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Campaign of the Month October 2026: The Final Reaping
Mysterious forces are at work in this Shadowdark RPG version of the legendary world of Greyhawk. Main players, and sometimes whole societies, are sowing distrust and dissent among the Commonfolk; so what will the adventurers do to progress? Find out what happens when a creator blows his perception check against its deception check as we converse with GM Aveneer discussing his campaign, The Final Reaping. First off, feel free to tell us about the person behind the GM screen. Where are you
Update Post - July 20, 2026
Hail, Portal People! The season clock has chimed again, so it's time for another reckoning. See below for all of the new features and bug fixes that were added to OP since the previous Update Post. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, feel free to post them in the Community Forums, or email support directly at [email protected]. List of Site Updates Fixed SEO errors. Fixed bug where it was html encoding the single quotes around the url path for the Campai
Campaign of the Month July 2026: Planejammer: Crisis on Infinite Oerths
"Behold, Planar Travelers of the Multiverse! July's Campaign of the Month has appeared from the cosmic rifts of space and time, revealing "Planejammer: Crisis on Infinite Oerths" and her captain, the multi-award winning Dungeon_Master_Loki. As the intrepid crew of veteran players psychically sail through a culmination of campaigns -- over 46 years of games built by a master of the artform -- they traverse tales of adventure that go all the way back to the beginning of roleplaying games as we kn
Campaign of the Month June 2026: Dungeons of the Multiverse
Come with us and GM Nogame as we explore the lore of the forgotten What Was from the fallen realm of Terra Viss in this month's Campaign of the Month: Dungeons of the Multiverse Taking place in Justonia, Dungeons of the Multiverse has been an ongoing campaign for the last year and a half that features long lost technology, perilous puzzles, Bearcrabs, and plants made of meat! Where are you from? Our group entirely is from Milwaukee WI, playing locally

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Haste! Ultimate RPG Playlist, Kickstarter Details, and Micah Plays AN Elf In Shadowrun!

[powerpress] | Episode 76 |

Announcements

This week we’re happy to finally have an announcement, and it’s a big one! We’re preparing to launch a Kickstarter! There were some details posted on the blog prior to this show but we’re talking about it as our third topic today so stay tuned for details.

March 18, 2013 6 Comments gaming community, kickstarter, music, shadowrun Haste Podcast

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Kickstarter Coming Soon

Things may have seemed a bit slow around here lately, but we’re busy behind the scenes getting things ready for some big changes coming in the summer. We’ve got a lot of ideas and we just need the resources to do the work, so we are going to be running a Kickstarter!

We will be releasing more details soon, but the basic plan is to take the awesome core that is Obsidian Portal and reskin and reshape it to be a much friendlier and sexier modern website. I know that redesign can be a scary word to a lot of people, but trust us that we want Obsidian Portal to not just look better but also work better.

Stay tuned for more details, and the actual campaign should be launching within a few weeks!

March 13, 2013 26 Comments kickstarter News & Announcements

Mar

Haste w/ guest host Brian Liberge! Pulp, Free Dungeon Maps, and Martial Healing in D&D Next

[powerpress] | Episode 75 |

Announcements

This week we’re joined by Brian Liberge, Game Designer, Writer, and man of many more hats who’s currently released his new game Pulp! No big announcements this week but stay tuned and we’ll have some soon!

March 12, 2013 1 Comment d6, dndnext, healing, lycanthropy, maps, pulp, writers block Haste Podcast

Mar

Haste! Tabletop Day, Pathfinder Card Game, GM’s Day!

[powerpress] | Episode 74 |

Announcements

This week we’re joined by Shane Tyree, lead artist for Albino Dragon Games! No big announcements this week but stay tuned and we’ll have some soon!

March 4, 2013 6 Comments board games, card games, gms day, pathfinder, rpgs, tabletop day, wargames, wil wheaton Haste Podcast

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Forgotten Sagas of the 13th Age: March’s Campaign of the Month

Today we’re joined by GM Phelanar to talk to him about his game Forgotten Sagas of the 13th Age, which is relatively fresh but off to a great start. His group uses Google hangouts and Roll20 to play their games exclusively online. They use the new system 13th Age and the game sounds like an absolute blast, be sure to check out the interview and his campaign!

March 1, 2013 2 Comments 13th age, cotm Campaign of the Month

Feb

Haste! w/ Shane Tyree of Albino Dragon Games. Dragon Whisperer, Firefly RPG, Interface Zero, and more!

[powerpress] | Episode 73 |

Announcements

This week we’re joined by Shane Tyree, lead artist for Albino Dragon Games! No big announcements this week but stay tuned and we’ll have some soon!

February 26, 2013 2 Comments collaboration, dragon whisperer, feedback, firefly rpg, Interface Zero, MWP, Planescape, ravenloft, sigil Haste Podcast

Campaign of the Month October 2026: The Final Reaping

Update Post - July 20, 2026

Campaign of the Month July 2026: Planejammer: Crisis on Infinite Oerths

Campaign of the Month June 2026: Dungeons of the Multiverse

Haste! Ultimate RPG Playlist, Kickstarter Details, and Micah Plays AN Elf In Shadowrun!

Announcements

Kickstarter Coming Soon

Haste w/ guest host Brian Liberge! Pulp, Free Dungeon Maps, and Martial Healing in D&D Next

Announcements

Haste! Tabletop Day, Pathfinder Card Game, GM’s Day!

Announcements

Forgotten Sagas of the 13th Age: March’s Campaign of the Month

Haste! w/ Shane Tyree of Albino Dragon Games. Dragon Whisperer, Firefly RPG, Interface Zero, and more!

Announcements