafrost thaw across Inuvialuit territories in Canada has won the New Scientist Editors Award at the Earth Photo 2026 competition

Happy Canada Day!

50 new MONSTERS in fact!

This is the stationery Chicago aldermen used in 1899, along with the version for the year 1900. Found in the Chicago City Council Proceedings Files at NEIU.

I am not sure my heart can take two penalty shootouts in one day. #worldcup ⚽️

Our Summer Vacation sale ends TOMORROW! Get all your summer reading materials for 20-40% off, and stock up for those warm days! bit.ly/KPSVSale26

A rain forecast did not come correct. variety.com/2026/music/n...

Today is Free RPG Day, the can’t miss RPG event of the year! Don’t forget to visit your local game store and pick up a free RPG, including Runes of the World Tree! freerpgday.com/gamers

Word of the day: to your mother

I mean, I cannot prove that Vanilla Ice is NOT the vandal. So maybe your theory has merit. Who can say?

Weep with me, for Vanilla Ice has cancelled his Freedom 250 concert at America’s State Fair. www.themirror.com/entertainmen...

Last weekend for the sale, with a few more big monster titles at prices we won’t see again.

Germany has a new high temperature record of 41.3 C / 106 F in Saarbrücken. That’s up from prior record 39.6 C / 103 F. Ye gads. www.tagesschau.de/inland/hitze...

NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/...

How do you try to make your dungeons more interactive? @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social chats about Kelsey Dionne's essay in Kobold Guide to dungeons! Watch more. 👇 www.youtube.com/shorts/vKGFe...

Fulfilling the purpose for which it was built almost 2000 years ago, football fans packed the Roman Theatre of Amman to watch the Jordan v Algeria World Cup match. What a sight. [kottke.org]

Next week, Wednesday July 1, we are launching a new streaming show. Short episodes, limited run. Playing @koboldpress.com ' "The Wyddcallum Curse", which is a levels 1-5 adventure. Here are the details. I hope you'll check us out: lazy-wolves.ghost.io/new-streamin... #ttrpg

The countdown to Free RPG Day starts today! Saturday, June 27th is free RPG Day, the can’t miss RPG event of the year, so mark your calendars now! freerpgday.com

A perilous voyage for pearls beyond price! Evade relentless pirate hunters, dodge rogue waves, and bargain with cosmic powers for your most treasured possessions in Seggotan’s Song Pearls, now available as a PDF! koboldpress.com/kpstore/prod...

Because it came up a bit over the weekend, I'm going to reiterate something here for all my #ttrpg designing pals, new & old. Using AI can only shrink your audience. No one is excited to see AI, and plenty of folks abhor it. When you use AI, you attract no one new & repulse more than you know. …

Tell me 5 random things you love that aren’t people or pets: 1. Dice 2. Old books 3. Canoes 4. Mirrorshades 5. Handwoven carpets

Holy chevrons! The *original travel stargate* from all three seasons of Stargate is up for auction! It's at $46k right now. If I had the money…or a super rich friend? Anyone? Kree? Comtraya? entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv...

I interviewed House of the Dragon's Abigail Thorn about the ugly side of swashbuckling for @vulture.com

The Kobold Summer Sale continues this week! Save 20% off all monster books featuring ogres, dragons, and giants - oh my! koboldpress.com/kpstore/summ...

I always wonder about the crowns of monarchies that have ended. Sure some of them were melted down in revolutionary zeal? Or are they always retained out of instant nostalgia?

Also available on @roll20.net —because shipping costs are already going up with the USPS fuel surcharge.

Word of the Day: taqiyya

New requests are ready! I made : - Blink Dog Monarch - Wyvern Zombie What a handsome and regal fella that dog king is :3 Free stls: www.patreon.com/posts/161097... More coming tomorrow! Enjoy!

I'm not sure but these might be my first doodles of Jiro the Kobold from @koboldpress.com

All aboard, Gen Con! Journey into the lost Labyrinth-traversing train, ‘Rava’s Needle’ and discover what fate has befallen its creator. Join the call for adventure, and get your tickets to play! www.gencon.com/event-catalo...

Word of the Day: chungus

‘Hyperscaler investment, negligible through 2022, is now tracking toward $1.5T annually by 2030. At that level, it will surpass, in real terms, the residential construction boom of 2005-06, the 1990s fiber build peak year, and the 1882 railroad peak combined.‘ paulkedrosky.com/ai-set-to-be...

"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10% productivity gain. Ben fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000% productivity gain..."

Dos and don’ts for 5E GMs Delving Into Shadowdark RPG, check out our latest blog! koboldpress.com/dos-and-dont... Once you’re done reading, head on over to the Kobold store to purchase Shadowdark RPG: Snarl of the Pale Swine as a PDF! bit.ly/KPpaleswinePDF

I think it's funny that American leadership has used China as the Global Boogeyman for as long as I've been alive. And yet, they are actively letting China eat our lunch on tech that truly matters like electric cars and renewable energy.

Nothing beats the Summer like reading! Start playing this Summer with 20% off Tales of the Valiant: Player’s Guide and Monster Vault! Have fun in and out of the sun with Kobold Press! bit.ly/KPSVSale26

We are thrilled to announce some big quality-of-life updates to the power section of the official Roll20 M&M 3e character sheet, and the release of the Basic Hero’s Handbook on Roll20!

Die Mannschaft ! www.sportschau.de/fussball/fif...

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

A weird thing learning more spoken French is that native speakers will often spend "quoi" (meaning "what") to the end of a statement. I guess this is totally normal but the English equivalent is something I associate exclusively with Edwardian dandies, e.g. "Chappies, don't talk rot, what?"

In Canadian news… www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It appears my countrymen have arrived in the Americas and culturally appropriated a statue of George Washington.

Doing a bit of character building myself lately. Bearfolk are easy to slot in, trollkin are trickier. @dndbeyond.bsky.social makes it quick!

OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA

Stonehenge in 1835, under a weird and wild sky. By John Constable, who was born on this day in 1776.