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This is a thoughtful analysis of how social dynamics and system preferences intertwine in RPGs. It highlights the importance of understanding your group’s playstyle over obsessing about mechanics, while still acknowledging that exploring diverse systems can lead to growth and discovery. The balance between familiarity and innovation is key—D&D’s enduring influence shows how much framing matters, but trying games like Apocalypse World or DIE pushes boundaries and reveals new preferences. Ultimately, “system matters” not just as rules, but as a shared language shaped by the group’s evolving identity.
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8.3.2025 14:01Comment on Level One Wonk: Narrative by Weekend Update: 3/8/2025 | Cannibal Halfling GamingWelcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 3/8/2025 Top News Stories DriveThruRPG Warns Publishers Of Rising Print On Demand Costs … Continue reading Weekend Update: 3/8/2025
8.3.2025 14:00Weekend Update: 3/8/2025[…] article at the beginning of March definitely bleeds over to zine territory, and that was true in March of 2020. I did partial zine coverage in my March article, which was a bit more snarky than the mainline […]
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6.3.2025 14:00Comment on Root: The Roleplaying Game Review by Crowdfunding Carnival: March, 2025 | Cannibal Halfling Gaming[…] could be fantastic, and I’m here for it. That said, I’ve historically been pretty critical of Magpie’s licensed efforts in the past. Root in particular is a good parallel here, where there’s a significant disconnect […]
6.3.2025 14:00Comment on Avatar Legends Review by Crowdfunding Carnival: March, 2025 | Cannibal Halfling GamingWelcome to Crowdfunding Carnival for March! We’re in the post-zine nowhere zone, where backers and creators alike have a little bit of a hangover. Even so, there are still some interesting games to talk about. March and April have become a key campaign window for larger publishers after zine enthusiasts put them on blast for … Continue reading Crowdfunding Carnival: March, 2025
6.3.2025 14:00Crowdfunding Carnival: March, 2025Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 3/1/2025 Top News Stories Ernie Gygax has passed away: From Christian Hoffer at … Continue reading Weekend Update: 3/1/2025
1.3.2025 15:30Weekend Update: 3/1/2025Moreau Vazh wrote an excellent post on their blog Taskerland, entitled “System Matters, Explicit Mechanics Less So”. Framing the debate on rules density historically, the post points out that gaming groups end up behaving in patterns similarly seen in many groups of people who have come together to do something creative. Of course, given that … Continue reading Gaming groups and the social ‘system’
27.2.2025 14:00Gaming groups and the social ‘system’Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 2/22/2025 Top News Stories Zine Quest last call: There are six days left … Continue reading Weekend Update: 2/22/2025
22.2.2025 14:00Weekend Update: 2/22/2025Welcome back to the Crowdfunding Carnival! Zine Quest this year has been very active, so we’ve got more zines to look at in the usual categories. In addition, I’ve done a brief look back at February of 2020, which in addition to having some mainline games was the inaugural year of Cannibal Halfling’s Zine Quest … Continue reading Crowdfunding Carnival: Zine Quest 2025
21.2.2025 17:00Crowdfunding Carnival: Zine Quest 2025Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 2/15/2025 Top News Stories Asmodee to saddle over $920 million debt as parent … Continue reading Weekend Update: 2/15/2025
15.2.2025 23:00Weekend Update: 2/15/2025When Dungeon World was released in 2012, it slammed the door to Powered by the Apocalypse open so hard it broke the hinges. By taking the recipe crafted in the Baker House and mating it to the memetic power of Dungeons and Dragons, suddenly everyone could see what was so powerful about PbtA. Of course, … Continue reading Is Grimwild the next Dungeon World?
13.2.2025 23:00Is Grimwild the next Dungeon World?Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 2/8/2025 Top News Stories It’s Zine Quest: As you may have seen from … Continue reading Weekend Update: 2/8/2025
8.2.2025 14:30Weekend Update: 2/8/2025Welcome to the Crowdfunding Carnival for February! You know what time it is…it’s ZineQuest time! Kickstarter’s celebration of small-format RPGs is settling back into a regular cadence, with 2025 being the second ‘normal’ year after two relatively abnormal ones given scheduling and, well, Web3. Just like last year I’m going to do a quick overview … Continue reading Crowdfunding Carnival: February, 2025
6.2.2025 14:00Crowdfunding Carnival: February, 2025