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Neopets TTRPG Kickstarter — interview with the creators

You read that right, Neopets is making a tabletop RPG. After 25 years of games, lore, drama, and innumerable trades, the longtime fantasy site is branching out of the computer

By John Farrell

/ 26 Jul 2024

Neopets TTRPG Kickstarter — interview with the creators

Designer of Oath, Root, and Arcs — “I love games, but what I really love is play.”

The titles Root, Oath, Pax Pamir, Arcs, and John Company will most likely ring a bell for regular members of the tabletop community. Like any collaborative project, their success can’

By Sean Weeks

/ 18 Jul 2024

Designer of Oath, Root, and Arcs — “I love games, but what I really love is play.”

We interview Mike Mulvihill about the latest Disney Villainous set: Sugar and Spite

Our friends over at Ravensburger just shared the details on the latest expansion to Disney Villainous, Sugar and Spite. We are big fans of the game here at GamingTrend and

By Mark Julian

/ 13 May 2024

We interview Mike Mulvihill about the latest Disney Villainous set: Sugar and Spite

Matthew Lillard & Co. on making the imagined real with Sandkheg’s Hide Whiskey

We recently got to chat with Matthew Lillard, Jasmine Bhullar, Tyler Walpole, and Deven Rue about the newest drop from Quest’s End Whisky and Find Familiar Spirits: Sandkheg’s

By Mike Dunn

/ 7 May 2024

Matthew Lillard & Co. on making the imagined real with Sandkheg’s Hide Whiskey

Justin Sirois of Severed Toys on upcoming Mork Borg figures and zines

Live now, Severed Toys is Kickstarting its collaboration with Mörk Borg on a series of action figures for the Dread Risen, each paired with original zines from Johan Nohr and

By John Farrell

/ 1 May 2024

Justin Sirois of Severed Toys on upcoming Mork Borg figures and zines

Demiplane’s Adam Bradford, co-founder of D&D Beyond on the future of RPGs and technology

Digital RPG tools are changing the landscape of RPGs, in ways both expected and surprising. I spoke with Adam Bradford, Chief Development Officer at Demiplane and Co-Founder of D&

By John Farrell

/ 13 Mar 2024

Demiplane’s Adam Bradford, co-founder of D&D Beyond on the future of RPGs and technology

Interview with Thunderworks Games — Making worlds twixt cardboard.

Thunderworks Games has a catalog with notably little repetition. Many publishers marshal a sizable chunk of their resources around successful titles and drill down on their mechanisms: Wingspan becomes Wyrmspan;

By Sean Weeks

/ 12 Mar 2024

Interview with Thunderworks Games — Making worlds twixt cardboard.

Luke Gygax & Alphinus Goo are collaborating on an adventure to honor Gary’s legacy

We sat down with Luke Gygax and Alphinius Goo on the last day of Genghis Con, and while we were all pretty tired from a very full weekend of amazing

By Mike Dunn

/ 27 Feb 2024

Luke Gygax & Alphinus Goo are collaborating on an adventure to honor Gary’s legacy

Interview with Craig Campbell of Nerdburger games, designer of Capers, Good Strong Hands, and others on small press distribution and the state of the industry

Nerdburger Games has been lauded many times for its achievements in design, covering adventure and parody, group, GM-less, and solo, along with more to come in the future. Craig Campbell,

By John Farrell

/ 10 Jan 2024

Interview with Craig Campbell of Nerdburger games, designer of Capers, Good Strong Hands, and others on small press distribution and the state of the industry

Luke Crane, creator of Burning Wheel and Mouse Guard, on RPG design and the state of the industry

Continuing my series of interviews with RPG designers, I spoke with Luke Crane, the mind behind Burning Wheel, Burning Empires, Burning Sands, and Mouse Guard. (The mice are not on

By John Farrell

/ 5 Jan 2024

Luke Crane, creator of Burning Wheel and Mouse Guard, on RPG design and the state of the industry

Stephen Dewey, creator of Ten Candles, on Indie production and the state of the industry

Kicking off my first in a series of interviews with RPG designers, Stephen Dewey and I discussed the culture and practicalities of independent game production. He is best known for

By John Farrell

/ 26 Dec 2023

Stephen Dewey, creator of Ten Candles, on Indie production and the state of the industry

Sabrina Culyba wants you to get excited about microscopic algae mosaics

Sometimes a game really starts to come together once the perfect theme is discovered, and for Sabrina Culyba that moment came after a trip to the aquarium. Diatoms may have

By Mike Dunn

/ 12 Oct 2023

Sabrina Culyba wants you to get excited about microscopic algae mosaics

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