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[RPG Play Report] Echoes of Yesterday Mission Log (Part 1 of… ?)
Read the tale of a campaign set in the world of Élodie’s work-in-progress RPG inspired by the Great War and her own nightmares! Part one includes dramatic recaps of the first two sessions and some behind-the-curtain notes.
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[Dicey News] From The Twilight Zone (Apparently).
Well then! This was meant to be a Tabletop Thursdays update, however my body clock saw it fit to sleep until late evening. Thus, on that note, today’s Dicey News update is a nocturnal-friendly affair. We explore titles from the itch.io Bundle For Ukranian Hospitals, and provide a number of great new/upcoming tabletop/hobby releases. Don’t sleep on these like I slept yesterday!
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[#Tabletop Thursday, 22.05.25]: Unboxing Some Battletech: Mercenaries Kickstarter Gear!
This week’s feature article for Tabletop Thursdays here at ISC isn’t just an article, but an unboxing video! In addition to my hamfisted attempt to walk you through the many goodies received from my pledge in the Catalyst Gaming Labs’ Battletech: Mercenaries Kickstarter campaign (IT’S FINALLY HERE AAAA). Plus, I also provide a bunch of cool free resources for getting into the whacky (really, it’s whacky) world of Battletech lore. Enjoy!
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[Tabletop Thursday/Interview] with Solo RPG/Wargame Designer IVAN SORENSEN of NORDIC WEASEL GAMES.
A massive, massive honour, to interview one of my favourite independent solo/co-op RPG/wargame designers in the industry. Ivan Sorensen of Nordic Weasel Games is a tireless, prolific, creative and engaged publisher, with too many fantastic titles under the belt to name in an excerpt. Check out the link for our discussion on game design, music, mechanics, community and more!
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[Tabletop Thursday] Of Dice and Men, A.K.A. RNGEsus Saves.
Come, my nerdy flock. Gather thyselves around, for I hath news. News regarding some future content for Dicey News in the future but, most importantly, a theological sermon. A treatise, an educational devotion to the god of chance, of mathematics, of triumph and despair. I’m talking, of course, about RNGesus. Happy Tabletop Thursday from us nerds at ISC!
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[Tabletop Thursday, 27.03.25] A Nearly-Full-Monty (Python RPG) Column.
This week, I finally opened the packaging my Sensible Middle Class Edition of Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme came shipped in. In an act of divine providence akin to counting to five (three, sir!), Exalted Funeral have now brought the beautiful menagerie of TTRPG, coconut dice-roller, cow-flinging board game and more to all of you! Peek within to find more details, links and info on another upcoming campaign in The Job.
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[Dicey News] The ‘Evolved Edition’ Kickstarter For ‘Alien: The Roleplaying Game’ Has Begun!
A HUGE day for Tabletop RPG’s - the long-awaited Evolved Edition Kickstarter for Alien: The Roleplaying Game has launched! Featuring new and modified rulesets, multiple core and supplemental boxes, physical minis, maps, a new solo mode and more. This is a jam-packed campaign, one of Free League Publishing’s biggest yet.
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[RIFFS/TABLETOP]: Dice Pool versus D20+Modifier: who will steal my heart?
Resident dice-roller Èlodie pines for polyhedrals… But which die will she choose? Indeed, the life of a tabletop gaming blogger is just like a trashy romance novel.
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[#TabletopThursday] ‘It’s Already Thursday AGAIN?!’ Edition, 20.03.25.
It’s been another incredibly busy week in the tabletop industry - we could'n’t hope to cover half of the latest goings-on, but consarnit have we tried! In today’ Tabletop Thursday: A wrap-up of multiple new releases, news items and more from the week in Dicey News; exploring the massive quadruple-release via Bundle of Holding; a crowdfunding campaign stacked with goodies for Edinburgh Indie Gamers and much more!
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[Podcast] Ep. 38: Interview with DAN MACHUCA, a.k.a. Dan The Game Master.
Local educator, TTRPG game master, game therapist and all-around good freaking bloke Dan Machuca (aka Dan The Game Master) has the distinct honour of being our first industry professional interviewed in video/audio format! In this episode, Dan and I discuss his efforts merging hobby passion with education via his rules-lite/accessible TTRPG, regular game sessions for at-risk youth in Melbourne, his teaching work, men’s mental health, favourite RPG systems, work-life balance, and more!
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[#TabletopThursdays] Doom-Metal Edition Feat: Isla Bell Charity Fund Drive, RPG News and Doom-Metal.
A very special, sonically heavy-as-hell edition of Tabletop Thursday this week! Sure, we take a stroll through numerous latest news items, latest ISC happenings in the TTRPG domain, I natter at you about listening to more doom-metal. But we have a special focus today, centred around a fantastic charitable campaign for the Isla Bell Charitable Fund, via The RPG Cooperative of Victoria. Want rare, cool books for cheap and social praxis at the same time? Get in here! Just bring earplugs. It’ll be loud.
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[Dicey News] ISC TTRPG Content Update + Catalyst Kickstarters, Adepticon & More!
Featured Image: Catalyst Gaming Labs’ official blog. We’ve got a preamble before our Dicey News segment today, explaining some of the past and future directions where podcast-related TTRPG/gaming content is concerned. Then, we dive into a whole heap of CGL news - their upcoming launch of Battletech: Mercenaries & relevant Adepticon events, newly released Battletech and Shadowrun fiction, partnerships with 11bit Games and Quincy’s Tavern, plus heaps more! Engage those PPC eyes this way, mech-commander.
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[Archive - Review] of Mobile Hut's MÖRK BORG RPG Supplement, 'The Choir'.
Originally posted to our old website the day before it crashed and died (on NYE 2024 - RIP). As part of our ongoing Tabletop RPG coverage, resident artist and RPG design expert Elodie explores a 3rd-party supplement for the infamously metal-AF Mork Borg RPG - specifically, The Choir. Created by Evelyn Moreau on behalf of Mobile Hut Games, it’s yet another addition to a fantastic OSR titles’ community canon!
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[Tabletop Thursdays] 06.03.2025. AKA: A VERY Stacked Shelf of Goodies.
In today’s edition of Tabletop Thursday: CATS! Lots of cute cats, from the ISC Team and abroad (pictured, your host - Butters), plus Dicey News re: ISC staffer Elodie’s successful Kickstarter campaign conclusion for Brass RPG (CONGRATS!) + cool art; a bunch of info, links and tasty pics regarding the hardcover-preorder/digital launch of Modiphius’ Fallout: Factions Core Rulebook, plus plenty of upcoming ISC content!
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[Archive - Riffs]: #BehindScreenandSpeaker2024 - A Primer/Explainer For A Whole Bunch-a C O N T E N T. [27.12.24]
Originally posted to our prior and, as of NYE 2024, now suddenly/sadly defunct old site (RIP). This is a primer/introduction to a year-in-review/sporadic round-up series dubbed Behind Screen and Speaker. This series aims to corral a number of our Riffs (articles) into retrospective and prospective thoughts alike into an omnibus style series. Music, hobbies, riffs, art, gaming, TV, shows, it’ll all be here!
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[ARCHIVE - Riffs] #TabletopThursdays 19.12.24 - Feature Article: 'A Love Letter to The GMPC'
Originally posted on our sadly as-of-NYE-2024-now-defunct old website (RIP), we’re lucky enough to have access to the old site back-end and thus can repost another Elodie-derived Tabletop Thursdays classic in ‘A Love Letter to The GMPC’. Check out our resident RPG-design whiz’s thoughts on NPC’s walking alongside dungeonmasters right here!
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[Review] Homeward, a Zinequest solo RPG
This week, resident dork Élodie finally tries the dorkiest hobby of all, solo roleplaying. Read on to find out how her chosen game, Homeward by Robert Jamison, holds up. Peep the link for the review, as well as links to Jamison’s Kickstarter!
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[Tabletop Thursdays] 13.02.24, Part 1: Elodie’s First Kickstarter in ‘BRASS RPG’ for Steve Dee’s ‘The World WEll’.
What an incredible team I have, eh? You may recall that a few weeks back, resident RPG-design and visual-arts expert, Elodie, announced an upcoming Kickstarter campaign launch alongside the accredited and prolific Sydney-based games designer Steve Dee. Her contribution being, the very rad mecha-RPG BRASS, alongside Steve’s ‘The World Well’, and an additional title in Un-leashed. Beta playtest article with feedback from me, your host Brady, also coming soon! So yes, I can confirm in advance - it DOES rock. Support the indie RPG scene!
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[Fantasy Friday] Free League’s Dragonbane Two-For-One Kickstarter.
Featured/Blog Post Image Credits: Free League Publishing and associated artists (see within for details). Not content to just burp up an also-ran GPT-slop copy-paste of promo releases, I’ve added in some thoughts and commentary (plus contributor/creator links to separate projects) alongside this belated Tabletop Thursday/Dicey News re: new Dragonbane RPG double-hitter Kickstarter in Secrets of Luvataan/ Hardships of The Wilderness! Play this RPG to Conan.
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[Interview]: with Tabletop Designer, Steve Dee
Steve Dee is one of Australia’s most prolific tabletop designers. I probed him about his upcoming Kickstarter project, The Worldwell, and his philosophies on design.