Your System Sucks, and other TTRPG Truths
Scormey
I don’t care who you are, if you are involved in tabletop roleplaying game development, there simply are a few hard truths that you likely don’t want to hear. I…
Tabletop Roleplaying Games
It’s a damn shame!
So I’ve been thinking about tabletop roleplaying games, as I often do, and found my mind wandering to the topic of dice.Many TTRPGs use dice, as we all know, but…
Genre Wars
If you’re a fan of “Dungeons & Dragons”, and only “Dungeons & Dragons”, you will likely not know this… but there are more tabletop roleplaying game genres than dice in…
Great setting, horrible system
It’s the age-old conundrum: Do you play a bad game for an amazing setting? The list of great games with bad systems is too long to list in its entirety…
Why all the hate for 2D20?
Okay, I just have to ask people… Why do so many people hate Modiphius‘ 2D20 system? I know it isn’t your standard “Dungeons & Dragons”-style D20 system, but that’s part…
Guts
So I thought today might be a good enough time to talk about the game engine I’m thinking of using for my upcoming tabletop roleplaying game. A lot of you…
So much for that project
Just to lay things all out on the table, I was going to use this article to announce the pending release of a new tabletop roleplaying actual-play podcast. I was…
Oodles of goodness for Free RPG Day 2026!
Tomorrow, June 27th, 2026, is Free RPG Day 2026 (unless you’re in the UK, where it has been delayed to a future date due to shipping issues). Most brick-and-mortar game…
Actions have Consequences
Recently I have been pondering tabletop roleplaying game mechanics, especially one simple question: When should one take an action? Well, that really depends on the game, frankly. Crunchier games with…