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Daily TTRPG Blog Posts – Thursday, 25 June 2026

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A Few Stories (Snowblind & Hungry; Speculative Mythology)

Occultronics – Thu, 25 June, 04:26 AM

  How Magic Came to Be In the beginning fire belonged to the gods. The trickster Laughing-Dog taunted impetuous Thunder, daughter of Sky, until she smote them with a purloined thunderbolt and lit the first wildfire. Thereafter she was exiled from the upper air and became vengeful Storm, raging acros... read more.

Customer Hits Blind Bag Jackpot, Dead Collector's Stolen Comics Retrieved, Mission Comics Opens New Location

ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Thu, 25 June, 03:05 AM

Shop Talk, June 2026... read more.

When Players Derail Our Prep

Roleplaying Tips – Thu, 25 June, 02:38 AM

GM’s Log #7 went out to CampaignCraft members yesterday, and it teaches my 5 Actions Framework that anticipates 90% of encounter derailments and broken adventures. After you complete the tutorial’s six steps, players can still surprise you, but they’re much less likely to break your encounters. One ... read more.

Four subclasses confirmed for Arcana Unleashed

EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Thu, 25 June, 01:27 AM

The subclasses were confirmed via a Dungeon Masters’ press release.... read more.

Deceased EN World columnist Rob Weiland among Diana Jones Award nominees

EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Wed, 24 June, 09:17 PM

The award winner will be named at Gen Con.... read more.

Preview: ''80s X-Men' Variant Covers by Alexander Lozano

ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 24 June, 09:11 PM

From Marvel Comics... read more.

Worms in the deeps (Extremely Byzantine 5-Room Dungeon Jam)

Seed of Worlds – Wed, 24 June, 08:23 PM

Slothyyyyyyy hosts the Extremely Byzantine 5-Room Dungeon Jam and this is my ashcan entry. I am using an 'out-take' from the d24 woodworm dungeons set. https://itch.io/jam/byzantine-5-room-dungeons. This is the lair of hiver-bugs - a parasite/predator of insectfolk (see Deep Time Monster Groups a... read more.

'Magic: The Gathering Arena' Workers Vote to Unionize

ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 24 June, 07:30 PM

With 83% of the Vote in Favor of Unionization... read more.

Review: The Game Master’s Deck of Fantastic Familiars & Animal Companions

The Kind GM – Wed, 24 June, 07:20 PM

40 cute and mystical creatures await inside The Game Master’s Deck of Fantastic Familiars & Animal Companions. It features beautiful illustrations and rich lore for companions ready to leave their pawprints on your game and heart.... read more.

Monster Crafting - Part 3

The GM Is Always Right - Dump Stat Adventures – Wed, 24 June, 07:00 PM

It’s been a few chaotic months at Dump Stat, but we are now back to Monster Crafting! Last time, we talked more about the system, how we were going to add granularity, and went over some feedback about likes/dislikes. This time, we are actually going to start working on the rules and slice up some m... read more.

Dungeon Masters Campaign 2: Experience the Magic of Arcana Unleashed

D&D Beyond – Wed, 24 June, 06:31 PM

Dungeon Masters returns with Arcana Unleashed, a high-magic Forgotten Realms campaign where arcane agents brave Anauroch’s deadly dunes on a dangerous mission to prevent catastophe.... read more.

Millions in 'Pokemon TCG,' 'Magic: The Gathering,' and Manga Rarities Hit the Auction Block

ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 24 June, 06:24 PM

At Heritage's June 26-27, 2026 TCG and Manga Signature Auction... read more.

itch.io Summer Sale 2026

Azukail Games – Wed, 24 June, 05:57 PM

The Summer Sale is now live on itch.io and all of our paid supplements have 50% off. Alternatively, all the supplements can be bought in a bundle with 60% off. Click here to see them. The post itch.io Summer Sale 2026 first appeared on Azukail Games.... read more.

Mappa Mundi – all-new through Wed 08 July

Beyond the Bundle – Wed, 24 June, 05:55 PM

Through Wednesday, July 8 we present the Mappa Mundi Bundle featuring Mappa Mundi, the RPG of exploration and ecology from Three Sails Studios. You are a Chronicler, one of a team of specially trained explorers, researchers, diplomats, and protectors sent out into a fantastical world like our own, a... read more.

Stonemaier Announces 'Duel of Meloch'

ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 24 June, 05:37 PM

New 'Scythes vs. Expeditions' Head-to-head Standalone Game... read more.

A Review of Forgotten Realms; Underdark

False Machine – Wed, 24 June, 04:57 PM

 By Bruce R.Cordell, Gewndolyn F.M. Kestrel and Jeff Quick. Art direction by Robert Raper. Graphic Design by Robert Raper and Robert Campbell, Cartography by Robert Lazzaretti. First printing 2003.--------------------This book has some notable slop and a semi-regular patterning of some supremely bor... read more.

Deep Mechanics

This Vorpal Coil – Wed, 24 June, 03:09 PM

So, I’ve described the geologic strata in Deep Time, and the geochemical ores you can mine there, but I haven’t written about how you get to those places and dig up those things. This is a game, so let’s talk about game mechanics. Deep Time is a 2D side-scroller in the vein of Terraria or Minecraft.... read more.

New 2000 AD Apex Edition Includes Early Dave Gibbons/Alan Moore Stories

ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 24 June, 02:56 PM

'The 2000 AD Art of Dave Gibbons Apex Edition'... read more.

A Real 17th-Century Dungeon Delve

Save vs. Worm – Wed, 24 June, 02:29 PM

Earlier this year, I read An Ottoman Traveller: Selections from the Book of Travels by Evliya Çelebi, in part following a very exciting and happy trip to Istanbul in December/early January. Evliya Çelebi was a seventeenth-century Ottoman nobleman, muezzin, Qur'an reciter, and possible Sufi initiate ... read more.

Ex-RPGNet Review: Arms & Armor

The Alexandrian – Wed, 24 June, 01:29 PM

A very crunchy, very useful supplement for D20. Like, Minions, Arms & Armor suffers from a price tag just a little too high for its content. Review Originally Published March 13th, 2002 CONTENT Arms & Armor is Bastion Press’ second D20 supplement. Like Minions, Bastion’s first offering, Arms & Armo... read more.

RPG Crowdfunding News – Secrets of Enduril, Machines of Bone & Blood, D&D EN5ider, and more

EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Wed, 24 June, 01:27 PM

TTRPG crowdfunding reviews of a D&D starter kit that offers learn-as-you-play rules, a book of undead, a book of potions, multiple revolutions, and more.... read more.

Renegade Reveals New Garou Tribe Book 'Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5E'

ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 24 June, 01:17 PM

'Tribes of Gaia'... read more.

How to Pick a Page Size

Explorers Design – Wed, 24 June, 01:00 PM

The format impacts everything.Choosing a format or "paper size" will affect everything about your project, so I recommend thinking about it early. The earlier the better. The sooner you start thinking about format, the sooner you start thinking about what your project actually is. Examples in this a... read more.

The Long Voyage of Seggotan’s Song Pearls – June 24, 2026

Kobold Press – Wed, 24 June, 01:00 PM

Some adventures arrive fully formed. Others spend years drifting from notebook to notebook, playtest to playtest, waiting for the right moment to surface. Seggotan’s Song Pearls definitely falls into the second category. Its origin story starts way back in 2020. The Spark of an Idea When I first jo... read more.

2026 Origins Award winners announced

EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews – Wed, 24 June, 12:08 PM

Land of Eem and Call of Cthulhu both won awards.... read more.

Wednesday Comics: DC, September 1985 (week 4)

From the Sorcerer's Skull – Wed, 24 June, 11:00 AM

I'm reading DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to the end of Crisis! This week, I read the comics on sale on June 27, 1985.Detective Comics #554: The cover by Janson actually goes with the backup story by Cavalieri and Moore/Patterson. It proclaims this is the debut of the new Black Ca... read more.

Playing the Social Game

Patchwork Paladin – Wed, 24 June, 09:17 AM

This post is part of my series on supporting player skills, which also includes Let’s Talk About Player Skill and Equipment, Let’s Talk about Player Skill and Notes, and Let’s Talk About Player Skill and Planning. As many people have said, roleplaying games are a conversation. Social situations are ... read more.

Diamond Bankruptcy Update

ICv2 RSS Web Feed – Wed, 24 June, 08:04 AM

Multiple Cases All Moving Slowly... read more.

Tuesday Magic Item – Ogre Skull Helm

Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal – Wed, 24 June, 03:08 AM

Gollaon and Voddick watched the skull-masked guards troop by as people scattered in front of them. “I have not seen such helms in many a year,” whispered Voddick.  “Nor I and I would have been happy to keep it that way,” hissed Gollaon. “Agreed,” said Voddick. “Things are worse here than we thought.... read more.

Wonderous & Dangerous Consortiums & Xendria World/Lore Book

Bat in the Attic – Wed, 24 June, 02:31 AM

 I have known Agile Monk for a long time, and we have talked a lot over the years about my work and the OSR in general. Recently, he and his team at Fantasy Companion Workshops launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund two books designed as expert-level gaming resources. The Kickstarter is due to end... read more.

d100 Auldwood Adventure Seeds for Settlers

Elfmaids & Octopi – Wed, 24 June, 12:34 AM

I've had some readers comment on errors with my tables and numbering or missing entries, which is great. Some of these posts I've revised content on and changed other details. My cleric/ranger power post has had major revisions, and I should have kept what I deleted.This post had revision, but for m... read more.

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