Casting Shadows

The most important aspect of #RPGaDAY in any year is not finishing all of the prompts or being on time with responses, but being positive about roleplaying games and gamers. Over the course of 31 days, that positivity sparks fond memories, reignites old interests, or fans the flames of new ones. It gives insight into the connections people have with the hobby and how our interests can both vary and unite us while expanding our view across the hobby as a whole to see more of the spectrum it represents. It returns games in danger of being forgotten to our thoughts and introduces new games to them. It praises the writers, artists, system designers, product makers, game masters, fellow players, and friends that help define our journeys in roleplaying gaming. When you think of it, that is a lot for positivity to do, but at the same time our love for the hobby and the effect it has had on all of us over time has generated a tremendous amount of it. It’s a high-octane fuel, ready to draw tens of thousands to conventions, ready to travel hundreds of kilometers for a session, ready to rise at the crack of dawn or the depth of night to connect with the group, and ready to invite a newcomer into the circle for a game.

Below I have taken a special or representative post from 31 different sources that caught my eye during August 2026. I hope you will take some time in September to take a look at what these sources had to offer for the event this year and, if you can,
let them know that you were there~

-Runeslinger

In support of all of that is the notion of using the hashtag to find others’ posts, and sharing the ones which speak to you. This not only further fans the flames of positivity for the creator of that post, it spreads the flame to others to whom modern social media might never have shown it, and helps introduce the cool content produced in one isolated gamer silo to the gamers in another.

In the past I have done videos to share responses, podcast episodes, link posts on different social media sites, and so on to be a part of that appreciation of not just the hobby but the people who make the time for RPGaDAY. This year, things have worked out so that my round-up of some posts which caught my eye will be here on the blog where all of my posts have been for 2026. It’s nice in a way, and familiar, but also somewhat new for newer or younger gamers who missed the days of blogs and are seeing them for the first time as they return. Below I have taken a special or representative post from 31 different sources that caught my eye during August 2026. I hope you will take some time in September to take a look at what these sources had to offer for the event this year and, if you can, let them know that you were there~

Some Posts I Appreciated from #RPGaDAY2026 in a One-a-Day format

Day 1: The Other Side blog – note the Spotify Playlist included in this one~

Day 2: Stargazer’s World – A Roleplaying Games blog

Day 3: Ivanmike1968 wrestles with memory here but does cite a good GM, fun times, and a fellow gamer~

Day 4: Fiona K.T. Howat via Medium – note that each post shares a game and play experiences, not just this one

Day 5: Sinebeast YouTube Channel; a French participant

Day 6: Jeff’s Game Box roleplaying game blog

Day 7: Autocratik blog: Ink images each day for the full 31 days. This one of a duellist is among my favorites in the series

Day 8: Paul Baldowski’s boreders blog – The entries this year offer new Genre Setups for his Sanction system.

Day 9: The Kind GM blog

Day 10: Spencer (Best Served with Game) of Keep Off the Borderlands, BlueSky post

Day 11: Unboxing in the Nook, by Pookie

Day 12: Decidedly Six-Sided blog (Do you have time to talk about our Lord and Savior, Ghostbusters?)

Day 13: The Raspy Raven Rag (This entry is on an injury prevention theme with links to related helpful information for gamers)

Day 14: The Data Haven blog – on trying other games

Day 15: Batjutsu Writing, Gaming, and Design blog (this is a useful summary of Bat’s first 15 responses on BlueSky)

Day 16: Adventures in Oz – Fantasy Roleplaying Beyond the Yellow Brick Road blog

Day 17: La Cour des Miracles YouTube channel, a French participant with a question for you~

Day 18: Stack of Goats Studio (This one has anime references I don’t follow, but I liked the use of the prompt)

Day 19: OrcusDorcus doing his part to keep humor alive, posting on BlueSky

Day 20: Rachel Knight responding on BlueSky with reflection on the different ways players have reacted in different games

Day 21: The Black Campbell blog with a response about real-world charities

Day 22: James M. Spahn’s RPG Musings does a marathon muse on all the prompts

Day 23: Dungeons & Possums speaks of sunken treasures, an old passion, and includes random tables

Day 24: Sam Robson posting on BlueSky about a mechanism he enjoys

Day 25: The GMologist and Stream Rolla have been doing sets of responses together as a married duo

Day 26: Brian Shonner shares a PC motivation, a GM they enjoyed, and the designer of the game they played on BlueSky

Day 27: The Occult Detective shares an insight into their eponymous RPG and one of its threats

Day 28: The Watch House blog – quite possibly the most devoted participant and certainly one of the most

Day 29: The Phantom Thoughts podcast has done the whole month as a worldbuilding exercise, with details

Day 30: Francois Letarte took on a biographical challenge with a set of his PCs. This one is a musketeer~

Day 31: The Arcane Alienist took on a chargen series for each day of the RPGaDAY2026 Week filters, with commentary

As if all of this were not enough, there are also the fine people who volunteer to do translations and share them within their own gaming communities around the world. You can check them out in this post.

OK, that is just a quick run through a mere handful of the thousands of posts made during the month of August. I hope you will take a journey to discover these and other participants in #RPGaDAY2026 and past years. There is lots of cool stuff to read (and share).

I have my final post for August 31st, 2026 to send out in a few hours and with that and the video below, the event for me will be closed. Once again, thanks to all who participated and/or interacted with participants for another year of RPG positivity in the month of August with RPGaDAY.