TTRPG Archives - Unwinnable

A crop of some art from Old School Essentials with a large red dragon coveting a glowing orb and facing a purple-robed wizard under the night sky

On Becoming a Grognard with Grace and Self-Awareness

By Ryan Whalen • April 10th, 2025

All of our geek touchstones were someone else’s cringe reboot.

Area of Effect

A photograph of a lush landscape in Argentina features a stunningly massive waterfall emptying into a large lagoon flanked by green trees.

Worldbuilding

By Jay Castello • March 11th, 2025

I’m building worlds in my brain and I’m being in worlds in real life.

Funeral Rites

Blood, Barf, Bile and the Neon Revolution

By Justin Reeve • February 26th, 2025

“The first thing I hope people take away from playing Pukeapocalypse is, frankly, a good time.”

Casting Deep Meteo

A woman in a flowing dress stands below a massive automata which kneels leaning back on its arms, giving the impression of exhaustion.

Confronting Angelic Horrors with Community and Eldritch Automata

By Levi Rubeck • February 13th, 2025

Death is constantly on call, and the best pilots know when to step away in order to manage their relationships, which are just as vital as any payload.

Funeral Rites

To: Exalted Funeral; RE: A Stiff Letter Regarding Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme

By Orrin Grey • January 29th, 2025

It has come to our attention that certain parties have made unfounded and frankly absurd claims that, during our testing of Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme, members of our organization were observed to chuckle, titter, guffaw or even laugh aloud.

Casting Deep Meteo

Slimy tentacles emerge from watery depths, prepared to take down a full-sail man-o-war.

Finding Joy in Permanent Scurvy

By Levi Rubeck • January 20th, 2025

My sea legs aren’t quite proper developed, but PIRATE BÖRG deftly slices the appropriate inspirations and drops loads of tables to steer your characters towards delightful chaos.

The Burnt Offering

A crowd at PAX Unplugged stretches into the far distance in the exhibit hall.

That Summer Camp Feeling

By Stu Horvath • January 15th, 2025

Why can’t we all hang out every day and talk about games and draw skulls and play games?

Funeral Rites

An adventuring party, made up of a giant, an elf, and blobby slime creature, read and map while contemplating their next move in the Land of Eem.

Dungeoneers Galore and More in the Land of Eem

By Alyssa Wejebe • January 7th, 2025

James Parks and Ben Costa had always planned to adapt the world of their graphic novels and books into their upcoming tabletop roleplaying game, straightforwardly called Land of Eem.

Funeral Rites

Daily Commute: An Examination of Arkos and The Forest Primordia

By Emma Kostopolus • November 27th, 2024

John Kordosh wants his players to focus on the events unfolding around them, rather than counting metrics for meta-game functionality.

Funeral Rites

They Feed on Fear

By Elijah Beahm • October 29th, 2024

“The inspiration behind playing as monsters is very personal. As a youth with an obvious disability, I found that I did not fit in, and I felt akin to the monsters in pop culture and media.”