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Roleplay Letters is a tabletop roleplaying blog about the games I’m playing, working on, and thinking about.

  • The Quiet Year

    The Quiet Year

    Avery Alder’s The Quiet Year is a GM-less map drawing game where the players portray a post apocalyptic community coming from one existential crisis, headed for the next, with a year to build something inbetween.

  • 2026 Game plan

    2026 Game plan

    I ran 49 games in 2025. That’s more or less the plan for 2026, as well. We don’t play every week, but then there are weeks with up to three games, and there are already nine games scheduled just for January.

  • 2025 games retrospective

    2025 games retrospective

    I ran a total of 49 RPG sessions in 2025 for a total of 22 players, across 16 different games. How did it go?

  • The Intimacy Game

    The Intimacy Game

    We listened to a series on romance and sex in roleplaying games and were inspired by its discussion on bringing physical touch to the table.

  • Alien Evolved

    Alien Evolved

    Free League released a new version of their popular science fiction horror roleplaying game based on the movie series, Alien The Roleplaying Game (2020). This new release is known as the Evolved Edition (2025).

  • Trophy Gold

    Trophy Gold

    We played a single session of Trophy Gold to get a feel for the game. I was curious to see if it could serve a similar purpose to The Mountain Witch – a game to get to know new players, and practice co-creation, having a satisfying arc in a single session.

  • Skeletons

    Skeletons

    In The Skeletons the players are skeletal guardians of a tomb. Threatened by an invader, the skeletons spring to life to stop them. Then they return to rest. When resting, the players lie down in a dark room, in complete silence.

  • Five Hundred Year Old Vampire

    Five Hundred Year Old Vampire

    We have started a game of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire. And not just any game: a three-party game with thirteen players. We’re on round three of ten and I’m already humbled, inspired, and in awe of what the players are creating.

  • D&D For Beginners

    D&D For Beginners

    I was asked to be a traveling DM: visit friends further out from my place to run them a game of D&D. The players are new to tabletop roleplaying.