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Turn Order’s Your First System

ohnoaskelton - April 9, 2024

Hey, you came back! That’s great! Maybe you didn’t, and the SEO gods are just really workin’ for this little article today, or you just like clicking links. Either way, welcome back to the third entry in a series...

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A New Way to Roll: Alternatives to D&D

Josh Boyes - March 14, 2023

After nearly 9(!!!) years of life—and capturing the attention of an audience unlike the TTRPG industry has ever seen—D&D 5e has become a staple of dice-throwing nerds everywhere. Its ubiquitous, it’s what the biggest streamers are playing, it’s what...

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Turn Order: Ironsworn and the Concept of Solo RPGs

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - May 18, 2021

A few weeks ago, I talked about Apocalypse World and its impact on RPGs, particularly about the way AW is paradigmatically different from more "traditional" RPGs and how many of its "Powered by the Apocalypse" successors unfortunately missed the...

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The Brindlewood Bay RPG and the Mystery of Cozy – Turn Order

Mx- Tiffany - May 11, 2021

To be cozy is to enjoy feelings of comfort, warmth, or contentment. Words synonymous with cozy: snug, homey, relaxed, cheerful, welcoming, pleasant, soothing. We may not always know what we need when craving cozy but we know it when...

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Turn Order: Apocalypse World and its Impact on RPGs

Marc "Ilor" Renouf - May 6, 2021

First released in 2010 (and with a revised second edition released in 2016), D. Vincent Baker's Apocalypse World took the world of role-playing games by storm. In many ways, it was the culmination of years of discussions by Baker...