What have I been working on in 2025? What's to come in 2026? What's the name of the new tabletop games company I'm launching for several forthcoming projects near and dear to my heart? Find answers (some) and cryptic hints (numerous) within my year in review!

The Cardassian Union made their presence in the quadrant known! Will they ally with the Federation or Dominion? Or remain a standalone faction with their own agenda? You will decide in the Star Trek: Into the Unknown - Glory and Zeal Expansion! Pre-order at a local store or online!

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Exciting to see Rascal covering Plotweaver news! www.rascal.news/brotherwise-...

Heyyyyyyyyyy! We've got socials now!

Get Focused (in the Cosmere RPG) with @afischergames.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/shorts/8U7eV...

Celebrate one of the most iconic ships in the galaxy with the Star Trek Ship Pack: Bird-Of-Prey Cloaked and Uncloaked! Both of these two highly-detailed pre-painted miniatures have adjustable wing positions, and one features a special cloaked effect! Releasing starting Dec 10th!

@crabbok.bsky.social has posted a great video tutorial on using cloaking in Star Trek: Into the Unknown. If you're interested in checking out a mechanic we knew would be integral to Star Trek from the start, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps2i...

Are you a Cosmere fan looking to get into TTRPGs for the first time? Are you an experienced TTRPG player/GM learning a new system with the Cosmere RPG? Look no further than our new YouTube series, Let's Play the Cosmere RPG! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnp7dXN5ZwVnx-Y1ZZ3EeXBeZozDO0Hw2

The Plot and Item Decks are any TTRPG group's best friends. In these two decks, you'll find cards for Items, Spren, Complication and Opportunity options, Condition cards, and more! They're the perfect addition to your in-person Cosmere RPG game nights.

Pre-Order the brand new Star Trek Ship Pack: Bird-of-Prey Cloaked and Uncloaked! It includes two highly-detailed miniatures of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey, one with the standard pre-painted details and the other a special cloaked effect! Pre-order at your local store or online! wizkids.io/stbirdofprey

Really excited to see Threshold up on Gamefound. I've had a chance to play an early version, and it's great. The combat really pops in a way that sent me down a design rabbit hole of my own (always a good sign)! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Pre-Order Now! The conflict continues as the Klingon Empire joins the Federation and Dominion as a new faction in Star Trek: Into the Unknown -Rising Tensions Expansion! Visit your local store: wizkids.io/localstore for more info! Or go online: wizkids.io/stiturisingtensions

In stores and online now! With the Star Trek: Into the Unknown – Federation vs. Dominion Core Set you can choose your officer, deploy your crew, explore the galaxy, navigate anomalies, position your ships to strike, or negotiate terms with the enemy. Make it so! wizkids.io/stitu

Want to know how to best use the new Plot Die in the Cosmere RPG? Join us for some top GM tips from Lead Designer Andrew Fischer! youtube.com/shorts/ADqdA... #cosmererpg #brandonsanderson #brotherwisegames

If you're not over 65 or have certain risk factors, it might be hard to get one but not necessarily impossible. Here's what to know about the confusing and fast-changing rules for getting the shot.

Nice to see more coverage of the Cosmere RPG! The whole team really put a ton of effort into getting the narrative feel right through the mechanics, and it's great to see it recognized! reactormag.com/gamifying-th...

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.

The orgy of liberal pundits tripping over each other to praise Charlie Kirk—when he caused so much violence to the lives of Black and LGBTQ people (including me specifically)—is telling about why the Dems can’t build an antifascist coalition.

Players will want to keep an eye out for T'Rul. This Romulan is one of the many iconic characters appearing in the Star Trek: Into the Unknown – Rising Tensions Expansion! Visit your local store, wizkids.io/localstore, or go online, wizkids.io/stiturisingtensions for more details!

Max Brooke is one of our most experienced team members, bringing his knowledge and mentorship to the Cosmere RPG as Consulting Designer. Max influenced the entire game design, but was especially influential when it came to the system's talent trees and underlying math! @maxcbrooke.bsky.social 🧵

Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"

Always fun to chat about Star Trek: Into the Unknown with @crabbok.bsky.social. Stop by to listen to us discuss Klingon faction design, cloaking, and the legendary stare of Chancellor Gowron! And be on the lookout for more Rising Tensions previews soon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFJY...

With the Cosmere RPG out in the wild (digitally at least), I'm also so excited to start sharing the system at the con along with @suenshine.bsky.social, @lyla.bsky.social, and the whole @brotherwisegames.bsky.social team.

I'm gonna verbalize my thoughts here bit I don't think the very guys who are running cover for a pedophile should ever be allowed to say "kids' safety" without being excoriated by every human being in earshot.

The Cosmere RPG is now available online! Play in the Stormlight Campaign Setting by ordering the digital versions of the RPG online today: www.cosmererpg.com/shop

This near universal shadowban on self tagged nsfw games is, without exaggeration, an attack on all forms of art and self-expression. With the threat of deletion seemingly imminent, livelihoods are at stake. This is an existential threat to the indie rpg industry.

I love that Daggerheart did this. I'm also honored to have our work on Genesys cited right at the top of the special appreciations! @samgregorstewart.bsky.social @lindevi.bsky.social @danlovatclark.bsky.social @maxcbrooke.bsky.social

Apply to join the core design team of the Cosmere RPG! Working with this team has been the most fulfilling and enriching part of my career. I'm so excited to dive into Worldhopper development! Hope you'll consider joining us! 🎲

One of the trickiest (and most fun) design challenges I consulted on for @brotherwisegames.bsky.social's Cosmere RPG was "How do we make Heroic paths that can stand alongside AND synergize with Radiant powers?" @johnnyoneal.bsky.social gives a great example here: www.youtube.com/shorts/EZcVO...

The Cosmere RPG offers flexible paths so you can tell the story YOU want as your campaign unfolds. Specialization and diversification through the various talents can both generate powerful characters, and give you meaningful choices to make whenever you level up! youtube.com/shorts/EZcVO...

I'm excited to announce my passion project JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is coming soon to Kickstarter! Be sure to follow our pre-launch page to keep up to date with the latest news! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...

Imogen is an incredibly sharp, efficient, and creative designer, and is launching her own project soon! I highly recommend checking it out.

We are excited and honored for Star Trek: Into the Unknown - Federation vs. Dominion Core Set to have won the Origins Award for Best Miniature Core Product at @originsgamefair.bsky.social ! Thank you to everyone who has joined us on adventures into the unknown! #origins2025 #originsgamefair

In the last month or so, I have made the extremely dangerous discovery that, while I still cannot render an object intelligibly from my mind's eye to 3d, I *can* sculpt it in hobbyist clay and then make a reasonably passable 3d "sketch" of the physical object (now that I can observe it directly).

A lot of the left got suckered into the idea that Trump is anti-war because he hates multilateralism. But he doesn't hate war. He loves it. What he hates is the idea of defending another country based on shared values, because he doesn't have any values. He wants to divide the world like Mafia turfs

historians is it good when the robe Nobles are able to buy the positions and honors typically reserved for the sword Nobles?

FFS. I cannot believe this advanced House Committee. Called my rep today and basically said as someone in the creative industry, this is going to decimate my career and life. CALL. They don't know how upset you are unless you LET THEM KNOW. USE A SCRIPT. 5calls.org/issue/ai-reg...

today it's the edgier portions of pro-palestinian activism, tomorrow it's "gender ideology", a year later maybe it's "the climate hoax". you draw the line here or not at all.

Democrats should hold 435 town halls this weekend. The ones in Republican districts hosted by local Dems or nonpartisan local officials or even ex-Republicans, with everyone, Democrats and independents and Republicans, invited.

A recent Commander kick has reignited my love of finding 250 cards to put in a deck and also my annoyance at realizing I'll now have to cut 151 of them.

I've got a new blog post about some of my major project milestones this past year. If you're curious about my role on Star Trek: Into the Unknown, Stonesaga, or the Cosmere RPG, read on! www.maxbrooke.com/articles/a-year-in-games-2024

Finally started watching Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 4, and once again, it's like catching up with an old friend. Great stuff! [Also, an entirely theoretical thanks to the dedicated fans making sure it's available for English language viewers, since it's not streaming officially this season.]

Star Trek: Into the Unknown is in stores now! It was a fantastic game to work on with my co-designer Michael Gernes, as well as folks like Alex Davy, John Shaffer, and many others. Look for it in your FLGS or on the WizKids site! I can't wait for folks to play it! shop.wizkids.com/products/sta...

I got to see War of the Rohirrim with some old friends last night. I really enjoyed it (especially in the company I got to see it). Lots of fun post-movie discussion!

The team in action:

Fun fact: Cosmere RPG Lead Designer Andrew Fischer (@afischergames.bsky.social) was a contestant on Nailed It! So as our team-building activity at today's offsite, we're competing to make gingerbread houses. The towers of Kredik Shaw and Urithiru are currently baking. Stay tuned for the results!