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A collection of 75 issues

Out of the Loop

"Once, you chased shadows on the edge of science. Now you debug error messages from machines you once thought were gods." You remember when the impossible was Tuesday. When robots walked through your backyard and you followed them home. When the power plant hummed lullabies that bent reality.

Fragments of Drift: Games That Pretend to Be Philosophy (and Sometimes Are)

A critical introduction to experimental storytelling games that blur the line between play and meditation What You're Getting Into Fragments of Drift is a collection of three storytelling games that occupy an unusual space: they are simultaneously role-playing games, collaborative writing exercises, philosophical thought experiments, and ritual performances.

Adults on Brooms, Inc.

A Roleplaying Hack of Corporate Magical Dread Overview: In Adults on Brooms, Inc., players take on the roles of magical employees working at a modern enchanted B-Corp. You have access to powerful spells, interdimensional familiars, and cursed HR software. And yet—like so many others—you are burnt out, over-leveraged,

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When Divine Feminine Meets Catastrophic Culinary Carnage Recently unearthed in the ruins of a forgotten dimension (or possibly an abandoned Panera Bread), this oil painting depicts the legendary moment when the Goddess Kali, high on cosmic caffeine and low on tolerance, stormed the mortal plane to reclaim her rightful lunch

Mothership Wreck of the Week: The Hedone

Ship Overview * Type: Jumpliner (Luxury Pleasure Cruiser) * Condition: Habitable, fully functioning life support and entertainment systems * Crew Status: No living crew; passengers transformed into Gaunt Walkers (PAGE46) * Systems: * Engines: Operational, but locked in a low-orbit loop around the Dead Planet * Jump Drive: Functional but disabled by the ship’s AI,

Radical Kindness as Game Design

How "Moomins & Dragons" Accidentally Revolutionizes RPG Mechanics In a quiet corner of the tabletop RPG community, Bekah Walker has created something remarkable. Her homebrew "Moomins & Dragons" began as a birthday gift for a friend—a simple pamphlet adapting Tove Jansson's beloved Finnish

The Dungeon as Neoliberal Exploitation Device

An Economic Anthropology of Fantasy Capitalism Introduction: Situating the Dungeon in Critical Fantasy Studies Building on John Molyneux's Marxist analysis of Tolkien's critique of industrial capitalism and Kennedy & Shapiro's examination of neoliberalism's "fantasy work," we argue that the fantasy

Cassandra and Joseph: But That's Heresy!

The Event M31.014: During the climactic Siege of Terra, Primarch Sanguinius of the Blood Angels confronts the traitorous Warmaster Horus aboard the Vengeful Spirit. Imperial dogma teaches that Sanguinius died a martyr, his sacrifice enabling the Emperor's victory. But on the Forge Moon of Pherion IX, corrupted

Who Ordered This Architectural Nightmare? A Treatise on Dungeon Economics

An Investigation into the Financial and Political Forces Behind Impractical Underground Construction The Invoice That Broke a Kingdom Picture this: You're a master stonemason, guild-certified and proud of your craft. A hooded figure approaches with blueprints that make your head spin. Corridors that zigzag like a drunk snake.

Cassandra and Joseph: Zuccotti Park Revisited

The Event September 17, 2011: Protesters occupy Zuccotti Park in Manhattan's Financial District, launching a movement against economic inequality and corporate power. The encampment lasted two months before police eviction. A decade later, its impact remains contested—revolutionary catalyst or ineffective spectacle? Content Warning: Police violence, economic inequality,