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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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There's so many game announcements today. First was @renegadegamestudios.com , then Onyx Path. Then the Summer Game Fest. And I think I saw there's a Cozy one next?

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@renegadegamestudios.com had its RENEGADE Con today, it's twice-annual event for new releases. There's usually a ton that comes out of it, but I'm focused on the TTRPG content. World of Darkness, Transformers and GI Joe Fans have a lot to look forward to in Fall 2025.

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Step right up, folks! It's almost curtain time for the yellowest show of the year. Come dance with doppelgangers in this review of Delta Green's Impossible Landscapes.

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When Summer departed the turning of the year, there was weeping. When the Sun went dark, there was agony. Now, among the peoples and nations of men, Are found the FORSAKEN; those wicked beings without fates, severed from destiny, doomed to deathless despair.

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Big News at Chaosium as there have been some major shuffling around its executive leadership. Neil Robinson, the company's COO, is now CEO, and Brian Holland is the executive producer for RPGs. Mke Mearls is leaving the company to go to Asmodee... and a ton more! www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium...

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NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: I sat down with Elliot Davis of @manysidedmedia.bsky.social to talk about their new affiliate podcast network, the state of actual play and how they hope to lift up fellow TTRPG podcasts in this maddening marketplace www.ttrpginsider.news/p/many-sided...

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A human, an elf and a Tiefling walk into a bar… …The halfling walked right under it. #ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e

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Had a great time chatting with Ally Beardsley and @vornietom.bsky.social about Cloudward, Ho!, the new steampunk-flavored season of @dimension20.bsky.social pvguide.substack.com/p/ally-beard...

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NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: I sat down with Elliot Davis of @manysidedmedia.bsky.social to talk about their new affiliate podcast network, the state of actual play and how they hope to lift up fellow TTRPG podcasts in this maddening marketplace www.ttrpginsider.news/p/many-sided...

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What's the new @dimension20.bsky.social Cloudward Ho campaign like? @petevolk.bsky.social sat down with @allybeardsley.bsky.social and @vornietom.bsky.social to talk about it on their newsletter pvguide.substack.com/p/ally-beard...

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