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Children of Time design diary 2: Focus

Children of Time design diary 2: Focus

In the second of our Children of Time RPG design diary series, Minærva talks about the specific people, places and societies you’ll be telling stories about.

WHAT IF TOO MANY PEOPLE PLAYED A GAME ALL AT ONCE?

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WHAT IF TOO MANY PEOPLE PLAYED A GAME ALL AT ONCE?

This month, I have mostly been writing 30-player six-table TTRPG scenarios in advance of GenCon 2026. Let’s talk about what’s fun, and what’s interesting, and what’s unfortunately dull about that...

What We Did At Pyrkon

What We Did At Pyrkon

Hello, Producer Chant here, because we all went away to Europe and Grant is still sleeping it off. Editor: GRANT’S HERE. Grant’s here. Hello! I’m late to the party and I’m editing this piece now. Or rather: leaving it entirely intact and commenting on it because

UKGE 2026: Post Con Deconstruction

UKGE 2026: Post Con Deconstruction

With one more UKGE under our belt - the sixth, I think? Covid made it hard to count - it seems like a good moment to share some of our stats and talk about how we run the convention. There’s a growing tradition of post-UKGE roundups from small TTRPG creators,

New Kickstarter! Minerva McJanda! Administrative carnage!

The Monthly Email

New Kickstarter! Minerva McJanda! Administrative carnage!

it’s the March 2021 email We’ve got a free game, an upcoming Kickstarter and a brand shiny new team member, so please do read on. MINERVA MCJANDA JOINS THE PARTY We have an actual, honest-to-god employee on the books! Minerva McJanda (Mina to her friends) is

We're going to GENCON, baby

The Monthly Email

We're going to GENCON, baby

Plus: not one, but TWO free games JANUARY: IT'S HERE You know it. We know it. It's inescapably January, and we can't do anything to change that short of overthrowing the secret cadre of Gregorian Monks who use the calendar to keep us down.

🐉You're a useless kobold on a mission for a capricious dragon. 🐉

The Monthly Email

🐉You're a useless kobold on a mission for a capricious dragon. 🐉

Quick, make a distraction! EVERYONE, make a distraction! It's the March Email! What’s better than dragons? SMALLER dragons, that walk on two legs, and steal things! If you agree with the previous statement, you’re going to love March’s free one-page RPG: Kobold Endeavour. KOBOLD

Spire launch speech

Spire launch speech