Giants of the Industry: Jennell Jaquays
appelcline Jennell Jaquays created works such as The Caverns of Thracia, Central Casting, Dark Tower, and Griffin Mountain that were innovative at the time and continue to be exemplars today.
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2023: The Year in Roleplaying
A summary of WotC's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year, plus there was lots more of note!
Is the OGL Era Over? (Part Four)
Wizards entered December with massive layoffs. How did that relate to the OGL disaster that opened up the year?
Author’s Notes: This is Free Trader Beowulf
How the Complete Traveller History Book came to be.
Author’s Notes: Designers & Dragons Origins
Some notes upon the completion of initial content for Designers & Dragons Origins books 1 through 4.
An A to Z of RPGs
A discussion of 26 innovative, influential, and inspirational RPGs, from A to Z.
Is the OGL Era Over? (Part Three)
The rest of WotC's disastrous opening of 2023, including the failed OGL 1.2 and their capitulation.
Is the OGL Era Over? (Part Two)
Verification that the leak about WotC's attack on the OGL was true, and the rapid response.
Is the OGL Era Over?
A first look at Wizards of the Coast's predatory attempt to overthrow the OGL.
2022: The Year in Roleplaying
AI and COVID bring down the industry. And if we thought Wizards was corporate in 2022 we hadn't seen anything yet.