Opposite sides. Same table.
A cop. A felon.And three people who put up with both of us.
A live play TTRPG channel, plus honest reviews and hard-won GM tips from 50+ years of gaming between us. The table should never have worked. It does.
Host
The Officer
- Day job
- Lawyer, then law enforcement
- Alignment
- Lawful
Still reads the rules closer than anyone else at the table.
Host
The Felon
- Day job
- Senior software engineer
- Alignment
- Chaotic
Used to break rules. Now ships code and keeps initiative.
- Daggerheart
- Pathfinder
- Cyberpunk Red
- Whatever we break next
- Daggerheart
- Pathfinder
- Cyberpunk Red
- Whatever we break next
Reviews
Reviews that will tell you not to buy it
01
50+ years at the table
Between us, over half a century of gaming across dozens of systems. We know a good rulebook when we read one.
02
We say “don't buy it”
If it isn't worth your money, the review says so in the first paragraph.
03
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Every score is calculated in the open, from categories that fit the product. See how we review
GM tips
Roll for a GM tip
Twenty faces, twenty tips
Stuck behind the screen?
Roll the die. Every face is a lesson we learned the hard way, running games for a table that never does what it's told.
The long version: latest from Blaine's GM column
- Stop Describing Rooms
GM Tip
Stop Describing Rooms
What your read-aloud should tell players instead
July 7, 2026 · 6 min read
GM Tip
The Three Asks
The questions that make your world theirs
June 29, 2026 · 6 min read
GM Tip
Session Zero Ends Before the Tavern
The session where nobody meets anybody
June 18, 2026 · 7 min read
The party
Three more people who shouldn't share a table
The Mechanic
- Day job
- Auto shop manager
- Alignment
- True Neutral
Can fix anything except a bad dice roll.
The Shopkeep
- Day job
- Game store owner
- Alignment
- Neutral Good
Has sold you the dice. Will judge how you roll them.
The Controller
- Day job
- Air traffic controller
- Alignment
- Lawful Neutral
Keeps planes apart for a living. Keeps this party apart for fun.
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