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A collection of 28 issues

Shepherds and Organizers

A Designer's Note on Localizing Paint the Town Red When we began adapting Paint the Town Red for contemporary Portland, the project seemed straightforward enough. The game's historical settings—Rome at its imperial height, Charlemagne's Aachen, medieval Ghazni—felt distant from players' lived

The Shepherd’s Dilemma

A Portland One-Shot for Paint the Town Red "Who feeds whom?" — Graffiti on SE 82nd Avenue Paint the Town Red asks: what happens when you've lived long enough to see every revolution become the new establishment? When you've watched mortals repeat the same cycles

Rosa's Last Stand

A Portland One-Shot for Paint the Town Red "They can take our neighborhood, but they can't take our pupusas." — Graffiti on SE 82nd Avenue At first, we thought we were stretching Paint the Town Red. It’s a game about decay, indulgence, and the endless spiral

Exiled on Couch Street

A Micro-Setting for Paint the Town Red “Every necropolis is a party that ends in fire. The trick is to own the matches. And to start organizing the next party before you strike the first match. But remember: You're not organizing with equals—you're shepherding a

Electric Eden: The House of Canon

A multi-wing dungeon module for Electric Eden Premise Cecil Sharp House has become a living dungeon, an institutional labyrinth where Folknet's power is strongest. Its halls are lined with display cases, curated exhibits, and polished versions of unruly traditions. Within each wing, an overlooked collector is imprisoned, their

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.

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,

The Rigged Game: Using Tabletop RPGs to Examine Workplace Dysfunction

How satirical games help us process the impossible position of middle management The Beautiful Trap of Middle Management You're given impossible targets by executives who've never done your job. You're blamed when your team can't deliver miracles with insufficient resources. You'