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A brightly colored pen-and-ink drawing of a sharp-toothed warrior swinging a two-handed sword hilted in bones.

INTERMEDIARY MUND is Equal Parts Absurd Dream and Fantasy Nightmare

Unlike his previous work, cartoonist Ben Marra doesn’t see INTERMEDIARY MUND as a form of pulp, or only as adjacent to it.

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A drawing of a river cutting through a valley, rendered in striking black and red ink.

Smelting RPGs Down to Simple Bliss with Outcast Silver Raiders

“Perhaps out of a sense of satire or perhaps just because I really like horror movies, metal and the occult, I wanted to create something that would have been absolutely forbidden in my house.”

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The Capricious Gifts Found in Portents of a Dying God

Soul-crushing realities are something that MÖRK BORG tends to revel in, so it’s nice to see that Matt Johnson’s newest deck offers the same type of disastrous opportunities.

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Three shadowy figures are propped up by trios of long poles, though whether they've been impaled or are using them as spindly methods of travel is unclear.

Sailing the Ashen Sea with Tephrotic Nightmares

The strongest character in the setting – the most vivid, the most realized, and the most overwhelming – is the Ashen Sea itself.

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A black-and-white ink drawing of a badass-looking angel holding a wicked cool sword.

The Tower, The Fool, The Meatgrinder

His Majesty the Worm is very focused on megadungeon-crawling, and I wanted players to have this sense that surviving the dangers means something.”

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Between the Skies and Beyond the Horizon

Designer Huffa Frobes-Cross refers to Between the Skies as “rules minimalist, fiction maximalist.”

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A black and white drawing of several ducks in mystical robes and armor traversing the stairs of a castle.

Embarking on a DuckQuest

“What if ducks weren’t the comical sidekick? What if ducks were the heroes of the adventure?”

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A young mouse wearing a leather knapsack holds an ornate crown and stares off at the horizon, ready for adventure.

Collaborating on Microcosmic Adventures in Mausritter

Mausritter has come a long way from its homebrew session and zine days.

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Getting Exiled with My Chivalric Bromance

While its title is a tribute to and parody of the classic New Jersey emo band My Chemical Romance, the game’s roots dig down through medieval history.

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ARC Turns Disaster Into a Fighting Chance

While ARC is a TTRPG about the end of the world, it uses humor and warmth as often as horror to imagine what responding to the apocalypse actually looks like.