2021: The Year in Roleplaying
appelcline What happened in 2021? Pandemic and Kickstarter, of course, but also WotC booming, Paizo faltering, and new leaders emerging.
Yearly Chronicle
2020: The Year in Roleplaying
As the Designers & Dragons project kicks into high gear, Kickstarter goes wild, inclusivity rises, and the industry sees other successes.
2019: The Year in Roleplaying
Welcome, industry, to the mass-market. Plus, Paizo reboots, Middle-earth retreats, and more.
2018: The Year in Roleplaying
2018 brought some notable losses, but the industry was strong.
2017: The Year in Roleplaying
#MeToo hits the industry while many classics return.
2016: The Year in Roleplaying
Did POD save the RPG industry? Plus, Call of Cthulhu RuneQuest 2, GURPS, Rifts, and more happy returns.
2015: The Year in Roleplaying
D&D was back, but off to a very slow start. Gygax Magazine was murdered. And other events of 2015.
2014: The Year in Roleplaying
D&D is back! And the industry is looking increasingly strong!
2013: The Year in Roleplaying
Here’s what I did in 2013: I finished work on four volumes of Designers & Dragons, one for each decade of the industry: the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s. Together…
The Top RPGs of 2012
Pathfinder rules the roost in game stores in 2012. (Revisionary history claims this never happened.)