A new episode has been added to the database: A Bit of Sizzle from Jeff on Oh Boy: A Time Travel Podcast

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Summer Game Fest is an all-digital, multi-month global festival. It features gaming news, events, and free playable content. Each developer or publisher will announce and host their own conference as part of the event.

Feel free to share any games that I missed in the comments section below.

• Summer Game Fest 2026 | Australian & New Zealand Games, Part 2 (Indies)

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Apathema
Youtube Video

Management In Space
Youtube Video

BLIGHTEN
Youtube Video

Attack of the Astrals
Youtube Video

Radio Decay
Youtube Video

Echo Zero
Youtube Video

KUU
Youtube Video

Night Shift: 1999
Youtube Video

HAWKER
Youtube Video

Akashic Slingshot
Youtube Video

Allogloom
Youtube Video

Lone Pine
Youtube Video

Toil & Trubble
Youtube Video

Ghost Writer
Youtube Video

Unquollified
Youtube Video

Cozy Game Restoration
Youtube Video

Rusthaven
Youtube Video

The Isle of Lost Bees
Youtube Video

Sludgineers
Youtube Video

Sting & Swing
Youtube Video

Box Knight
Youtube Video

Wild n Chill
Youtube Video

by Forbidding

Summer Game Fest is an all-digital, multi-month global festival. It features gaming news, events, and free playable content. Each developer or publisher will announce and host their own conference as part of the event.

Feel free to share any games that I missed in the comments section below.

• Summer Game Fest 2026 | Australian & New Zealand Games, Part 1 (Indies)

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Cow Chess
Youtube Video

Cooking For MA!
Youtube Video

Fishing Echoes
Youtube Video

Bashful Adoration
Youtube Video

Atlanta TD
Youtube Video

Straycloud
Youtube Video

Verbal Void
Youtube Video

Bravest Coconut
Youtube Video

Freeline
Youtube Video

Slayblade
Youtube Video

Cloudlings
Youtube Video

TOYA
Youtube Video

HYPER PRIMATE
Youtube Video

L8R SK8R
Youtube Video

Acting Out
Youtube Video

Shape Sender Deluxe
Youtube Video

N00b's Guide
Youtube Video

Mingle
Youtube Video

DWARRF: A Pinball Roguelike
Youtube Video

A Pocket Full of Slagford
Youtube Video

The Troll & The Witch's House
Youtube Video

Edwin Earstwhile: Medical Examiner
Youtube Video

Trading Card Inspector
Youtube Video

PUTRID/SHARP
Youtube Video

Apothecurse
Youtube Video

by Forbidding

Summer Game Fest is an all-digital, multi-month global festival. It features gaming news, events, and free playable content. Each developer or publisher will announce and host their own conference as part of the event.

Feel free to share any games that I missed in the comments section below.

• Summer Game Fest 2026 | Southeast Asian Games (Indies)

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TCG Card Shop Simulator
Youtube Video

NO STRAIGHT ROADS 2
Youtube Video

Nightmare Circus (2025)
Youtube Video

Cable City
Youtube Video

Neko Station
Youtube Video

NOL
Youtube Video

Meaningless Random Numbers
Youtube Video

KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
Youtube Video

GigaBash
Youtube Video

Puni the Florist
Youtube Video

Late Night Duty
Youtube Video

Growing My Manhole
Youtube Video

Lost & Found
Youtube Video

Kooeh: A Timeless Delight
Youtube Video

Montabi
Youtube Video

Memoirium
Youtube Video

Table Flip Simulator
Youtube Video

Just A Shadow Game
Youtube Video

Sepak U - Sports Fighting Game
Youtube Video

HellHeart Breaker
Youtube Video

In Full Bloom
Youtube Video

Duo Quest
Youtube Video

Mirth Island
Youtube Video

Scarlet Record
Youtube Video

Merry Crisis
Youtube Video

Verde
Youtube Video

Overhours
Youtube Video

Dungeon Hotpot
Youtube Video

WORK WORK WORK
Youtube Video

Until Then: Afterimages
Youtube Video

Hoa 2
Youtube Video

A new episode has been added to the database: Hanging Up My Hat

A new episode has been added to the database: Ep 277 - GM Expectations of Players

by Steve

June 8

1867

- American architect Frank Lloyd Wright [microbadge=20155]

1896

- First ever recorded car theft (Paris) [microbadge=5146]

1916

- British geneticist Francis Crick, who helped determine the "double helix" structure of DNA [microbadge=20836]

1957

- Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams [microbadge=1462]

1984

- Ghostbusters [microbadge=3296] & Gremlins [microbadge=45154] released

June 9

1790

- 1st book copyrighted under US Constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" [microbadge=19795]

1925

- American science fiction author Keith Laumer [microbadge=664] [microbadge=1281]

1963

- American actor Johnny Depp [microbadge=7610] [microbadge=961]

1981

- American actess Natalie Portman [microbadge=21200]

June 10

1793

- 1st public zoo opens in Paris [microbadge=4216]

1845

- President Andrew Jackson's pet parrot is removed from Jackson's funeral for 'swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people [in the church]' [microbadge=24098][microbadge=42518]

1895

- Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind, Little Rascals). First African-American actress to win an Oscar [microbadge=8267]

1910

- American bluesman/rock influencer Howlin' Wolf [microbadge=9878]

1922

- American singer/actress Judy Garland [microbadge=30879]

1928

- Children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak [microbadge=29555] [microbadge=13111]

1981

- B3: Palace of the Silver Princess (Green) published [microbadge=7667]

June 11

1910

- Undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau [microbadge=9904]

1935

- American actor Gene Wilder [microbadge=29638]

1936

- Robert E. Howard passes at 30 [microbadge=3741]

1959

- English actor Hugh Laurie [microbadge=3833] [microbadge=22826]

1969

- American actor Peter Dinklage [microbadge=24293]

2009

- RPGGeek.com enters closed beta [microbadge=24810]

June 12

1929

- Anne Frank. In 1942 she's given her diary as a birthday present [microbadge=7321]

1931

- Al Capone indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury [microbadge=13518]

1932

- American author Rona Jaffe (Mazes and Monsters) :devil:

1981

- Raiders of the Lost Ark released [microbadge=1939]

June 13

1865

- Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats [microbadge=23302] (my favorite poem EVER!)

1920

- US Post Office says children cannot not be sent by parcel post (after various instances) [microbadge=14438][microbadge=6389][microbadge=2515]

1928

- John Nash, mathematician and game theorist, Nobel Laureate, incorrectly credited as inventor of Hex [microbadge=35852]

1929

- Ralph McQuarrie, American artist/conceptual designer [microbadge=16105]

1943

- English actor Malcolm McDowell [microbadge=1525]

I'm sure this list can be improved. Feel free to offer suggestions for this and upcoming weeks. If you want your birthday included just add it to this geeklist: RPG Geek Birthday List

A new episode has been added to the database: Dice Funk S13: Part 00 - Cucked by the Werewolf Caucus

A new episode has been added to the database: Episode 164 - Lunar: Silver Star Story

by Rachel Carpenter

Not mine. From Twitter. Where #SaveStargate is becoming a storm that Amazon did not see coming 😜

If you didn't know (cough, cough, my regular avatar kinda says it all), I'm a lifelong Stargate fan. AmazonMGM had announced a new series. With the original creatives on board. And earlier this week, Amazon changed their mind and announced the cancelation. The fandom is making lots of noise and... I don't know if we can get them to uncancel us, but honestly, I'm more than happy to try. Hence my recent Twiiter activity, a few IG posts, and today's blogpost here.

If you are interested, there are 3 petitions circulating. This seems to be the main one:
https://www.change.org/p/save-stargate-with-martin-gero

There are also efforts involving sending tissue boxes to MGM HQ and apparently a gofundme to get a plane with a banner has now funded. It's a wild world we live in. And I'm thrilled to see Stargate fandom's massive turnout. I had no idea there were this many of us left. It's kinda mind-boggling. In a good way.

In other news, I spent most of today at the garage.

Stuck there, I put the new edition of Elements through its paces. 22 full playtests later and I can officially say that I'm happy with this latest iteration of the game. This WILL be part 9f the next batch to go up on The Game Crafter.

I also took advantage of the time to play some Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice.

Maybe tomorrow I can finally write up some session reports :whistle:...

Happy Saturday and happy playing!
-Rachel

Thank you for reading my blog. If you liked it; then please click the green thumb [microbadge=23724] at the top of the page. If you really liked it; then please subscribe. And follow me across social media with my Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/rachelncarpenter

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Summer Game Fest is an all-digital, multi-month global festival. It features gaming news, events, and free playable content. Each developer or publisher will announce and host their own conference as part of the event.

Feel free to share any games that I missed in the comments section below.

• Summer Game Fest 2026 | Wholesome Direct (Indies)

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Dressmaker
Youtube Video

Book Nook
Youtube Video

Fields of Mistria
Youtube Video

Spirit Crossing
Youtube Video

Tinkernest
Youtube Video

Moonlight Peaks
Youtube Video

In The Drift
Youtube Video

Capy Castaway
Youtube Video

Discounty
Youtube Video

Dungeon Tourists
Youtube Video

Is This Seat Taken?
Youtube Video

Usagi Shima
Youtube Video

Milki Delivery
Youtube Video

Hidden Folks 2
Youtube Video

Lou's Lagoon
Youtube Video

Beastfolk Barber
Youtube Video

The Wandering Village - The Last Leviathan
Youtube Video

Croakwood
Youtube Video

Deer & Boy
Youtube Video

PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE
Youtube Video

Design and Conjure
Youtube Video

Dragon Shelter
Youtube Video

Momento
Youtube Video

Petal Runner
Youtube Video

Froggy Brews
Youtube Video

Planet Zoo 2
Youtube Video

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit
Youtube Video

Go-Go Town!
Youtube Video

Tales of Seikyu
Youtube Video

Spiritstead
Youtube Video

Paralives
Youtube Video

Moomin: Midsummer Madness
Youtube Video

WATERFUL: a tiny oasis builder
Youtube Video

Hokko Spaces
Youtube Video

Rubber Bird
Youtube Video

by Forbidding

Summer Game Fest is an all-digital, multi-month global festival. It features gaming news, events, and free playable content. Each developer or publisher will announce and host their own conference as part of the event.

Feel free to share any games that I missed in the comments section below.

• Summer Game Fest 2026 | Green Games Showcase

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Green Games is hosted by PlanetPlay, a not-for-profit platform that uses in-game purchases to raise funds for charity. This years event is raising money for the Hongera Energy Efficient Project in Kenya. The project aims to provide communities with locally manufactured cookstoves that are more efficient in order to reduce the felling of trees for firewood and indoor air pollution.

Play As An Animal

Muri: Wildwoods
Youtube Video

Adapt (2027)
Youtube Video

Primordial Empire
Youtube Video

Penguin Colony
Youtube Video

Hela: of Mice & Magic
Youtube Video

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Save The World

SuperWEIRD: Automation Roguelite
Youtube Video

Aloft
Youtube Video

Furi
Youtube Video

Gombo
Youtube Video

The Guardian of Nature
Youtube Video

Witchspire
Youtube Video

KinForge
Youtube Video

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Ravaged Worlds

Doomsday Diner
Youtube Video

Spilled!
Youtube Video

Haven (2020)
Youtube Video

Permafrost
Youtube Video

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Green Thumb

The Regreening
Youtube Video

Equiverse
Youtube Video

Leafy Corner
Youtube Video

Green Again
Youtube Video

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Explore Natural Worlds

Cairn
Youtube Video

Fantastic Haven
Youtube Video

LumenTale: Memories of Trey
Youtube Video

Outbound (2025)
Youtube Video

Pawsome Resort
Youtube Video

Strange Seed
Youtube Video

Solarpunk
Youtube Video