Rachel Knight

For games I read at a young age but haven’t played (yet)… - Ironclaw/Jadeclaw (Sanguine Games) - DC Adventures (Green Ronin) - The One Ring (Cubicle 7), which was almost my first TTRPG experience. My character was a hobbit. Alas, none of these are on my shelves, they were borrowed from my dad.

I voted early yesterday - USA folks, please make sure to vote on or before November 3!

My first five TTRPGs, in the order I played them: 1. D&D 5e 2. Masks 3. D&D 3.5/Pathfinder 1e 4. Call of Cthulhu 5. ...either Paranoia or Honey Heist, I'd have to check Not counting the many TTRPG books I read but haven't played (joys of growing up an avid reader with a TTRPG-loving dad).

For Friday crowd: CMU Press has formally announced a new series of *peer-reviewed* tabletop games, co-edited by myself & CMU media librarian Ashley Werlinich. We have a call out for GAME SUBMISSIONS for a new anthology series called Promptuary. First volume's theme is Strange Worlds / Anthropocene!

Promised. Delivered.

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

Gonna pickyback off of this to tell my friends.... I do not care if you text me at weird hours. I will see it when I see it. 🤷

I still have player slots open for this!

I’ve asked in-thread about MA regs so check there for updates, but a reminder that, as Bull Press (which designs games to be shared freely to incarcerated people) has long noted, “most games are contraband – hardcover, contain maps, require dice — & run material that can put a target on your back”

Curious how you can help? We ask that you sign our petition for Wizards to voluntarily recognize our union, share it with your communities, and keep an eye on this account for future updates! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

Post Harry Potter art, I'm blocking you without hesitation. I don't care what the excuse is, don't support monsters.

15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:

I’ve opened a short Defy the Gods campaign on my StartPlaying! I’ll be using one of the two Adventure Seeds from Scoundrels & Scions (which one depends on decisions made during Session Zero). Biweekly on Sundays, 6 PM Eastern. startplaying.games/adventure/cm... @hecticelectron.com

It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org

Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: https://bit.ly/4yvixbB.

Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...

Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline

Hail Mary full of grace, in Paranoia you'll get shot in the face.

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits D&D 5e (2014) Lancer Shadowdark Vaesen If this was TTRPGs run instead of played, the list would be quite different.

Through the power of research, and the power of phone-a-friend when research failed me, I have made an attempt. ...and partway through, chaos gremlin energy infiltrated said attempt. Which fits with the vibe of the sheet, so I'll take it.

Information in TTRPGs and AP is hard enough to gather and parse without vibe-coded slop. I’m just very tired. I want folks who are doing good work drawing on their professional skills and expertise, without fanfare, to have the resources to do it right.

I don’t normally do this: If you’re an archivist or metadata sicko who is doing working to preserve/collect/organize TTRPG materials and/or Actual Play & you’ll be at PAXU, let me know. If there’s already something brewing I don’t need to be involved unless it’s useful. But it needs to be there.

Decided to experiment with @rpgtrader.bsky.social 's new Accessories print-on-demand options - there's now a tear-off pad of DarkSpace Player Reference available via RPG Trader! Each 8"x10" tear-off pad of 60 reference sheets is $20. rpg-trader.com/products/863... @darkspacerpg.bsky.social

100%. For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.

Children are people. When you have a kid, you make a person, and that person is not going to follow a script. If you think your kid is one thing and they're actually another, your job as a parent is to support them and set them up for success, not punish them for wanting different pronouns.

I keep hearing about this in the @alagamert.bsky.social Discord - excited to see more news!

#RPGaDAY2026 Day 31: Edge, Ability, Fair of Face - Why does a character think they have an edge? Beywell (human wizard) thinks that all the books she’s read means she’ll understand things in the real world! She’s not quite correct. As shown when she tried speaking Dwarvish the first time.

Pleasantly surprised to see that I was mentioned in this!

#RPGaDAY2026 Day 30: Pride, Emotion, Blessed - A game event that you are still proud of A player at my final Paranoia table of Origins 2026 hacked a display to show “a Pre-Whoops advertisement”. The looks on their faces when I described “a red background with a curved yellow M”? Priceless.