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Truly Divine: How DMs Can Make Gods and Patrons Feel Real at the Table

Truly Divine: How DMs Can Make Gods and Patrons Feel Real at the Table

TTRPG Insider spoke with Colby Whittaker, an established minister and D&D author, about his book trying to make gods and patrons feel more real at a fantasy table.

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Fighting Oppression in New Ways: D&D's Designers on Adapting Dark Sun to Modern Times

Fighting Oppression in New Ways: D&D's Designers on Adapting Dark Sun to Modern Times

Designers from the Dungeons and Dragons team discuss capturing the uniquely violent and gritty aesthetics of Dark Sun while also adapting its controversial history

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Rolling from the Hip: Why a UK Improv Troupe is Building an Actual Play Studio

Rolling from the Hip: Why a UK Improv Troupe is Building an Actual Play Studio

How an improv group of men from the UK went from playing Dungeons and Dragons dressed up as school boys to launching their own studio.

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Why TTGDA is Advocating for Naming Designers instead of Publishers

Why TTGDA is Advocating for Naming Designers instead of Publishers

One of the leading groups advocating for tabletop game designers is encouraging public listings to name the actual people making games instead of the big names publishing them.

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Greg Bilsland on D&D Partnerships Expanding Classic Settings

Greg Bilsland on D&D Partnerships Expanding Classic Settings

The team at Wizards of the Coast hope to work with long-time partners to help ensure that the game's most popular settings are regularly getting official updates to fit as many tastes as possible

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A Bloody Risk: White Wolf Leadership Details Vision for Vampire: The Masquerade Update

A Bloody Risk: White Wolf Leadership Details Vision for Vampire: The Masquerade Update

Creative director Jess Lanzillo and lead game designer Diogo Noguiera spoke with TTRPG Insider about how they're making Kindred life riskier, why they're making Sabbat playable and more

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GenCon: Daggerheart's Hope and Fear Sets Foundation for Company's Future Vision

GenCon: Daggerheart's Hope and Fear Sets Foundation for Company's Future Vision

The rules expansion for the Daggerheart TTRPG was almost replaced by a different book. Now it's part of the foundation for the company's new and upcoming plans for the future.

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GenCon: How D&D is Adapting Azeroth for Your Table

GenCon: How D&D is Adapting Azeroth for Your Table

Principal Game Designer James Wyatt spoke with TTRPG Insider about adapting more than twenty years of World of Warcraft gameplay and lore into the newest D&D expansion

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A Truly Lazy GM: Mike Shea on Making GMing Easier

A Truly Lazy GM: Mike Shea on Making GMing Easier

We spoke with Shea, an expert on easy GMing practices and how they can be adapted into enjoyable TTRPG campaigns without hours on hours of preparation

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Get into the Christmas Spirit Through a Solo RPG Advent Calendar

Get into the Christmas Spirit Through a Solo RPG Advent Calendar

UK-based Black Armada Games is embracing Christmas in July with the crowdfunding of two solo RPG advent calendars for release in 2026.

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TALES FROM WOODCREEK Blends Escape Rooms, D&D and 1920s Hollywood in Season 2

TALES FROM WOODCREEK Blends Escape Rooms, D&D and 1920s Hollywood in Season 2

The AP-meets-escape-room-meets-reality-television program led by Deborah Ann Woll in partnership with the Dungeon Dudes is getting a second season after a successful first run.

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Experience a Spine-Tingling 'One-Night Rules-light' Experience With STRANGE STORIES

Experience a Spine-Tingling 'One-Night Rules-light' Experience With STRANGE STORIES

A new horror tabletop game from the team behind the HP Lovecraft Literary podcast hopes to give you a pick-up-and-play experience you won't forget.

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