Weekend Update: 11/15/2025 Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online.

The design decision which won narrative gaming Last week, Apocalypse World came back to crowdfunding, with the Bakers seeking funding for a Third Edition of the game. Apocalypse World was first released back in 2010 and it took the indie RPG world by storm; by the time Dungeon World was released…

In talking about DIE on Cannibal Halfling, Seamus always said it 'hit me so hard that fiction falls out'. For today's post I'm reflecting on why it is and providing a bit of a preamble for my first piece of fiction on the site, which is based on a DIE character.

Weekend Update: 11/8/2025 Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online.

How influential is Apocalypse World? This influential. (And I wrote this chart four years ago.) www.designers-and-dragons.com/2021/11/02/t...

Crowdfunding Carnival: November, 2025 Welcome to Crowdfunding Carnival for November! There are a ton of campaigns out there this month; my initial pass easily got to 20 even after I realized that there were a lot and started filtering more aggressively. We’ve definitely got more designers putting…

And away we go. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

After reviewing TTRPGs for nearly a decade my only addition is that 'sometimes' is underselling it. Even well-known, ENnie-winning games often crumple at a table where the players don't think in the same way the designer and their friends did.

James Hoffmann makes a clear warning in all of his espresso technique videos: Buying an espresso machine will get you a new, expensive hobby way before it gets you better coffee.

Ok, @lumpley.bsky.social & I have been very up-front over the years on our sales data & etc, so here's a thing, & thanks Will, for bringing it up. Starting a career in #ttrpgs means making games. it means writing in a goggle doc or notebook, trying mechanics with a friend, finding 3 folks to play.

Today's post is a tarot read, the first of what is planned to be a regular monthly feature.

Weekend Update: 11/1/2025 Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online.

I'm starting New Wonk Media, a site for fiction and more narrative exploration of RPGs. This first post, for myself as much as for any audience, is attempting to explain why.

SPINE Review: Making A Game Of Getting Lost In A Book You and Granma were, frankly, on the worst terms. That's what made it such a surprise when you got a package from your cousin, who had wound up being the executor of her estate. Maybe, your cousin writes, Granma was able to overlook your…

T minus 3! We've got just a few add-ons planned for the campaign, but they're pretty cool. I'm working hard today to pull together the preview for one of them. I can't wait to show you! (If you're on our Patreon, you'll see it early, just saying...)

Released one day early, the November Mecha TTRPG Newsletter is out, and it features Beam Saber by @austinramsaygames.bsky.social. Plus, an interview with designer and reviewer @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social of Cannibal Halfling Gaming. And be sure to check out this month's killer community content!

We had one hell of a DIE game at our annual in-person gaming weekend earlier this month. Check out my Adventure Log below. #ttrpg #dietherpg

New article on Old Men Running the World, where I drill down into what makes me want to run a game and what makes me run a mile. #ttrpg

T minus 7. We're launching the KS next Monday, one week from today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

For the first time I'm heading to #PaxUnplugged this year. Mostly plan to roam the halls, so if you want to talk #TTRPGs, say hi, or press a review copy into my hands (unlikely but I can dream), feel free to reach out.

I dragged my feet so long on getting back into scrolling social media, but I've given in. Don't know how often I'll be posting here; when I do it'll pretty much all be #ttrpg stuff. At the same time, I'm starting a new writing project and the time is right to re-engage. So, here I am. Onward!