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This week on TableTop Weekly… Jason and Peter open the show with a heartfelt thank-you to the community as the Top Secret: Tradecraft Manual Kickstarter continues to outperform expectations. With five days to go, strong backer numbers, and solid momentum in what is traditionally a difficult launc…

This week's stories: D&D's new villainous subclasses show Wizards is listening to fans Designers support BackerKit's collab funding, say there's no crowdfunding fatigue Vampire the Masquerade gets its own crossover D&D book Paizo union loses 20% of its members to layoffs, while CEO shar…

Why did TSR bury a D&D product line that was already completed? Designers & Dragons Origins is the latest D&D history book series from Shannon Appelcline Also: two new TTRPG tools for sound & journaling, and we discuss Rob Kuntz's opinions about the origins of D&D