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When I talk about the professionalization of the tabletop industry, this thread discussing the development and implementation of VTT resources alone is a perfect object lesson. Unpaid fan labor powers so much production and alternative models cannot yet scale fast enough.

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Interesting thread on what it takes to convert a TTRPG to popular VTTs like Foundry

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Happy Mothership Day 👽 Seven years ago today the Mothership Player’s Survival Guide debuted at Origins 2018! We only printed 50 copies and made a single post advertising it on G+ (rip). We sold out that weekend and it’s been an insane ride ever since. Thank you.

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Something I'm very curious about is Cubicle 7's attempt to update the Warhammer Fantasy TTRPG, now known as WARHAMMER THE OLD WORLD. The publisher posted a new resource page for the game that I'm finally getting to dig into cubicle7games.com/our-games/wa...

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I talked about @oneshotrpg.bsky.social 's latest product over at @thefandomentals.bsky.social. It's a neat tool to add to your collection of resources for DMing. www.thefandomentals.com/expand-your-...

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Heads-up, Lovecraftian cultists: A new Nyarlathotep just dropped. "It appears that we’ve entered the Elder God’s Endgame."

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NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: We spoke with some of the writers involved in a Japan-based collection of scenarios for Call of Cthulhu, looking at how it might set the stage for your next big horror campaign. tinyurl.com/2p7acn4u @chaosium.bsky.social

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So is like half the internet down for everyone or just me? Downdetector suggests something bad is happening...

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This appears to coincide with several people reporting that AWS is down for them downdetector.com/status/aws-a... Twitch and the AI D&D-focused website Friends and Fables have also reported website issues.

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NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: We spoke with some of the writers involved in a Japan-based collection of scenarios for Call of Cthulhu, looking at how it might set the stage for your next big horror campaign. tinyurl.com/2p7acn4u @chaosium.bsky.social

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We're live on Twitch.tv/fortellergames playing the Frosthaven Digital demo with Hristo Petkov, Game Director from Snapshot Games! Come say hi! #stream #frosthaven # voiceactor

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The board game cafes of New York City have 'tentatively' unionized and finally reached their first agreement two years after forming:

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@alchemyrpg.bsky.social confirmed that @johnharper.bsky.social and @evilhat.bsky.social ‘s BLADES IN THE DARK is coming to its cinematically oriented VTT this fall (and you can get access through the Backerkit for the DEEP CUTS expansion)

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It sounds hyperbolic, I know, but I genuinely believe that wikipedia incorporating LLM-produced article summaries, or sanctioning LLM-produced articles, would signal the end of the internet as we've known it.

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Need some options to flesh out the setting of your TTRPG campaign? @newsnerd.bsky.social takes a look at the Ultimate RPG Worldbuilding Deck, the latest GM tool from @oneshotrpg.bsky.social! www.thefandomentals.com/expand-your-...

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NEW PIECE AT TTRPG INSIDER: I sat down with the team who made AGE OF VIKINGS, a historically informed take on everyone's favorite Northern raiders, and how they tried to capture Icelandic history at the table. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/vikings-un... @chaosium.bsky.social

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Disney and Comcast's NBC Universal have filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Midjourney after their AI tools generated images that resembled Shrek, Homer Simpson, the Minions and other characters.

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@adamconover.net and @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social chatted about how D&D got to the point where shows like @dimension20.bsky.social are selling out Madison Square Garden. Still need to watch the episode, but the fact this topic's on Conover's show is noteworthy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSGH...

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Twins Vax and Vex face shark-riding fish men and mysterious curses in our preview of Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins I #1, hitting stores June 11th from Dark Horse Comics. #CriticalRole #VoxMachina

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This WSJ story about the decline in search traffic because of AI summaries is so grim. Every single outlet spent 15+ years contorting their coverage to cover the same things as everyone else trying to grab SEO, only for Google to rugpull them, just like social networks did. tinyurl.com/bdpzc399

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Join Seltyiel as he steps from a beautiful dream to a magnificent reality in today's Pride Fiction blog from Rue! buff.ly/0SBcPRV

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NEW PIECE AT TTRPG INSIDER: I sat down with the team who made AGE OF VIKINGS, a historically informed take on everyone's favorite Northern raiders, and how they tried to capture Icelandic history at the table. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/vikings-un... @chaosium.bsky.social

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What was it like to launch crowdfunding campaigns like the Terraforming Mars TTRPG? RPG Drop sat down with the creator and got into the nitty gritty of their campaign strategy. www.rpgdrop.com/from-hobby-t...

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Purchase: Asmodee has acquired the Zombicide game line from CMON: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp... Asmodee has been distributing CMON titles since 2019, and now it will be responsible for the proliferation of zombies, too, as well as their destruction. —WEM

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Holster your pistol! @dndbeyond.bsky.social is expanding the class options for players through the addition of @magehandpress.bsky.social 's Gunslinger class to the website. marketplace.dndbeyond.com/category/DBG... Six new subclasses, all sorts of new options.

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If you're the type of person who loves fantasy AND enamel pins, you'll probably appreciate the new Pin Quest event over on @backerkit.com It has at least two Baldur's Gate 3-themed sets, so I was immediately sold. www.backerkit.com/c/collection...

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Wizards of the Coast president John Hight and Giant Skull's Stig Asmussen spoke in detail at Summer Games Fest about GS's new upcoming D&D product. While WOTC wants to make more CRPGs like BG3, this project will be more triple-A and action-y. www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons...

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Exclusive: Board game manufacturing giant Panda expands production outside of China for first time amid US tariffs upheaval: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @pandagm.com

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Pathfinder Reamps One Of Its Big Adventure Path Campaigns For 2E – ‘Gatewalkers’ Returns In A Big Way

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Bkom Studio's hack-and-slash version of the iconic Pathfinder campaign Abomination Vaults got some gameplay footage released, giving players a better sense of how it will play going forward. Also appears to have the game's "Iconics", the canon heroes of each class.

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How is Politico supposed to report on the influence of Big Basket Weaving without AI? www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

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Neverwinter Nights 2, an iconic D&D themed video game, is getting a remaster next month.

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...creativity is inherently unsafe...

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A reporter was deliberately shot in the leg by an officer in #LA while reporting on the ongoing protests there. This is just one of many incidents we've seen of journalists being targeted over the last few days. We condemn the crackdown on the press and protest under the #Trump administration.

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More information tomorrow about the No ICE in California Itch Charity Bundle. But for now, here is the game jam. All games on itch are welcome, please spread the word. itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...

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#TTRPG creators, credit your artists. End skeet.

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Matt Mercer and @darringtonpress.bsky.social are already supporting homebrew content through tools for creating heritage, class and domain cards. youtu.be/87_dfoHjQ7Q?...

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In this week's TTRPG INSIDER Roundup, we touch on a popular YouTuber's decision to stop creating D&D content, new books for World of Darkness, and some leadership changes at Chaosium. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/news-round...

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In this week's TTRPG INSIDER Roundup, we touch on a popular YouTuber's decision to stop creating D&D content, new books for World of Darkness, and some leadership changes at Chaosium. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/news-round...

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