If you are looking for a game that can handle pulp action, horror, and sci-fi with equal ease—and you’re willing to unlearn a few d20 habits— Savage Worlds is hard to beat. It might read a little ...

As a player, the only true “classic” I can claim is The Haunting, that terrifying walk through the Corbitt House from the ...

So, for the curious, the nostalgic, and the completists, here is the log of my 40-year voyage, thus far, organized by the ...

Hello friends! Welcome to 2026. This year marks a special occasion for me. This coming July will mark the 40 th anniversary of the very first tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) session I played. My ...

As 2025 draws to a close and I take stock of the past year, I feel this year has been challenging. Nationally, internationally, the world feels on the brink of dark times. I travelled a lot for work ...

While browsing on itch.io I recently stumbled upon Heroes of Adventure, a free, rules-light, OSR-adjacent tabletop roleplaying game released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Like D&D it ...

If you have followed my blog for a while you surely must have noticed that there’s a certain white whale I am hunting for years now: an old-school D&D sandbox campaign. I’ve made several attempts to ...

Even though I think I never watched a full Critical Role session, I’d consider myself a fan. I totally adore their animated series and I own several books related to CR including a book about the ...

Day 12 of #RPGaDay2024, continuing with the alternative prompt challenge list by Skala Wyzwania. For more information on RPG a Day, see David Chapman’s Autocratik blog post for 2024. The RPG challenge ...

Today’s prompt for RPG a Day 2025 is Mystery, and mysteries are hard! All facetiousness aside, running a tabletop role-playing game mystery can be difficult, and we’ve been trying to do it almost ...

I have a soft spot for the Old School Renaissance. Even though I never played original D&D or owned one of the Basic D&D boxes I have some quasi-nostalgic feelings toward this era of gaming. I like ...

Surprise! Earlier in the month, I missed two days, and I quickly remedied the situation and posted the Day 9 post two days late. And now, 19 days late, here is the post for Day 10 of RPG a Day 2025.