This coming July will mark the 40 th anniversary of the very first tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) session I played. My ...

I participated in RPG a Day 2025, completing 31 posts shared on this blog. I was in Connecticut for Free RPG Day and enjoyed ...

Day 17 of #RPGaDay2024, I continue posting about 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 ...

Day 19 of RPG a Day 2025, with the prompt of Destiny, led me down another strange rabbit hole. I began thinking about the concept of destiny, the Marvel Character Destiny, with her precognitive ...

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 7 #RPGaDay2024, I continue with the alternative prompt challenge list by Skala Wyzwania. For more information, see David Chapman’s Autocratik blog post for RPG a Day 2024. The RPG challenge theme ...

Day 29 of #RPGaDay2024. T-Minus three days! These are the final posts on the themes from the alternative prompt challenge list by Skala Wyzwania. For more information on RPG a Day, see David Chapman’s ...

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 ...

Day 15 of #RPGaDay2024, almost at the halfway point! I continue with the alternative prompt challenge list by Skala Wyzwania. For more information on RPG a Day, see David Chapman’s Autocratik blog ...

Day 24 of #RPGaDay2024. I continue posting about 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 ...

Well, we’ve reached the midpoint of RPG a Day 2025. Technically, the midpoint will be noon today, but you get the idea. The topic for today is Deceive. So, when is it ok to deceive your players? Allow ...

My feelings toward D&D 4th Edition are mixed. When I first read the rules back in 2008 I immediately fell in love. I really liked 4E’s powers, the evocative artwork, the new core races like the ...