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August 20th is a perfect day to send GMO-free birthday greetings to [user=erniepaul][/user]

Happy Birthday Ernie!

by Bifford [White Hare Games] (Sam)

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On The agony of deadlines, especially when the agony is of your own devising
by [username=Bifford]Bifford[/username]

I should have gotten the magazine finished months ago, but it didn't happen. So I've just spent the last two weeks forging ahead to get it done. Which I did - it's out there in PDF form. However I have a convention to go to on the 5th September and it would be awesome to have physical copies to sell there. Which means I am in the agonising position of waiting for DTRPG to get the files through "pre-media" (printer checks) so I can order a proof copy, get the proof copy delivered and checked, then order copies for sale..... It is going to be really close. I could order them and they arrive two days after the con. Nail-biting deadline!

I could have avoided all of this by having it made earlier, but life is so busy and it just didn't happen. All my own fault.

The problem I find with deadlines, for anything in life, is that you get your head into a negative spiral state. You know the deadline is coming so you force yourself to try to do some work on it and your brain rebels saying "nope!" so you put it aside for a bit...and a bit longer... and a bit longer...until you run up against the dreaded "you have 2 weeks" or 1 week, or whatever is the amount of time you know you need to complete it properly.

That's a hard spiral to climb out from.


The winners of the 2026 24 hr RPG contest have been announced! See them and give praise where it is due here:
2026 24 Hour RPG Contest Results


A solid Core-book included game, which wasn't actually included in the core book of Alien. Hey ho.
Ring Side Report: RPG Review of Chrysalis



One Session Report to rule them all, One Session Report to find them, One Session Report to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.
Or, well, the first of a run of them at least.
All Those Who Wander


Every day there's a new Question of the Day. Most of them are game-related but once in a while we get one that'a more geek-related like favorite movies or books. The question changes every day and you can even suggest a QOTD. When you check out this week's Question of the Week, you can see a link to all the old questions and the chance to suggest a question of your own. Here's this week's QOTD:
QOTD AUG 15: What's the TTRPG item that is no longer in your possession that you really wish you had held on to? And how did you "lose" it?


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