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Rascal just dropped an article on the debacle. Not sure if it is paywalled or not; if it is, please consider buying a subscription to help support ttrpg journalism (I'm not associated with Rascal in any form!)...

Yeah, it's one I'm looking forward to. I'm not familiar with the source material, but Gavriel puts out some great stuff.

Our store is located in Charlottesville, Virginia. We're on the same street, one block up, where, eight years ago, Heather Heyer was run down and murdered by a neo-nazi who was a member of the Unite the Right rally that invaded our city. Two blocks in the other direction is the largest Jewish...

Welcome to the News Roundup for May 12th, 2025. As I'm sure many readers are aware, the big news of the past week was Goodman Games announcing they will be running a City State of the Invincible Overlord, having made a licensing deal with Judges Guild, with whom they had pledged to cut ties in...

Maybe it is nitpicky from your point of view, but not everyone feels the same. Two of the business partners in our store are Jewish; they're extremely concerned about this, and I don't blame them. I'd certainly be a lot more forgiving and less suspicious if: a) It didn't require three press...

Yes, both of those titles are available for me to purchase and carry. I can post a screenshot of them in my cart if you would like. I am not sure how I am "correlating obscure bits of evidence". They made a statement on Feb 18th, 2020, stating that both they will not longer be selling Judge's...

So, in 2020 they posted a statement here, which you can still find on their website. I've copied it below, and bolded certain parts for emphasis. I've attached a screenshot of the current GG webstore (or, rather, the wholesale portal. I'm not sure if these titles are available through them at...

My concern is they didn't lead with this new statement; instead, they led with "build bridges, not walls". All of the above is excellent, and the right thing to do, but I need to think on Sabre's official position. When we opened the store one of our goals was to create an open and welcoming...

Sabre has decided to stop carrying Goodman Games projects due to their current stance on working with Judges' Guild. As such, we're having a clearance sale on our remaining stock. It's a great chance to pick up an otherwise excellent product, without any additional money going to the company...

We've got a regular at the store who runs a weekly DCC game and has done a lot to build a local community for the game. I talked to him today and they've (independent of me) decided to switch to OSE over this move. I've made a decision that we'll no longer be stocking Goodman Games products, and...

My wife is South African and grew up during apartheid. The embargoes and boycotts directly led to the end of apartheid, and certainly helped change a lot of peoples' minds. It is possible for boycotts to be effective, and even if they're not effective as one would like, that's certainly not a...

As I saw someone post elsewhere: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one with the nazi guy."

If you're looking for non-problematic publishers, I put out a weekly OSR/indie newsletter (which I repost here) that explicitly does not cover alt-right or problematic creators, with an emphasis of prioritizing the works of BIPOC, LGBTQ, and other marginalized creators. The Roundup also goes...

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