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Vintage RPG

The Art & History of Tabletop RPGs

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Making Friends with Swords in The Vorpal Almanac

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 by UnwinnableCategories Essays, InterviewsDungeons & Dragons, Exalted Funeral, Levi Combs, Sally Cantirino, Vorpal AlmanacLeave a Comment on Making Friends with Swords in The Vorpal Almanac

Swords, writes Levi Combs in the book’s introduction, need “to feel lived in.” And that’s exactly the focus of the 22 blades of The Vorpal Almanac, beautifully illustrated by Sally Cantirino.

Depths of the Abyss

July 3, 2023August 8, 2023 by UnwinnableCategories Essays, Funeral RitesAbyss of Hallucinations, Exalted Funeral, Max Moon GamesLeave a Comment on Depths of the Abyss

To play, at least for Max Moon in the world of The Abyss of Hallucinations and MÖRK BORG, is to participate in a ritual that can potentially break the reality laid out by the capitalist trap.

Composing the World of Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City

June 8, 2023August 8, 2023 by UnwinnableCategories Essays, Funeral RitesExalted Funeral, Luka Rejec, Ultraviolet GrasslandsLeave a Comment on Composing the World of Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City

Luka Rejec’s world is suffused with mind-expanding, psychedelic heavy metal and is also inspired by “the Dying Earth genre, and Oregon Trail games.”

After Ragnarok

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 by UnwinnableCategories Essays, Funeral RitesColin LeSueur, Exalted Funeral, RuneCairn, We Deal in LeadLeave a Comment on After Ragnarok

It’s a bold move for Le Sueur to make a Norse-inspired Souls-like tabletop roleplaying game, and yet he manages to avoid some extremely fraught territory.

The Neon Nightmare of Portents of the Degloved Hand

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by UnwinnableCategories Essays, Funeral Rites, InterviewsExalted Funeral, Mork Borg, Portents of the Degloved Hand, Raven PortentsLeave a Comment on The Neon Nightmare of Portents of the Degloved Hand

When in doubt, consult the severed corpse hand for insight. What could possibly go wrong?

Capturing Wonder and Play in Kosmosaurs

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 by UnwinnableCategories Essays, Funeral Rites, InterviewsDiogo Nogueira, Exalted Funeral, KosmosaursLeave a Comment on Capturing Wonder and Play in Kosmosaurs

Diogo Nogueira’s most recent release, Kosmosaurs, harkens back to the classic aesthetics of pulp science fiction novels, but with a twist – dinosaurs!

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