Stu Horvath
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Publisher at @unwinnable.com | TTRPG history at VintageRPG.com | Co-host of Games People Play on @wfmu.bsky.social | New book with @strangeattractor.bsky.social in 2025? | Links: https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg
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Excited to check out The Hooded Man. I don't usually think about RPGs as art configured for a moment in time (at least not in the same way novels, movies and TV are often seen as reckoning with the zeitgeist) but I can think of no better theme for right now than Robin Hood the RPG.
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Excited to check out The Hooded Man. I don't usually think about RPGs as art configured for a moment in time (at least not in the same way novels, movies and TV are often seen as reckoning with the zeitgeist) but I can think of no better theme for right now than Robin Hood the RPG.
Pendragon Core Rulebook (2024)
The cornerstone of the final expression of Greg Stafford's greatest game. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/pendragon-core-rulebook-2024/ #TTRPG
The cornerstone of the final expression of Greg Stafford's greatest game. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/pendragon-core-rulebook-2024/ #TTRPG
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pendragon Core Rulebook (2024)
The cornerstone of the final expression of Greg Stafford's greatest game. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/pendragon-core-rulebook-2024/ #TTRPG
The cornerstone of the final expression of Greg Stafford's greatest game. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/pendragon-core-rulebook-2024/ #TTRPG
Forgot how much I enjoy Metric's music.
Pleased that I have now remembered.
Pleased that I have now remembered.
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Forgot how much I enjoy Metric's music.
Pleased that I have now remembered.
Pleased that I have now remembered.
Mausritter: Tails from the Night Market
So nice, we recorded it twice (because we lost the first recording). Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/mausritter-tails-from-the-night-market/ #TTRPG
So nice, we recorded it twice (because we lost the first recording). Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/mausritter-tails-from-the-night-market/ #TTRPG
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mausritter: Tails from the Night Market
So nice, we recorded it twice (because we lost the first recording). Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/mausritter-tails-from-the-night-market/ #TTRPG
So nice, we recorded it twice (because we lost the first recording). Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/mausritter-tails-from-the-night-market/ #TTRPG
Pendragon Starter Set (2023)
Another excellent Chaosium starter set. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/pendragon-starter-set-2023/ #TTRPG
Another excellent Chaosium starter set. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/pendragon-starter-set-2023/ #TTRPG
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pendragon Starter Set (2023)
Another excellent Chaosium starter set. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/pendragon-starter-set-2023/ #TTRPG
Another excellent Chaosium starter set. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/pendragon-starter-set-2023/ #TTRPG
The Unspeakable Oath (1990-2018)
A peak behind the covers of the most influential Call of Cthulhu magazine. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-unspeakable-oath-1990-2018/ #TTRPG
A peak behind the covers of the most influential Call of Cthulhu magazine. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-unspeakable-oath-1990-2018/ #TTRPG
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Unspeakable Oath (1990-2018)
A peak behind the covers of the most influential Call of Cthulhu magazine. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-unspeakable-oath-1990-2018/ #TTRPG
A peak behind the covers of the most influential Call of Cthulhu magazine. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-unspeakable-oath-1990-2018/ #TTRPG
Have you seen this man?
The other tray puzzles in the series use bootleg art that I more or less immediately recognize (more on that later) but this one seems both familiar and new. Which, if I were a Hong Kong toy company making bootlegs, I wouldn't use new art for one out four products, you know?
The other tray puzzles in the series use bootleg art that I more or less immediately recognize (more on that later) but this one seems both familiar and new. Which, if I were a Hong Kong toy company making bootlegs, I wouldn't use new art for one out four products, you know?
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Have you seen this man?
The other tray puzzles in the series use bootleg art that I more or less immediately recognize (more on that later) but this one seems both familiar and new. Which, if I were a Hong Kong toy company making bootlegs, I wouldn't use new art for one out four products, you know?
The other tray puzzles in the series use bootleg art that I more or less immediately recognize (more on that later) but this one seems both familiar and new. Which, if I were a Hong Kong toy company making bootlegs, I wouldn't use new art for one out four products, you know?
The Astromundi Cluster (1993)
Spelljammer comes to an end with one of its best box sets. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-astromundi-cluster-1993/ #TTRPG
Spelljammer comes to an end with one of its best box sets. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-astromundi-cluster-1993/ #TTRPG
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Astromundi Cluster (1993)
Spelljammer comes to an end with one of its best box sets. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-astromundi-cluster-1993/ #TTRPG
Spelljammer comes to an end with one of its best box sets. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-astromundi-cluster-1993/ #TTRPG
Check this out. Most everyone into RPGs is at least passing familiar with Larry Elmore's painting of the dragon fight that appeared on the cover of the 1983 Basic Rules box set. It's been slapped on everything from wallets to, most recently, Art & Arcana, the big D&D art retrospective.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Check this out. Most everyone into RPGs is at least passing familiar with Larry Elmore's painting of the dragon fight that appeared on the cover of the 1983 Basic Rules box set. It's been slapped on everything from wallets to, most recently, Art & Arcana, the big D&D art retrospective.
I don't usually blame my weakness as a collector on other people but these beautiful, stupid pieces of 40 year old plastic are all @wyrdscience.bsky.social's fault.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I don't usually blame my weakness as a collector on other people but these beautiful, stupid pieces of 40 year old plastic are all @wyrdscience.bsky.social's fault.
Under the Dark Fist (1991)
Star Wars creeps into Spelljammer. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/under-the-dark-fist-1991/ #TTRPG
Star Wars creeps into Spelljammer. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/under-the-dark-fist-1991/ #TTRPG
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Under the Dark Fist (1991)
Star Wars creeps into Spelljammer. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/under-the-dark-fist-1991/ #TTRPG
Star Wars creeps into Spelljammer. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/under-the-dark-fist-1991/ #TTRPG
Reposted by Stu Horvath
Cover art for issue 176 of @unwinnable.com Monthly, step by step.
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Cover art for issue 176 of @unwinnable.com Monthly, step by step.
One more for the day walkers. Follow @shannonappelcline.bsky.social for more!
It's the last 48 hours to back Shannon Appelcline's four volume dive into D&D product histories. Shannon has built the backbone of the RPG history and is a constant reference point for my work. No Shannon, no Stu! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
Designers & Dragons: Origins
From the birth of roleplaying to the discovery of the Forgotten Realms, from the rise of Basic D&D to the fall of Mystara, historian Shannon Appelcline brings you the story of OD&D, Basic D&D, and AD&...
www.backerkit.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
One more for the day walkers. Follow @shannonappelcline.bsky.social for more!
Crystal Spheres (1990)
Space vampire! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/crystal-spheres-1990/ #TTRPG
Space vampire! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/crystal-spheres-1990/ #TTRPG
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Crystal Spheres (1990)
Space vampire! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/crystal-spheres-1990/ #TTRPG
Space vampire! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/crystal-spheres-1990/ #TTRPG
It's the last 48 hours to back Shannon Appelcline's four volume dive into D&D product histories. Shannon has built the backbone of the RPG history and is a constant reference point for my work. No Shannon, no Stu! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
Designers & Dragons: Origins
From the birth of roleplaying to the discovery of the Forgotten Realms, from the rise of Basic D&D to the fall of Mystara, historian Shannon Appelcline brings you the story of OD&D, Basic D&D, and AD&...
www.backerkit.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It's the last 48 hours to back Shannon Appelcline's four volume dive into D&D product histories. Shannon has built the backbone of the RPG history and is a constant reference point for my work. No Shannon, no Stu! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
Skull & Crossbows (1990)
An excellent early scenario anthology for Spelljammer. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/skull-crossbows-1990/ #TTRPG
An excellent early scenario anthology for Spelljammer. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/skull-crossbows-1990/ #TTRPG
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Skull & Crossbows (1990)
An excellent early scenario anthology for Spelljammer. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/skull-crossbows-1990/ #TTRPG
An excellent early scenario anthology for Spelljammer. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/skull-crossbows-1990/ #TTRPG
Reminder that the perfect book cover already exists.
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reminder that the perfect book cover already exists.
Wild Space (1990)
Beware the blind beholder. Or, maybe, don't, actually. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/wild-space-1990/ #TTRPG
Beware the blind beholder. Or, maybe, don't, actually. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/wild-space-1990/ #TTRPG
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Wild Space (1990)
Beware the blind beholder. Or, maybe, don't, actually. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/wild-space-1990/ #TTRPG
Beware the blind beholder. Or, maybe, don't, actually. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/wild-space-1990/ #TTRPG
The Spark Devil and Other Horrors
It's another one of them there pot-pour-ee episodes. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-spark-devil-and-other-horrors/ #TTRPG
It's another one of them there pot-pour-ee episodes. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-spark-devil-and-other-horrors/ #TTRPG
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The Spark Devil and Other Horrors
It's another one of them there pot-pour-ee episodes. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-spark-devil-and-other-horrors/ #TTRPG
It's another one of them there pot-pour-ee episodes. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/the-spark-devil-and-other-horrors/ #TTRPG
I less than a month, I have accidentally watched three films featuring Elisha Cook Jr, who played Ice Pick on the original Magnum PI (The Big Sleep, Haunted Palace and Messiah of Evil).
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I less than a month, I have accidentally watched three films featuring Elisha Cook Jr, who played Ice Pick on the original Magnum PI (The Big Sleep, Haunted Palace and Messiah of Evil).
LIFE Magazine (April 23, 1951)
Seven fantastic beasts, two majestic mustaches. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/life-magazine-april-23-1951/ #TTRPG
Seven fantastic beasts, two majestic mustaches. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/life-magazine-april-23-1951/ #TTRPG
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
LIFE Magazine (April 23, 1951)
Seven fantastic beasts, two majestic mustaches. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/life-magazine-april-23-1951/ #TTRPG
Seven fantastic beasts, two majestic mustaches. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/life-magazine-april-23-1951/ #TTRPG
The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents and Insects (1967)
A tangle of Elizabethan bestiaries. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/he-history-of-four-footed-beasts-and-serpents-and-insects-1967/ #TTRPG
A tangle of Elizabethan bestiaries. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/he-history-of-four-footed-beasts-and-serpents-and-insects-1967/ #TTRPG
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents and Insects (1967)
A tangle of Elizabethan bestiaries. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/he-history-of-four-footed-beasts-and-serpents-and-insects-1967/ #TTRPG
A tangle of Elizabethan bestiaries. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/he-history-of-four-footed-beasts-and-serpents-and-insects-1967/ #TTRPG
Excited to be the bad parent bringing his 8-year-old to see Predator Badlands on Saturday.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Excited to be the bad parent bringing his 8-year-old to see Predator Badlands on Saturday.
Touch Me Not (2019)
The darkest idea of a grimoire made manifest. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/touch-me-not-2019/ #TTRPG
The darkest idea of a grimoire made manifest. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/touch-me-not-2019/ #TTRPG
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Touch Me Not (2019)
The darkest idea of a grimoire made manifest. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/touch-me-not-2019/ #TTRPG
The darkest idea of a grimoire made manifest. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/touch-me-not-2019/ #TTRPG
Art of the Grimoire (2023)
A study of the aesthetics of books of magic. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/art-of-the-grimoire-2023/ #TTRPG
A study of the aesthetics of books of magic. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/art-of-the-grimoire-2023/ #TTRPG
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Art of the Grimoire (2023)
A study of the aesthetics of books of magic. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/art-of-the-grimoire-2023/ #TTRPG
A study of the aesthetics of books of magic. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/11/art-of-the-grimoire-2023/ #TTRPG