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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Do you enjoy cool old nerd stuff?Join my weekly newsletter about RPGs and other related topics, like gamebooks, toys, monsters, the occult and other stuff you might find in your local weirdo bookstore circa 1985!

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Knight on dragonback. Text reads: The Vintage RPG Newsletter - No ads, no algorithms, all adventure!
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Vampire are in the air!
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Did you listen to our vampire themed radio show tonight or is this independent vampirey?
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This is the correct response.
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In just one hour!
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Tonight! Games People Play returns to WFMU (@wfmu.bsky.social) to fill in for Bucci at 6pm! We're going to talk about games that people play, and also VAMPIRES, and also VAMPIRE GAMES. Bring your garlic: wfmu.org/playlists/GP
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Tonight! Games People Play returns to WFMU (@wfmu.bsky.social) to fill in for Bucci at 6pm! We're going to talk about games that people play, and also VAMPIRES, and also VAMPIRE GAMES. Bring your garlic: wfmu.org/playlists/GP
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Alone Against the Static (2023)

Don't listen to the static! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/10/alone-against-the-static-2023/ #TTRPG
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Arkham (2023)

Explore witch-haunted Arkham! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/10/arkham-2023/ #TTRPG
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The Means of Production

Brian Colin becomes an ink-stained wretch. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/10/the-means-of-production/ #TTRPG
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We would definitely tweak the rules if we played again, but I think the real charm is yea, you're playing six Jessica Fletcher clones, one of which has gone bad.
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Maybe if these people were glass windows in corporate offices the cops'd care.
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Honestly pretty good and way better than any expectation. Kind of a mix of Clue and Sid Sackson's Sleuth.
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My board game night is cooler than yours.
1985 Murder She Wrote board game.
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Hahahahaha truest of truths.
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Well, if I can help, I am willing! Mainly from a US perspective but can maybe put you in touch with colleagues in Brazil too.
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Oooh, are we gonna talk about international vampire courts?!
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The Octogon of Chaos (1986)

A shocking upgrade in production value. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/10/the-octogon-of-chaos-1986/ #TTRPG
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The kid has been putting this sign in random places around the house for the last couple weeks.
Sign that reads "Not a Trap" accompanied by an arrow, currently pointed by a wooden duck decoy.
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Glozel est Authentique! (1984)

It may be authentic, but is it _good_? Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/10/glozel-est-authentique-1984/ #TTRPG
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Finished writing 2026's daily posts for VintageRPG.com last night. Counting that 85,000 words, the total number of words on the site will be 760,000. Adding in Monsters Aliens and Holes in the Ground and the forthcoming Down Down Down, that makes ONE MILLION WORDS on RPGs.
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Whispers from the Abyss (1984)

Not a single abyss to be found within. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/10/whispers-from-the-abyss-1984/ #TTRPG
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Men Without Hats is like an upbeat Sisters of Mercy.