Casting Shadows

That’s right, it has been a year since last July and that means that we are one month away from the one year anniversary of last August. THAT means that #RPGaDAY2026 is just one July away.

David has been hard at work creating lovely imagery for the infographic for this year’s event and we are pleased to share the core prompts of this year’s RPGaDAY with you today.

Why do we release the prompts a month early?

While the heart and soul of the event is the idea of the short daily prompt, some gamers are also artists or have production schedules for their social media interactions and they appreciate the lead time to share responses which take more time to produce. We also think it is nice to have a little lead-up time to sort through the prompts, search our memories, and share the infographic around with our gaming friends to think about as well. All sorts of fun conversations spring up in the days before the event launches!

Perhaps most important of all, the international community is amazing when it comes to sharing and translating the infographic and they need some time to do that as well. This year, David was able to make a blank graphic for that purpose. Check out David’s blog post AUTOCRATIK: Announcing #RPGaDAY2026 in August to get that image.

The Infographic!

2026 Context!

This year, the prompts can be approached in two different ways.

The first is, of course, the usual way where you take a prompt and use it to spark or help shape some positive Social Media post about RPGs. If you get stalled, don’t worry, there is a full month of example questions made from the prompts that you can answer instead of taking a leap of faith with a one-word prompt. Look for that set of alternative questions below!

Second, as noted on the infographic itself, you can use it to make and share anywhere from 1 to 31 different characters. Each prompt can be some part of their profession, background, personality, or characteristics. If you choose, there are filters you can apply or turn to for inspiration, such as the Days of the Week poem about the fate of children born on each day, and weekly filters we have added such as a personal drive or who their associates are and what they are like.

As we are gamers, you can even mix that up a bit with some dice. I will be sharing some different die-pool methods as we work our way through July.

Alternative Questions!

AUGUST #RPGaDAY2026 ALTERNATE QUESTIONS					1. Share a character or fellow player who is a strong example of discipline.	2. What does one character’s stature in their community mean to them?
3. Poise: How does one character present themselves?	4. An enjoyable moment of charm gone right or wrong?	5. What burden is a  character willing to carry until the end?	6. Reach: Who would you like to be able to share RPGs with?	7. A moment of mercy received or given?	8. A moment when a character kept or broke their resolve?	9. Give one reason why it is a privilege to play with your group.
10. A secret you hope comes out about a character?	11. A character made great by having or not having tact	12. Most things end. What is one RPG loss you still feel?	13. Strain: So far, what is the heaviest set of RPG things you have carried to play?	14. What is a game held in high regard you have yet to play?	15. How would you organize an endurance session of your favorite game?	16. One thing that will cause a character to lose their composure?
17. A satisfying example of a character’s integrity	18. Directness: A fast introduction of a new PC or player?	19. A huge risk taken because of desire?	20. Have the characters kept or broken more promises?	21. Share an RPG charity past or present that moved you	22. An enjoyable moment of grit PCs did or did not tough out	23. An enjoyable moment of good or bad fortune
24. Your preferred distance in any type of RPG conflict?	25. One game you want to get more familiar with?	26. One game you regret not trying?	27. What do you hunger for most from a session?	28. Devotion: Game you have played the most!	29. Labor: Thing you are most willing to work on for a game	30. A game event that you are still proud of.
31. Why does a character think they have an edge?

One month to go!

As usual, this event is about sharing all the good things about RPGs and presenting a month of positivity about our hobby all across the social media sites we use every day. Short, long, simple, complex, text, image, video… whatever and however you prefer to share your love of roleplaying games, we hope you will join us again for another year of celebration in August 2026 from the first to the thirty-first.