tabletop role playing game
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NASA Really Made Its Own Tabletop RPG for You to Play
NASA still has plenty of cool projects afoot in the real world—did you hear about that asteroid-redirecting test? Or those space-friendly cameras?—but it’s also trying to stir imaginations in fantastically creative ways, too. Enter The Lost Universe, the agency’s first-ever tabletop roleplaying game. Its first what now? Yes, a TTRPG crafted at NASA’s Goddard Space…
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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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How a New Wave of Grants Is Building a More Diverse Tabletop Scene
As massive crowdfunding campaigns for tabletop role playing games (TTRPG) dominate the games ecosystem, independent designers and presses are adapting the centuries-old tradition of arts grants and patronage in order to raise up small, often marginalised, authors and artists.
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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,…