Fringe 2026

Edinburgh Fringe brochure acquired and -

Hamlet 5, Macbeth 1!

Both a fair number of deconstructions but we’re not doing penalties here.

Genndy Tartakovsky's Conan

Genndy Tartakovsky to adapt Conan: Queen Of The Black Coast into animation. Yes, I think that will work.

Ten years since I voted and can say I told you so

You ain’t shut them out, you just locked us in

Kid Kapichi ft. Bob Vylan, New England

Politician who sounds like minor character from Game Of Thrones falls on own sword but not literally.

Princess Of The Universe 3 live draft

Rose Bailey and divers hands at RPGnet look at Princess Of The Universe and a new update.

Father's Day

Happy Father’s Day to all who celebrate.

Summer Solstice

Summer should be kicking in any day now...

Pride 2026

In the time it took me to walk past the Pride stage I heard Espresso and It’s Raining Men so did not feel shortchanged.

Nationals 2027 - 9th-11th April

So for the first time since 2024, not clashing with the planned dates for Conpulsion!

The Cars That Ate Your RPG

Where Are All The Car Monsters? asks Lewd Beholder on RPGnet. Some interesting mechanical reasons - vehicle rules are different than monster rules in many games.

I’ve considered a haunted car but don’t think I’ve ever done it.

Vampire: The Masquerade for D&D

Bound By Blood, a licensed third party adaptation of the above.

Note:

“Bound by Blood is not the primary project we’re announcing at Gen Con. They’re two different projects.”

I hope people who would like that will be happy with it.

But I can say “ew” about Blood Points.

Hexed

Hexed, a new animaetd feature from Disney, about a girl (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) discovering she’s a witch and getting access to totally not the Witches’ Road and, based on the teaser trailer, I’m not sure what else.

The description mentions a bigger role for her mother than it shows.

I did like her freaking out about the talking book (Stephen Fry) and quill (Tracey Ullman) at the portal.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer

The MCU is old enough to vote, and has finally delivered the thing my Spider-Man and Hulk comic childhood self always wanted: Spider-Man versus the Hulk.

Tabletop Scotland 2026 RPG listings

RPG listings for Tabletop Scotland 2026 are now, booking opening on the 27th. Starting here on Friday afternoon.

Some fire the imagination with the games offered, titles and blurbs. (Gar Hanrahan is GMing Merryshire! I count at least three 1980s White Dwarf adventures for different systems from different GMs! There’s an ALIEN game with twenty spaces?! Somebody is running TOON!)

Others...

Am I running anything? No. But at least I can confirm that.

The fuzzy lines of genre

Rowan Lee asks what is folk horror and pokes at half a dozen definitions.

Thanks to Greg Stolze for the link.

Also her Bluesky handle is an all-timer. Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival

Sarah Michelle Gellar is the Grim Reaper - in a romance with the Devil

Thud (not a Discworld adaptation) from director Mali Elfman pairs SMG with Rudy Pankow when the Grim Reaper and the Devil meet on the job at a destination wedding.

Pizza Hut being sold off

Has private equity ever not gutted a company?

Judging by the last three sessions...

Joke challenge to finish a current game before a new edition comes out may have cursed it.

Elf to play elf

Anya Taylor-Joy is playing an elf in The Hunt For Gollum. Obviously.

Bat Story Points

On seeing someone respond to this on Bluesky:

Okay. You have unfortunately been hit with the curse that makes you adapt a work you liked as a kid into a ttrpg.

What thing are you adapting?

Gar Hanrahan imagined GMless Knightmare.

I needed a moment to consider beloved childhood things we don’t already have RPGs for.

And I considered fairytales overall but I’ve looked at them here often enough around Christmas,

But the one I jumped to was:

Batman 1966, which needs a Story Point mechanic with a way to get them by getting caught in traps and making puns and use them to have just the right Bat-gadget.

And SpringtingOwl approved!

Really good gameflow! Needing to do the comedy to get through the action setpieces deeply understands the soul of Batman '66.