The fate and future of our long-running adventure series hangs in the balance now. The cadence and the stakes of our campaign have changed. Our next epic event is October 24, 2026 in Chicago. See the teaser video at leveleater.com now. #leveleater #ttrpg

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This weekend, Co-Prosperity's gallery in Bridgeport, where we usually host Level Eater's main events, debuts one of our very favorite recurring exhibits in the space: Typeforce! It opens tonight—always a marvel of typographic artworks. Learn more on Instagram: www.instagram.com/typeforce/

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To be more forthright: TTRPGs have included skill-based methods and systems since the late 1970s—several were designed in parallel, most likely—and of course, varied games play with the idea in varied ways. eg: Runequest and Traveller and Bunnies & Burrows each approach the topic in their own ways.

If the subtext (and, honestly, subtweet parts) in yesterday's comments didn't come through: We were alluding to other discussions about what game rules say *and* leave out, and how games "read" differently depending on which other games you've read, and where you're coming from.

Hi! The term "skill check" isn't a thing in 5th-edition D&D. It is colloquial jargon for an ability check, which often involves proficiency, be it with a skill, tool, or so on. This kind of jargon reflects how players *regard* the rules, not how the rules are written. Both are important!

D&D is magic and now Magic is D&D, too! Play MtG **and** D&D on Sunday 4/26 in Bridgeport, Chicago, with our friends from @wizardstaffing.bsky.social and @skeletalgames.bsky.social at the loft of the Ramona theatre! Tix available now: www.tixr.com/groups/ramov... #ttrpg

Friends of Marz and friends of Ours at @wizardstaffing.bsky.social and @skeletalgames.bsky.social present: A thrilling Magic and D&D combo event in the loft at the beautiful Ramova Theater in Bridgeport, Chicago! Play Magic, play D&D, play Magic&D&D. Get tix now! www.tixr.com/groups/ramov...

Tomorrow? Tomorrow marks the return of the Tabletop Games Demo Expo in Chicago: a chill gathering of game designers, artists, and players talking shop and playing demos of new and forthcoming games—especially #ttrpg! Free to attend from 12pm–5pm, get all the info at demoexpo.games

Tabletop Games Demo Expo

Level Eater Adventures presents a recurring meetup for Chicago-area game-designers, artists, and players, hosted at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

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"Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Tabletop Games Demo Expo is. You have to see it for yourself... This Saturday!" On 1/17 from 12pm — 5pm in Chicago at the Co-Prosperity gallery, play in-development TTRPGs with their local designers! Learn more at demoexpo.games

Visit with us as Chicago-area designers share their new and in-progress tabletop games — especially #ttrpg — at the Tabletop Games Demo Expo on Saturday from noon to 5pm. It's FREE to attend as a player! @goblinmkt.bsky.social is bringing a selection of game-related wares to buy! demoexpo.games

Tabletop Games Demo Expo

Level Eater Adventures presents a recurring meetup for Chicago-area game-designers, artists, and players, hosted at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

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Visit the Tabletop Games Demo Expo this Saturday from noon to 5pm to try out new and in-development TTRPGs from Chicago-area designers. Join us in shopping the curated wares of @goblinmkt.bsky.social at the Co-Prosperity gallery. Maybe find your next favorite game! Learn more: demoexpo.games

Tabletop Games Demo Expo

Level Eater Adventures presents a recurring meetup for Chicago-area game-designers, artists, and players, hosted at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

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Whoa! Tickets have sold out for our epic fundraising TTRPG event on 1/17. Great thanks to all ye players joining us to confront tyrannical Titans at the event! ALSO—the Tabletop Games Demo Expo is that afternoon and FREE to attend! demoexpo.games

Tabletop Games Demo Expo

Level Eater Adventures presents a recurring meetup for Chicago-area game-designers, artists, and players, hosted at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

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Tickets for Level Eater 16 are on sale today — even NOW. Join us for our celebrated, epic #ttrpg adventure raising funds for local arts in Chicago. Be heroic. Fight evil. Play D&D with us! Learn more and pursue tickets at leveleater.com — stay tuned for glimpses of new art and lore, as well!

Tickets for Level Eater 16 go on sale this week! We just told readers of our newsletter when to find them. Check your spam folders if you don't see today's letter soon. We're developing a bunch of stirring quests for this one—and artists are hard at work on exhibits, illustrations, and merch!

The best roleplaying game does not exist. So many games are excellent, even exquisite, at what they do and for whom they do it. Many unique properties that make RPGs what they are—emergent, collaborative, participatory, and so on—make the full impact of any RPG something close to immeasurable.

The Tabletop Games Demo Expo returns January 17th, 2026, at Co-Prosperity in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. FREE from noon to 5pm, we host designers, artists, and players of great #TTRPG and board games to discover and play new and in-the-works games from locals! demoexpo.games

Today is a good day to sign up for the newsletter at leveleater.com — and January 17, 2026, looks to be a good day to join us in Chicago for an adventure. Stay tuned.

The adventurers who dared to take on the debut event of SALVAGE ERA? They returned a stolen artifact to its rightful place, ending a curse upon the Never Sea. Also, they saved a robot, met ghosts, escaped a deathtrap, and so much more. They were heroic and they fought evil. Thanks, heroes! #ttrpg

Catch us at the free Tabletop Games Demo Expo at Co-Prosperity this Saturday! More info: demoexpo.games/

Tabletop Games Demo Expo

Level Eater Adventures presents a recurring meetup for Chicago-area game-designers, artists, and players, hosted at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

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SALVAGE ERA debuts this weekend with an epic #ttrpg adventure in Chicago. A handful of tickets are still available! We even offer stickers with game-affecting powers on them as part of our fundraiser! salvage-era.com

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September 13, 2025—Discover our new tabletop RPG play event at the Co-Prosperity Sphere, raising funds for the Public Media Institute!

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I'll be demoing/playtesting Lost in the Glow at @leveleater.bsky.social's Demo Expo this coming Saturday (the 13th) at the Co-Prosperity Sphere at 3221 S Morgan here in Chicago! We'll be testing out the newest (and hopefully final) mechanic to be added to the game! #ttrpg #postapocalypse #fitd

Tickets for our rollicking new #TTRPG adventure are available now: salvage-era.com We play the adventure on Saturday night at Co-Prosperity, following a day spent spotlighting local tabletop-game designers at the Demo Expo, which is FREE to attend and boasts experts from @goblinmkt.bsky.social !!!

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September 13, 2025—Discover our new tabletop RPG play event at the Co-Prosperity Sphere, raising funds for the Public Media Institute!

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The Tabletop Games Demo Expo is this Saturday! We have games about Chicago, world building, zombies, fantasy noir, and Wizard Kings in need of defeat, plus more! @goblinmkt.bsky.social is bringing wares you want! Free from 12pm to 5pm: demoexpo.games

Tabletop Games Demo Expo

Level Eater Adventures presents a recurring meetup for Chicago-area game-designers, artists, and players, hosted at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

demoexpo.games

THIS Saturday, following the Tabletop Games Demo Expo, we embark on a daring adventure in SALVAGE ERA — be among the first to visit this incredible game world. Tickets now available at salvage-era.com

Discover a thrilling, weird world! Explore mysterious ruins, fight evil, and salvage what is good, for the sake of a better world. SALVAGE ERA debuts the night of 9/13 with an epic #ttrpg event benefitting local arts orgs and community radio. Don't miss out! Tickets on sale now: salvage-era.com

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September 13, 2025—Discover our new tabletop RPG play event at the Co-Prosperity Sphere, raising funds for the Public Media Institute!

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FACE ME! In the Co-Prosperity Sphere! Next Saturday (Saturday, Saturday) Sept. 13 from 12-5 pm. Come chill and test the upcoming multi-player campaign setting for DEATH TO THE WIZARD KINGS! -- HELLO! From the Bongcano! demoexpo.games @leveleater.bsky.social

Experience the debut of this #ttrpg event, played with a new game and a strange crew of daring heroes from myriad worlds and eras. We're raising funds for community arts and radio! Bring your imagination. Another world is possible. Tix at: salvage-era.com

The adventure debuts only at our RPG event on the night of Saturday, September 13th. Daring heroes in an incredible world. Great new game. It's a fantastic time to explore tabletop roleplaying games, even if you never have before. Tickets on sale now at salvage-era.com #ttrpg

Adventurers from different worlds—like Earth—join up to confront a warlord, restore an ancient artifact, and save their city. (If the crocodile mummies don't eat them first.) This new RPG adventure event in Chicago benefits local arts with real-world heroism. Tix at salvage-era.com #ttrpg

Games exercise the imagination. The game table is a gym for the mind. Almost everything creative takes practice, and play is good practice for creativity. Let's play! #ttrpg