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What's Going On? - November

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Welcome to November!

Did you know November is International Games Month? It started as International Games Day in 2008 before expanding to become International Games Week. in 2017. Then, in 2021, it expanded again into International Games Month. So, there’s your excuse to get out there and play some games!

This past month we also released Lore Link version 7.3.0. This update includes the ability for GMs to be able to allow their players to edit their assigned characters, plus Encounters are now in the @-message system in Descriptions. Finally, the team fixed a bug with the payment system where a few recurring subscriptions were downgraded by mistake. All of those affected by this have received a free month to help make up for this issue. Any issues or questions can go over to support@lorelink.com and we’ll get you squared away!

There’s a lot more to talk about this month, so let’s roll right into it!

Conventions

This is a list of conventions where at least part of the convention is devoted to tabletop role-playing games. This list is for informational purposes only. We don’t endorse any of these shows. They’re just ones that fit the bill after looking through Tabletop Events, FanCons, and using some different searches for gaming conventions.

Do you have a convention that you feel should be listed here, but it isn’t? Please email me with the dates, website, and location, and I can edit it in. Also, if you’re running a convention and want to make it easier for folks like me who like telling people about these things, please make sure your Tabletop Events page says what kind of event it is. You get bonus points for having an actual website, not just a Facebook page, and please - for Pete’s sake - don’t have the “Website” link on Tabletop Events circle back around to your Tabletop Events page!

Upcoming Conventions for Lore Link

The Lore Link team is done setting up at conventions for 2026. We had a fantastic time at Origins, Gen Con, Who’s Yer Con, Mad Con, and Spiel Essen, and we’re looking forward to seeing where we might end up in 2027.

Remember, you can always visit https://lorelink.com/community to see our upcoming appearances.

Twitch Schedule

Let’s take a look at what the Lore Link team is going to be doing on Twitch every Tuesday this coming month, with a bonus spooky actual-play stream on the final Friday. All streams will be live on our Twitch channel, and then archived to our YouTube channel.

The Twitch streaming schedule for Lore Link. It's a graphic that's repeating all of the information shown below, mainly existing as a break in all of the text.

  • November 3rd
    • Election Day, no stream. If you’re in the US, go vote!
  • November 10th, 5:00 PM EST
    • Tony takes a look at the new Dungeon Crawler Carl TTRPG and starts putting the starter adventure into Lore Link.
  • November 17th, 5:00 PM EST
    • Mike is joined by Gregory Wunderlin to talk about his game, Legends of Realms Eternal, or L.O.R.E… It’s a perfect match!
  • November 24th, 5:00 PM EST
    • It’s a holiday week, so the team is taking a break from defrosting turkeys and searching for cranberry sauce to play some light games.

Friends of Lore Link - Crowdfunding

As you might have noticed, many of our Indie Creator Series guests are either in the midst of crowdfunding their amazing games, or getting ready to start crowdfunding. Let’s see whose campaign is either currently running, or starting this month!

  • If I Were You - A Conversation Before the End
    • Just went live on Backerkit!
    • From their landing page: “If I Were You is a two-player conversational tabletop roleplaying game played entirely through dialogue. There are no dice, no stats, and no shared objective. A fragile connection forms between two people who should not be able to speak. You may not understand why the connection exists, only that it does. You will never meet. The conversation will not last forever. But you will be changed.”
    • Previous appearance -
  • The Wine Dark Sea
    • It is live on Gamefound until November 9th!
    • From their landing page: “Play as lost star-farers trapped in a place of dreaded legend outside the known universe. Here, you will need to use the corrupting abilities bestowed upon you to survive and try to find a way home.”
    • Previous appearance - The Wine Dark Sea Blog Post
  • The Beckoning Dream
    • Goes live on Kickstarter November 10th!
    • From their landing page: “The Beckoning Dream is a surrealist tarot deck builder TTRPG that celebrates tarot with a collaborative storytelling experience. Decks of tarot cards are built and manipulated with tactical clarity akin to games like Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Legendary. Cards represent you, the Dreamer, pushing back against opposing forces competing to sculpt the dream to their will. Card dueling mechanics similar to Fury of Dracula and Blood Rage bound the infinite possibilities, guiding your table’s collaborative interpretation process - a storytelling experience set apart from most TTRPGs…”
  • Gallerie: Queer Stories of Beauty, Horror, & Hope - Late Pledges
    • Fully Funded on Backerkit, pre-orders are now available!
    • From their landing page: “Gallerie is a queer-focused TTRPG about self-actualization that employs art and dream elements to paint narratives about redefining oneself and fighting one’s demons. It’s about community, cooperation, unabashed self-love, facing hard memories, nightmarish enemies, systemic oppression, and the beauty of embracing what you know to be true but have been taught to ignore.”
    • Previous appearance - Weapons Grade Funk Blog Post
  • The Magic of Inventorying - Late Pledges
    • Fully funded on Kickstarter, but rewards are still available as Late Pledges
    • From their Kickstarter: “Are you an adventurer with a strong desire to declutter your loot? Magic of Inventorying is a punchy storytelling game for 3 to 6 players, designed to be played in a few hours with polyhedral dice, no GM, and ZERO preparation.”
    • Previous appearance - The Magic of Inventorying Blog Post

That should do it for this month. I need to catch up on all of my other job duties that have been neglected because I was focused on conventions all summer! Keep an eye on the YouTube channel and the System Examples pages for updates soon!

Remember, you can always find us talking games over on Bluesky, streaming on Twitch every Tuesday, sending out our newsletter every month, and posting our streams over on YouTube.

If you’ve read this far, I appreciate you! Remember, take good care of yourselves, and each other, and I’ll see you around!