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# Playtest Material Issue One: An RPG Is Like...
- URL: https://playtestmaterial.org/playtest-material-issue-one-an-rpg-is-like/
- Published: 2026-10-01T18:00:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T18:01:33.000Z
- Description: Read the full magazine today.
- Author: Laurie O'Connel
- Tags: Issue One, Full Issues

Read the full magazine today.

With articles by: Amelia Stephen, Anna Simpson, Benjamin Klug, D. “Zhen” C., David Blandy, Evan Torner, Iain McAllister, Ian Badcoe, Irving Benitez, John Lee Brougher, Karen David, Kayla Dice, Laurie O’Connel, Luka Brave, Milo Cassidy, Miriam Jackel-Dewhurst, Nicholas Orvis, Noa Chazan, Philippa Mort, Stephen Wilds and Tor Truslow.

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