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26 Tabletop Roleplaying Games by Queer Game Designers
While itch.io is running an absolutely fantastic Queer Games Bundle (which includes nearly 600 games for only $US10 ($14)), the sheer expanse of queer games might be intimidating to navigate. I’ve rounded up a selection of small, indie table top roleplaying games that I personally love, all written by queer people. Many of these have…
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Digital RPG Chrome Rides the Bleeding Edge of Cyber-Noir Gameplay
It’s fitting that one of the first large-scale tabletop role-playing games built to be played exclusively within a digital environment is described as “cyber-noir.” Chrome is an original TTRPG based off Mothership’s D100-based Panic Engine, coded and created entirely within its native online application, Role. With excellent art, a slick presentation, and a compact package,…
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D&D’s Lead Rule Designer Explains Why Actual Play Has Influenced the Game
Dungeons & Dragons is undergoing a popularity boom unlike anything in its existence lately. More and more people are picking up the game — and even more have turned it into its own kind of show, as the “Actual Play” genre of streamed campaigns has shot to its own kind of transmedia boom. So it’s…