RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Wizard Who Thinks They’re Playing a Different Game 10 Jun 202617 May 2026 Some players sit down at a D&D table and immediately behave like they’ve been invited to demonstrate mastery rather than have fun. They’re not hostile about it. They’re not even…
Film… Zydrate Anatomy: How to Run a ‘Repo! The Genetic Opera’ Style RPG 9 Jun 20265 Jun 2026 If you’ve read our recent review of Repo! The Genetic Opera, you already know we have a soft spot for its unique brand of blood-soaked, neon-drenched gothic camp. But as…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Puzzle That Breaks the Party 3 Jun 2026 Do some DMs just wake up and wonder how best to inflict their unique brand of suffering upon their players? There are plenty of options, but what might be the…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Player Who Brings Real‑Life Beef to the Table 27 May 202617 May 2026 One common problem with tabletop RPGs really gets to me, and it’s not the rules arguments, or the scheduling nightmares, or even the fact that someone always insists on playing…
RPGs… Beyond Campaign’s End: Roleplaying in the Vibe of Frieren 24 May 202624 May 2026 Every tabletop RPG player knows the classic trajectory. You start in a tavern, kill some giant rats in a cellar, steadily escalate to slaying dragons, and eventually face down a…
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…
Books… Humble Bundle: Elves & Fey 5E Bundle 4 May 20264 May 2026 The new Elves & Fey 5E D&D Bundle on Humble Bundle is basically Kobold Press saying, “Fine, if Wizards won’t make the feywild interesting, we’ll do it ourselves.” And honestly?…
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…
Tabletop Games Where Culture Meets the Tabletop, Part 2: The Photography of Gregory Crewsdon 26 Apr 202619 Apr 2026 Tabletop gaming does not and should not sit in a vacuum. It absorbs whatever the wider culture is generating, whether that might be aesthetics, moods, creative instincts… whatever. We should…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Dice Jail (Or: How to Bully Plastic Because You Can’t Handle Math) 22 Apr 202620 Feb 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…
