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Thoughts behind tabletop roleplaying games and why we love them.
Data updated 1 month ago
Quality Score
Title | Access |
|---|---|
| MetacurrencyI’m back!Feb 9, 2026 |
| Public |
| Roll the Dice and SeeToday we’re going to talk about dice.Nov 13, 2025 | Public |
| Levers and FixesI’m fascinated by someone in a recording studio working the mixing board.Oct 21, 2025 | Public |
| Player ChoiceMore than anything, a key design goal of the new edition of Cypher has been to not just give players choices, but to ensure that those choices are interesting.Sep 1, 2025 | Public |
| Genre TemplatesHere’s a secret: I don’t really like dividing stories (or anything, like music) into categories.Aug 25, 2025 | Public |
| Taking Out What's Not FunGames, obviously, are meant to be fun.Aug 18, 2025 | Public |
| It's Right There in the NameThe game is called Cypher, so if we’re monkeying with the rules, we’d better make sure that cyphers work in the game, and work really well.Aug 4, 2025 | Public |
| Using Rules to Define GenreLast time, I covered some changes we might make on how to track damage a player character sustains.Jul 28, 2025 | Public |
RPG Design Theories hasn't published recently
Last post was 3 months ago. Growth, revenue and CPM projections assume ongoing activity, so they're hidden until posting resumes.
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vs 65 newsletters in Gaming
7K places you in the top 10% of newsletters in this category.
Posts per Week
0.4
median: 0.9
Publishing Consistency
43/100
median: 59/100
Subscribers
7K
median: 1K
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Previously Weekly
Inactive — last post 3 months agoGaming Pricing
$5/mo median
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