Essay: The GM Is Dead
In Firebrands, The GM Is Dead.
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Monthly Mecha: NOVA 2e w/ Spencer Campbell & Galen Pejeau
Mecha TTRPGs Monthly
Monthly Mecha: Girl Frame w/ Isabelle M. Ruebsaat
Mecha TTRPGs Monthly
A Timely Note: A Bloggies Nomination and Kickstarter Prelaunch
No essay today, folks, just a quick message to see if you'll... * Vote for "Books in TTRPGs" as the Best Series for this year's Bloggies; and/or * Follow the prelaunch for Violent Delights: A chess-based RPG about Romeo and Juliet. Bloggies 2026 Nomination for
Essay: Solo RPGs: An open or shut case?
On open-ended and close-ended solo rpgs and what group play can learn from them
Monthly Mecha: HOME by Deep Dark Games
Mecha TTRPGs Monthly
Monthly Mecha: Mecha Game Jam Highlights and Mech TTRPG Bundle
Mecha TTRPGs Monthly
Monthly Mecha: ECH0 & Kai Poh, plus CJ Tucker
Mecha TTRPGs Monthly
Monthly Mecha: Beam Saber & Austin Ramsay, plus Seamus Conneely
Mecha TTRPGs Monthly
Interview 3: Liz Little on Games and Ergodic Lit
An interview with Liz Little on Games and Ergodic Literature
Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs
An essay on how reading is part of playing ttrpgs (and why that matters)
Interview 2: Clayton Notestine on Book Design
An interview with Clayton Notestine about book design and how it can invite play
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books?
An essay on how we talk about ttrpg books, plus how book design invites bookplay.
Essays on TTRPGs
Interview 1: Jay Dragon on Bookplay
An interview with Jay Dragon about how ttrpgs play with books
Essays on TTRPGs
Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs
An essay on how we play with books in ttrpgs, also SPINE the ttrpg
The Mecha TTRPG Newsletter
Monthly Mecha: CHVLR, Susanah Grace, and Lex Kim Bobrow
Mecha TTRPGs Monthly
The Mecha TTRPG Newsletter
Monthly Mecha: Spencer Campbell's NOVA, plus Artist Alex Connolly
NOVA, plus interviews with Spencer Campbell and Alex Connolly
The Mecha TTRPG Newsletter
Monthly Mecha: Armour Astir and Sacred Machinations
Featuring Armour Astir, plus interviews with Briar Sovereign and Drakoniques
The Mecha TTRPG Newsletter
Feature: Dragon Reactor
July's Mid-month Feature: Dragon Reactor, crowdfunding on Backerkit.
The Mecha TTRPG Newsletter
Monthly Mecha: Celestial Bodies, plus 11dragonkid11
Featuring Celestial Bodies, plus interviews with Binary Star, Charlotte Laskowski, and 11dragonkid11
The Mecha TTRPG Newsletter
Monthly Mecha: Aaron Lim of Spectres of Brocken, Artist Ben Fleuter of Aether Nexus
Featuring Spectres of Brocken, plus interviews with Aaron Lim and Ben Fleuter
Rust Never Sleeps
Monthly Mecha: Rust Never Sleeps, plus interviews with Salvage Union, Bring Your Own Mech
Rust Never Sleeps released, plus interviews with Salvage Union, Bring Your Own Mech
The Mecha TTRPG Newsletter
Announcement: Rust Never Sleeps Released
And a new newsletter format too! This is the April newsletter for Backwards Tabletop. As always, if you’d like to hear more, you can check me out on bluesky, sign up for this newsletter, follow me on itch, or chat in the Backwards Tabletop discord. As I reach the
Rust Never Sleeps
Creator's Kit: Advice
Section #2 of the Creator's Kit: An Overview of advice for creating your own content for Rust Never Sleeps.