D&D Encounters was a transformative program for our industry. Shawn and I have long wanted to see its return. So glad Shawn was a part of the launch. Seek out stores and try this out. Designers, I highly recommend this!

I can now say that I worked on the adventure content for Shadows of Sithicus, the first season of the newly revamped D&D Encounters program. This adventure, which includes the material for the D&D Celebration kickoff event, is available to play at participating game stores!

Check out Bekir's Battlers - Hell Unleashed! Wooden Minis for OSE on @BackerKit! @crumblingjames.bsky.social www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

Proud to be the 43rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Lichseed Trilogy – A Three-Book Descent into Darkness! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

I just backed Blood in the Needle - A Bookmark Dungeon for Mork Borg on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

I'm really enjoying the 12 Days of Christmas at @elventower.bsky.social

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!)

Terrific in-depth discussion here with @shannonappelcline.bsky.social on @masteringdnd.bsky.social. Not just about Designers & Dragons: Origins but also covering Shannon's early career in gaming and how he got started documenting the history of TTRPGs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f6v...

Really fun to read the new #DnD Adventures in Faerun book! I’m amazed the team seems to have advanced the calendar by 7-9 years to 1501 DR. Previous 5E adventures are now in the rearview mirror. We skipped some years and some fun years yet to come! alphastream.org/index.php/20...

I just backed Allies & Enemies - for the ShadowDark RPG on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/587... for @themightyjerd.bsky.social

Reshare: Even as TSR and D&D’s early periods receive the gold-standard treatment, there’s much more to the hobby than one game and one company. But are those histories actually important? What is at stake if we forget them? www.rascal.news/we-cant-let-...

Had a blast today playing some Incredible Creatures #Daggerheart content at CreatureCon! Ran a creepy investigation session then narrowly avoided a TPK in a session run by the awesome @worlds4all.bsky.social

Elric of Melniboné 🗡️ #Commission

Just watched a fantastically educational seminar on creating adversaries for #daggerheart 👇👇👇👇👇

Looking forward to previewing some new adversaries! #daggerheart

Prepping the Car Wars Classic adventure Convoy for The Ettin (The Evanston TableTop INitiative)! theettin.com #theettin #theevanstontabletopinitiative #carwars #ttrpgs @stevejacksongames.bsky.social

Starting tomorrow! You can still attend by clicking the link below!

Crack! The! Sun!!

I had a truly awesome creative day today with the MCDM team! Some amazing fun is going to come your way!

I assume #ttRPG players here have heard of Alarums & Excursions, the RPG APA which shut down earlier this year? Well, a bunch of A&Eers set up a successor APA, in PDF form, called Ever & Anon, and you can download the first four issues here, for free: www.everanon.org

Reposting for the weekday crowd. The Castle Automatic was a result of my efforts with the #Dungeon23 project! Give me a room number, and I'll give you a teaser for the room's contents.

Here's my folder of personal RPG campaigns, things I worked on for my own purposes. Lots of good memories.

This is basic but I'm doing a lot of economic history right now for Tides of History and the reason prosperity and growth matter is because they usually make people's lives better: having enough to eat, access to shelter, avoidance of violence and massive stress, that's what economies are for.

5. Transgender advocacy organisation T-Net has released a statement welcoming the Sapporo Family Court's decision, and professing the hope that "courts across the country will continue to make flexible rulings, based on the lived realities of transgender people."

Today we are proud to announce our next crowdfunding campaign. Award-winning historian @shannonappelcline.bsky.social examines the roots, artwork, and lore behind each and every product released by TSR for OD&D, AD&D 1e, and Basic D&D with his latest effort, Designers & Dragons: Origins. 1/3

It's almost showtime.

Pleased to announce that my report for the @leidenasiacentre.nl, on Japanese LGBTQ+ politics, has been published! In this publication, I cover some of the latest developments concerning key policy issues, such as Japan's lack of marriage equality, and analyse factors influencing policymaking.

Part of my possibly unfortunate fixation on the "medieval" part of "medieval fantasy" means that I would like to see fewer (or no) D&D characters with surnames, and more should have lineage-names ("Ragnal, Erik's Son"), epithets ("Halfdan Worm-Tamer"), or place-names ("Aethel of Badwall").

Excited to announce our next Kickstarter! Coyote & Crow: Legends & Icons - a compendium of spirits, creatures, and unique NPCs. w/ cover art by @claudiopozas.bsky.social! Launching soon. Sign up now to be notified! www.kickstarter.com/projects/coy... #ttrpg #tabletop #rpg #NativeSky #Indigenous

New post from "Tabletop & RPGs Archives - Geek, Anime and RPG news"! @geeknative.bsky.social #ttrpg #blog

Game Designer Breaks Down 13th Age Rogue Design #gamedesign #gamedev #youtube

So! As promised, I published a collection of my past #ttrpg posts that appeared on Substack in a very convenient package: PDF and EPUB. Go check it out, it's free anyway!

This is where I show my unabashed Expressionism fandom, especially as it pertains to the TTRPG medium. Also: manifestoes are great!

No matter where you are, If you’d to support Canada and Canadians during this unprecedented economic attack, please consider supporting Canadian businesses by buying Canadian products, services and industries, and supporting Canadian tourism in our great cities and places. Please share. Thank you.

There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed. So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.

A perfect afternoon in Astoria.

THE 2021 GOLDEN COBRA COMMITTEE LARP GUIDE written by Golden Cobra co-founder @jmstar.bsky.social isss a great sstarting point for any larpwright trying to get the basics right. How do you structure a human meeting so it'ss interessting to its participants? docs.google.com/document/d/1...

When people ask "How do you design a larp?" -- I have 3 responses: --Get together a group of adults to play costumed "Let's pretend" and let me know how it goes. --Peruse @goldencobra.bsky.social contest submissions. Now write your own. --Read our free textbook! trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024...

RPG tip: Show the world reacting to the actions of the characters. #dnd #ttrpg

Next week @themikeballes.bsky.social and I will be at #PAXUnplugged! We'll run D&D in Spanish and host (again!) the panel "The Asexual Bard: Representation Beyond Tropes" alongside these fine humans! @ilananight.bsky.social @naladraws.com @heycalamityyy.bsky.social @aprilraygun.bsky.social

Mike Balles and Spanish Language RPGs! Mike Balles and Teos examine the state of Spanish-language play and support across companies, conventions, and creator spaces! Listen or watch: masteringdungeons.podbean.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip8G... #DnD #TTRPG

Support the Latine Lounge and get a shot at a special edition #Daggerheart boxed set!!! www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-... Info: youtu.be/ip8GLLl3HIM?...

7 days! Highest support wins it!

Over the decades, loot in D&D has become less central to play and to character motivations. (BTW, I loved working up the random treasure tables for 3E!) These days how big a deal is loot in 5E play? In the olden days, loot was the motivation that united chaotics, lawfuls, and neutrals. Today?

Blades '68 playbooks: the Paranormalist, and the Hull.

And we're live! Please help us bring our actual play podcast (from @manysidedmedia.bsky.social and @talesyettold.com )to life and bring Coyote & Crow content to @foundryvtt.store and @roll20.net www.kickstarter.com/projects/coy... #TTRPG #RPG #tabletop #NativeSky