RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Session Zero That Never Ends 20 May 202617 May 2026 There’s a special kind of suffering unique to tabletop RPGs, and it’s not the rules bloat, or the scheduling nightmares, or even the fact that every DM secretly wants to…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: Martial Classes Are the Hobby’s Last Acceptable Target of Bullying 13 May 20264 Apr 2026 There’s a quiet cruelty at the heart of Dungeons & Dragons, and it’s not the murderhoboing, or the goblin‑genocide, or even the fact that every published adventure path is basically…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: ChatGPT is Obsessed With Goblins, Just Like Your Stupid Party 6 May 20264 May 2026 If you’ve been using ChatGPT to help flesh out your homebrew campaign lately, you might have noticed something... green. And pointy-eared. And suspiciously obsessed with shiny trinkets. It’s not just…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Rules Lawyer’s Eulogy 29 Apr 202620 Feb 2026 They arrived at the table with a 200-page appendix, a pocket rulebook, and a face like a lawyer who’d just found a comma in your soul. The Rules Lawyer wasn’t…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Dice Jail (Or: How to Bully Plastic Because You Can’t Handle Math) 22 Apr 20268 Jul 2026 Let’s talk about your "Dice Jail." You know the one. It’s usually a tiny, 3D-printed cage, a shot glass, or, if you’re particularly creative, a literal salt circle on the…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Min‑Maxer Survival Kit 15 Apr 20261 Dec 2025 A Field Pamphlet for Enduring Optimisation Tyranny The Warning Signs Spreadsheet at the Table: They arrive with Excel sheets, probability graphs, and a calculator holstered like a weapon. One‑Trick Combat…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: Saving Throws Are Gaslighting Mechanics 8 Apr 20261 Dec 2025 Saving throws are supposed to be the heroic last stand against danger; the dice roll that decides whether you resist poison, dodge fire, or keep your soul intact. In practice,…
RPGs D&D is Awesome and So Are You: The Alchemy of a Great Table 1 Apr 20261 Dec 2025 Let's continue our weekly celebration of Dungeons & Dragons and the... unique souls who play the game. Why are you looking at me funny? This is how we spend every…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The “Wacky” War Criminal 25 Mar 202620 Feb 2026 We’ve all been there. The party is deep in a tense diplomatic negotiation with the Archduke. The stakes are high, the tension is palpable, and the Paladin is halfway through…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Backstory Arms Race 18 Mar 20261 Dec 2025 Every campaign begins with introductions. Names, classes, maybe a quirk or two. But somewhere along the way, players decided that wasn’t enough. They started bringing novels. They started bringing trauma.…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: AC is Classism 11 Mar 20261 Dec 2025 Armour Class (AC) is supposed to be the clean, elegant mechanic that decides whether you get hit. In reality, it’s a gatekeeping system disguised as math. AC doesn’t measure skill,…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: Letters from NPCS Who Regret Meeting You, Part 1 4 Mar 20264 Mar 2026 Every adventuring party leaves a trail of broken tavern stools, cursed heirlooms, and NPCs who wish they’d never opened the door. These letters are the receipts: bitter, petty, and painfully…
