Revolutionary Games
@revolutionarygames.co
We are a worker-owned collective that makes tabletop roleplaying games, settings, and experiences that explore the fantasy of building a better world and the realities of social change.
https://revolutionarygames.co/
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This week's Patreon exclusive is a retrospective on the Fifth World. We debunk our own excuses and take a serious look at all the ways we've learned to NOT make a successful collaborative setting, and then focus on what we're going to try next. www.patreon.com/posts/145775...
Why Hasn’t the Fifth World Succeeded? | Revolutionary Games
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December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This week's Patreon exclusive is a retrospective on the Fifth World. We debunk our own excuses and take a serious look at all the ways we've learned to NOT make a successful collaborative setting, and then focus on what we're going to try next. www.patreon.com/posts/145775...
Why do we love fictional gold? www.patreon.com/posts/145731...
The Joy of Treasure | Revolutionary Games
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December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Why do we love fictional gold? www.patreon.com/posts/145731...
This week’s patron exclusive is a bit of flash fiction by @giuli.revolutionarygames.co in which an elf describes the relationship between his people and humans. www.patreon.com/posts/145315...
The Plains Dragon | Revolutionary Games
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December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This week’s patron exclusive is a bit of flash fiction by @giuli.revolutionarygames.co in which an elf describes the relationship between his people and humans. www.patreon.com/posts/145315...
Our resident trickster on how his fellow children of chaos end up challenging bloviating despots and vain tyrants of all kinds, and how you can bring just such an instigator to the revolution brewing at your own gaming table. www.patreon.com/posts/145314...
Playing the Trickster | Revolutionary Games
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December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our resident trickster on how his fellow children of chaos end up challenging bloviating despots and vain tyrants of all kinds, and how you can bring just such an instigator to the revolution brewing at your own gaming table. www.patreon.com/posts/145314...
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i mentioned to my housemate that we're basically an anarchist commune, and she was like.. what?! no!!
i had to laugh inside. this is exactly how our household runs. hell, we even have some mutual aid projects going on.
she needs to read this essay, and so do you. 💖
i had to laugh inside. this is exactly how our household runs. hell, we even have some mutual aid projects going on.
she needs to read this essay, and so do you. 💖
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
i mentioned to my housemate that we're basically an anarchist commune, and she was like.. what?! no!!
i had to laugh inside. this is exactly how our household runs. hell, we even have some mutual aid projects going on.
she needs to read this essay, and so do you. 💖
i had to laugh inside. this is exactly how our household runs. hell, we even have some mutual aid projects going on.
she needs to read this essay, and so do you. 💖
Ye silk-sock rapscallions ever be havin' trouble keepin' yer insults fresh and properly piratical? Our Pirate Insult Generator for Foundry VTT be what ye need to properly address every crooked dolt, flea-bitten urchin, and scabby son of a bilge rat around yer table. foundryvtt.com/packages/rev...
Pirate Insult Generator | Foundry Virtual Tabletop
Pirate Insult Generator, an Add-on Module for Foundry Virtual Tabletop
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December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ye silk-sock rapscallions ever be havin' trouble keepin' yer insults fresh and properly piratical? Our Pirate Insult Generator for Foundry VTT be what ye need to properly address every crooked dolt, flea-bitten urchin, and scabby son of a bilge rat around yer table. foundryvtt.com/packages/rev...
This week’s patron exclusive is about our efforts to create an interactive map of the Fifth World — including the GeoJSON files we’re using to create 216 feet of sea level rise and the ice-free coasts of Antarctica and Greenland. www.patreon.com/posts/144632...
Mapping the Fifth World | Revolutionary Games
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December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This week’s patron exclusive is about our efforts to create an interactive map of the Fifth World — including the GeoJSON files we’re using to create 216 feet of sea level rise and the ice-free coasts of Antarctica and Greenland. www.patreon.com/posts/144632...
We just launched our first (free!) module for Foundry VTT! This module generates thousands of unique names for Spanish, British, French, and Dutch people and ships to populate your TTRPG campaign set in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. foundryvtt.com/packages/rev...
Pirate Name Generator | Foundry Virtual Tabletop
Pirate Name Generator, an Add-on Module for Foundry Virtual Tabletop
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December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We just launched our first (free!) module for Foundry VTT! This module generates thousands of unique names for Spanish, British, French, and Dutch people and ships to populate your TTRPG campaign set in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. foundryvtt.com/packages/rev...
In this week’s free post, @giuli.revolutionarygames.co talks about the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) and how it inspired us to envision the Fifth World as a jungle planet from pole to pole — and the positive role humans can play in shaping that future. www.patreon.com/posts/144610...
How Earth Becomes a Jungle World (Again) | Revolutionary Games
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December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In this week’s free post, @giuli.revolutionarygames.co talks about the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) and how it inspired us to envision the Fifth World as a jungle planet from pole to pole — and the positive role humans can play in shaping that future. www.patreon.com/posts/144610...
No big sales event from us today. We're more of a "Buy Nothing" than a "Black Friday" outfit.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
No big sales event from us today. We're more of a "Buy Nothing" than a "Black Friday" outfit.
We were mortified years ago when we first shared this amazing piece of art from Dani Kaulakis and someone responded that the Fifth World was ruined now because it'd gone woke — mortified that such a bigot ever thought they were welcome to begin with.
Fascists, Nazis, and TERFs can fuck right off.
Fascists, Nazis, and TERFs can fuck right off.
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We were mortified years ago when we first shared this amazing piece of art from Dani Kaulakis and someone responded that the Fifth World was ruined now because it'd gone woke — mortified that such a bigot ever thought they were welcome to begin with.
Fascists, Nazis, and TERFs can fuck right off.
Fascists, Nazis, and TERFs can fuck right off.
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There’s this pattern we have in a lot of Fifth World stories that Giuli uses here, where first we see the people of the future misunderstanding the past (us), only to later reveal that with maturity and perspective they actually understand us more deeply than we understand ourselves.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There’s this pattern we have in a lot of Fifth World stories that Giuli uses here, where first we see the people of the future misunderstanding the past (us), only to later reveal that with maturity and perspective they actually understand us more deeply than we understand ourselves.
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HEY EVERYBODY I wrote a story about Beatles and also beetles and also historicity! And you can read it for free if you become a Patron, or for $3 if you don’t wanna.
I am actually really proud of this one, which is rare for me. Usually I hate everything I write, but I think I did OK with this one.
I am actually really proud of this one, which is rare for me. Usually I hate everything I write, but I think I did OK with this one.
This week’s patron exclusive is a short story from the Fifth World by @giuli.revolutionarygames.co that finds bards from across the British Isles gathered near the ruins of lost Liverpool debating if “the Beatles” ever really existed. www.patreon.com/posts/144246...
The Great Beatles Debate | Revolutionary Games
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November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
HEY EVERYBODY I wrote a story about Beatles and also beetles and also historicity! And you can read it for free if you become a Patron, or for $3 if you don’t wanna.
I am actually really proud of this one, which is rare for me. Usually I hate everything I write, but I think I did OK with this one.
I am actually really proud of this one, which is rare for me. Usually I hate everything I write, but I think I did OK with this one.
This week’s patron exclusive is a short story from the Fifth World by @giuli.revolutionarygames.co that finds bards from across the British Isles gathered near the ruins of lost Liverpool debating if “the Beatles” ever really existed. www.patreon.com/posts/144246...
The Great Beatles Debate | Revolutionary Games
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November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This week’s patron exclusive is a short story from the Fifth World by @giuli.revolutionarygames.co that finds bards from across the British Isles gathered near the ruins of lost Liverpool debating if “the Beatles” ever really existed. www.patreon.com/posts/144246...
"I'm grateful for the fact that so long as I draw breath it is never too late." www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
Giving Thanks | Revolutionary Games
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November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"I'm grateful for the fact that so long as I draw breath it is never too late." www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
"I'm grateful that you're here, even after this year of darkness and terror and pain, still here to give me and the rest of this big, wide, more-than-human world all those gifts that only you could ever give." www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
Giving Thanks | Revolutionary Games
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November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"I'm grateful that you're here, even after this year of darkness and terror and pain, still here to give me and the rest of this big, wide, more-than-human world all those gifts that only you could ever give." www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
“Take a moment to really consider that all animal life is sustained, ultimately, by beings that eat sunshine.” www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
Giving Thanks | Revolutionary Games
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November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Take a moment to really consider that all animal life is sustained, ultimately, by beings that eat sunshine.” www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
“I'm grateful that the real world is the one built on generosity, and ‘the real world’ with all its cruelty is just the one we made up.” www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
Giving Thanks | Revolutionary Games
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November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“I'm grateful that the real world is the one built on generosity, and ‘the real world’ with all its cruelty is just the one we made up.” www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
“The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters. I am grateful that I do not face it alone.” www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
Giving Thanks | Revolutionary Games
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November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters. I am grateful that I do not face it alone.” www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
All of us here at Revolutionary Games live in the US, where this week we have a holiday that is (ostensibly) centered on gratitude, so @jason.revolutionarygames.co takes some time to talk about gratitude and the things that we’re grateful for. www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
Giving Thanks | Revolutionary Games
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November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
All of us here at Revolutionary Games live in the US, where this week we have a holiday that is (ostensibly) centered on gratitude, so @jason.revolutionarygames.co takes some time to talk about gratitude and the things that we’re grateful for. www.patreon.com/posts/144221...
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Conspiracy thinking is a toxic mimic of critical thinking. People who aren’t good at critical thinking can easily mistake conspiracy theories for skepticism; after all, you’re questioning The System! But that’s not the same as trying to understand how the system works, as this article points out.
November 22, 1963 . . . The myths, fables, and conspiracies of JFK after 62 years
November 22, 1963 . . . The myths, fables, and conspiracies of JFK after 62 years
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Conspiracy thinking is a toxic mimic of critical thinking. People who aren’t good at critical thinking can easily mistake conspiracy theories for skepticism; after all, you’re questioning The System! But that’s not the same as trying to understand how the system works, as this article points out.
“What happens when desperation forces you to work with people whose ideas or methods you may strongly disagree with and the only thing that unites you is your common enemy?” www.patreon.com/posts/143612...
The Problematic Revolutionary | Revolutionary Games
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November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“What happens when desperation forces you to work with people whose ideas or methods you may strongly disagree with and the only thing that unites you is your common enemy?” www.patreon.com/posts/143612...
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"It's arguably most productive to view public action against an oppressive force specifically as a game — not as a trifle, but as a series of moves with an end state."
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
What does Session Zero of a protest look like?
Games as rehearsal for the streets.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"It's arguably most productive to view public action against an oppressive force specifically as a game — not as a trifle, but as a series of moves with an end state."
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social connects RPG prep with the increasingly vital labor of public protest.
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