{"id":1090807,"date":"2026-01-24T22:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=505466"},"modified":"2026-01-24T22:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:51:15","slug":"the-best-tabletop-role-playing-games-we-played-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-best-tabletop-role-playing-games-we-played-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The best tabletop role-playing games we played in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2024, like every year since 2020, was a monumental year for tabletop role-playing games. While Wizards of the Coast put out the highly anticipated update to Dungeons & Dragons 5e<\/a> \u2014 One D&D<\/a>, D&D 5.5e, D&D 2024, pick your favorite nom de game<\/em> \u2014 the ecosystem of TTRPGs has a budding crop of designers, and 2024 was certainly a year they bore fruit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t really say that 2024 was an easy year, however. The looming threat of tariffs<\/a>, suppression<\/a> of game creators\u2019 reach on social media<\/a>, and introduction of AI into creative spaces<\/a> sit in the zeitgeist behind all these games. In the face of massive political and social instability, artists and designers have doubled down on the importance of their work and playing together \u2014 and the games on this list highlight that. From the found family of Yazeba\u2019s Bed & Breakfast<\/em><\/a> <\/em>to the conspiratorial The Slow Knife<\/em><\/a> to the migrant refugees of City of Winter<\/em><\/a>, each of these games tackles bigger issues in its own way, offering catharsis and escape through play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As has become tradition, Polygon asked some of the brightest minds and biggest personalities in the tabletop industry to share what TTRPGs they loved playing this year. This is what they had to say.<\/p>\n

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Quintin \u201cQuinns<\/a>\u201d Smith, reviewer at Quinns Quest<\/a> and co-founder of Shut Up & Sit Down<\/h3>\n
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