NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2024): A Fancy Capital Entree
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2024): A Fancy Capital Entree Q: Name a U.S. state capital. Then name a world capital. Say these names one after the other and phonetically you’ll get an expensive dinner entree. What is it? Change the last letter of the dinner entree to the letter […]
Continue ReadingDiscworld TTRPG Kickstarter to Launch October 15
Publisher of tabletop RPGs, wargames and board games, Modiphius Entertainment Ltd. has today announced that its Kickstarter campaign for the TTRPG Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork will launch on 15th October 2024. Fans can be notified when the Kickstarter launches by signing up here. Modiphius recently announced that it had secured […]
Continue ReadingNPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 8, 2024): Watercraft on Water
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 8, 2024): Watercraft on Water Q: Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these? How close are you to the answer? Are […]
Continue ReadingWorlds of Design: Prestige Goods
When two groups encounter each other, they may place very different values on the same objects. Imagine a humanoid tribe that is “beyond the pale” of civilized territories occupied by humanity. They have rarely encountered “civilized” peoples. But those people are slowly expanding. Barring actual conflict, which is expensive […]
Continue ReadingNews Digest for September 1
Darryl Mott is a tabletop gaming and media journalist with bylines from outlets including Ain’t It Cool News, EN World, and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. He also makes videos for YouTube and does live streams on Twitch as well as doing post-production and editing for the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk […]
Continue ReadingNPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 1, 2024): TV Personality of the Past
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 1, 2024): TV Personality of the Past Q: Name a famous TV personality of the past. Drop the second letter of this person’s last name. Phonetically the first and last names together will sound like a creature of the past. What celebrity is it? You can […]
Continue ReadingAmazon’s ‘Secret Level’ Animated D&D Episode Featuring Tiamat
As you may have heard, there’s a new animated Amazon series coming, with 15 episodes each set in a different fandom’s world–most are video games, but two are tabletop properties: Dungeons & Dragons, and Warhammer 40,000. It’s called Secret Level, and it launches on Amazon on December 10th. The D&D […]
Continue ReadingNPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 25, 2024): Single Consonant Name
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 25, 2024): Single Consonant Name Q: The word NONUNION has four N’s and no other consonant. What famous American of the past — first and last names, 8 letters in all — has four instances of the same consonant and no other consonant?
Continue ReadingPaizo Reverses Course, Re-Instates Community Use Policy
In July, we terminated Paizo’s longstanding Community Use Policy and replaced it with a new Fan Content Policy. This was an error, and we’re taking steps to rectify that today. We are reinstating the Community Use Policy as it has existed for over 15 years, with a few minor updates […]
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