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I. Foreward
Whatta weekend, friends!
I just ventured the long journey back from the Improv Retreat in east Michigan, filled with new friends who appreciate the value of being weird! … Many an experience had, workshops taken, jams performed, shows watched, and hugs all around!
Shout out to all of my new buddies including my C-bus friends, the Nest Theatre, and “Kris Kaos” for making the experience magical!
Perfect opportunity to tell you about the RPG Blog Carnival, a yearly ceremony of tabletop bloggers prompting incredible think pieces, and sharing their ideas with the blogosphere and the world! … Next month (July), I will be hosting the carnival, with the topics of… “Improv, Warm-Ups, and Roleplaying Tips”.
Also, I’m making a big push this month for our affiliate Phoenix Dice, who is having a SUMMER SALE of up to 30% off of a bunch of dice sets! … Add another 10% off with the code DELVE25! Support the newsletter! Come get your dice!!
Also, yall might already be aware of my fantastic random name generators on the CW main site. I’ve been cooking up new code for what might become an all-inclusive “NPC Generator”. … The endeavor will be involved, but I’m excited to see what fantastic prompts I can spin into reality.
Finally, here’s a NEW spontaneous poll for my lovely readers! …
Honestly, 11-hours of driving later, I’m pooped! … Thankfully, I nabbed a bunch of great stuff in prep for this week. The news and interesting finds never end!
II. Looting the Room
RPG Sales and Deals
Honestly super-excited about this one! … I own one of these books, and its been a fantastic addition to my GM toolkit. The RPG Game Master Book Series is on sale via Humble Bundle, all to raise money for breast cancer research! … Grab this amazing bundle now!
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FREE Resources
of has released the article Medieval rap battles and the ill-mannered art of ridicules, along with a 1d100 table of glorious insults!
Planning to bring your players on an overseas voyage in the near future? Matthew Schuster has put out a handbook of Nautical References for your world building endeavor! PWYW
As a matter of fact, they’ve put out a handful of world building guides, pay what you want! Check them out here!
III. Markings on the Wall
Latest rumors, discoveries, and puzzling finds in the RPG world and beyond!
NEW Upcoming Game Jam!
Healthy TTRPG gaming?! Sign me up! - A jam for games intended to improve our real-world health and wellbeing. Any submission, from fully fledged TTRPGs, to simple game mechanics, safety tools, and more! … Open June 15th through July 25th!
NEW Crowdfunding Projects
GALACTIC + GOING ROGUE - Jumpgate Games - Two riveting space-faring TTRPGs in one! … Fight for the Liberation in the cosmic war of Galactic. Venture into the heart of a revolutions dark moments in Going Rogue. Fund the core book, or the full set!
TTRPG News and Finds
Big news coming from the TCG side of the aisle! … In a move widely seen as a union-busting tactic, ecommerce giant eBay is closing down the TCGplayer authentication center, and the workers are rallying against this move. Rascal News covers this and more.
Recently, courts struck down a number of Trump tariffs as illegal. Meanwhile, tabletop makers pushed back against many of these and other tariff leveraging direct political action! (Rascal News. Pay for full article)
Get into the vibe of the summer season! Kick back, drink some lemonade, and check out one of these summery tabletop RPGs to play until fall, provided to you by Meaghan Colleran at Bell of Lost Souls.
Here’s a first for the newsletter: a Reddit post highlight! … The user MagnetTheory asks r/rpg subreddit: What existing IP do you wish there was an official / spiritual ttrpg of?
Gamehole Con in Madison, Wisconsin has opened registration! … Find me wandering the halls!
Theory and Design Advice
One for RPG mechanic education and entertainment purposes! Cannibal Halfling Gaming conducts a snarky review of a bunch of RPG mechanics from various games.
Over on , an analysis on RPG rulebooks from a lens of instructional design and training development. Is it possible (and sensible) to use the ADDIE model in order to develop a better rulebook?
As Rise Up Comus states in the misattributed quote: Good artists copy. Great artists steal. … Well, at least that is true when it comes to designing your RPG campaign for the table. This, in essence, is the Copy and Paste Manifesto.
I read “What is true neutral anyways?” by Twilight Dreams, and boy do I have thoughts. Frankly, I believe John Wick is true neutral. But I’ll save that argument for the next RPG gathering.
A Maniacs Insight
Where I quote an adjacent Substack blog. The tavern is a busy place, and many a conversation is happening!
A city is, after all, just a large town. And I believe there’s a simple way to go from small town to big city that doesn’t require you to make a hundred taverns, eleven guilds, or a region’s worth of politicking:
You make the city what the town isn’t: the potential to be dangerous.
How to Make Your Cities (Not Suck) by of The Grinning Rat
…which I feel like this newsletter has covered TGR a lot, but whats what happens when you release banger-after-banger.
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