#RPGaDAY2026

#RPGaDAY2026

RPG a Day 2026 begins now! (With my first answer around 12:01.)

Each day in the month of August, roleplaying gamers work from the infographic below to take inspiration from each of the 31 prompts to post positively in affirmation of the joys and benefits of RPGs and the relationships and skills we have developed as a result.

Introductory post by David F. Chapman, including a text prompt list

Explanatory post by Anthony Boyd, plus a video intro with David and Anthony

This year I plan to answer the prompt questions. I had another plan for the single words but it kind of fell through.

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Daily Prompts

1. Discipline

2. Stature

3. Poise

4. Charm

5. Burden

6. Reach

7. Mercy

8. Resolve

9. Privilege

10. Secret

11. Tact

12. Loss

13. Strain

14. Regard

15. Endurance

16. Composure

17. Intensity

18. Directness

19. Desire

20. Promise

21. Charity

22. Grit

23. Fortune

24. Distance

25. Familiarity

26. Regret

27. Hunger

28. Devotion

29. Labour

30. Pride

31. Edge

Weekly Modifiers

Week 1 - Drive

Week 2 - Intellect

Week 3 - Associates

Week 4 - Instinct

Week 5 - Emotion

Week 6 - Ability

Daily Modifiers

Monday - Fair of Face

Tuesday - Full of Grace

Wednesday - Full of Woe

Thursday - Far to Go

Friday - Loving & Giving

Saturday - Works Hard

Sunday - Blessed

Daily Prompt Questions

1. Share a character or fellow player who is a strong example of discipline.

2. What does one character’s stature in their community mean to them?

3. Poise: How does one character present themselves?

4. An enjoyable moment of charm gone right or wrong?

5. What burden is a character willing to carry until the end?

6. Reach: Who would you like to be able to share RPGs with?

7. A moment of mercy received or given?

8. A moment when a character kept or broke their resolve?

9. Give one reason why it is a privilege to play with your group.

10. A secret you hope comes out about a character?

11. A character made great by having or not having tact.

12. Most things end. What is one RPG loss you still feel?

13. Strain: So far, what is the heaviest set of RPG things you have carried to play?

14. What is a game held in high regard you have yet to play?

15. How would you organise an endurance session of your favourite game?

16. One thing that will cause a character to lose their composure?

17. A satisfying example of a character’s integrity.

18. Directness: A fast introduction of a new PC or player?

19. A huge risk taken because of desire?

20. Have the characters kept or broken more promises?

21. Share an RPG charity past or present that moved you.

22. An enjoyable moment of grit PCs did or did not tough out.

23. An enjoyable moment of good or bad fortune.

24. Your preferred distance in any type of RPG conflict?

25. One game you want to get more familiar with?

26. One game you regret not trying?

27. What do you hunger for most from a session?

28. Devotion: Game you have played the most!

29. Labour: Thing you are most willing to work on for a game.

30. A game event that you are still proud of.

31. Why does a character think they have an edge?

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