Announcing #RPGaDAY2025 in August

 

We're just over halfway through an already horrible year, so we really need something right now to distract and to cheer us up a little. To spread a little positivity online, and what better way to do that than take part in this, the twelfth, international #RPGaDAY initiative. 

Like the years before, the idea is to use the prompts to inspire a blog post, video, illustration, podcast, or even just a skeet or social media post, to discuss something in a positive way about tabletop roleplaying games. 

This year's graphic is a bookshelf, with 31 books with single words to inspire and prompt some sort of discussion about tabletop gaming. As you work your way through all 31 through the days of August, you'll notice they vaguely follow an arc - meeting a patron, going on a journey, encounters, puzzles, final confrontation and the reward at the end. But you don't have to follow the hero's journey, you can just use the prompts to inspire a cool post for the day. 

If you look at the prompt and remain uninspired, there's an extra shelf on the bottom of the bookcase that includes some extra random elements that you can use to either add to the prompt. For example, you could get WHO is a LUCKY PATRON that helped you on an ADVENTURE? Or WHEN did your TACTIC make you CONFIDENT, but it didn't work and you learned a valuable LESSON? 

There are lots of options, and it's totally up to you if you use them or not. If you don't like a prompt for a day, you could just use one of the additional random words from the bottom shelf, or just use your own! As long as you take part, stay positive, and have fun! Just remember to tag everything #RPGaDAY2025 so we can find and share it.

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This year, we're pleased to have the UK Tabletop Industry Network joining on with #RPGaDAY2025, so if you're in the UK or Eire, do check out their Discord and Substack if you're a tabletop creator or hope to be. They're a great network of support and advice for those in the industry, or who are hoping to break into the industry, from the largest companies to freelancers and self-publishers. 

As always, the text version of the prompts are below, and we'll provide the translations into various languages as our lovely volunteers send them in. Thank you to all who regularly provide the translations and spread the word even further. 

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Text Version of the Prompts

Daily Prompts

1) Patron

2) Prompt

3) Tavern

4) Message

5) Ancient

6) Motive

7) Journey

8) Explore

9) Inspire

10) Origin

11) Flavour

12) Path

13) Darkness

14) Mystery

15) Deceive

16) Overcome

17) Renew

18) Sign

19) Destiny

20) Enter

21) Unexpected

22) Ally

23) Recent

24) Reveal

25) Challenge

26) Nemesis

27) Tactic

28) Suspense

29) Connect

30) Experience

31) Reward

Question Prompts (roll D6)

1) Who

2) What

3) Where

4) When 

5) Why

6) How

Mood Prompts (roll D10)

1) Envious

2) Nostalgic

3) Proud

4) Enthusiastic

5) Confident

6) Optimistic

7) Lucky

8) Grateful

9) Contemplative

10) Excited

Subject Prompts (roll D8) 

1) Adventure

2) Character

3) Genre

4) Rule

5) Accessory

6) Art

7) Person

8) Lesson

And here's the graphic without the UK TIN information for those of you outside of the UK/Eire who may prefer just the graphic by itself.

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Prompts in Spanish, thank you to Roberto Micheri

Traducción al Español

Sugerencias Diarias

1) Mecenas  2) Sugerencia 3) Taberna 4) Mensaje 5) Antiguo 6) Motivo 7) Viaje 8) Explorar 9) Inspirar 10) Origen 11) Sabor 12) Sendero 13) Oscuridad 14) Misterio 15) Engañar 16) Superar 17) Renovar 18) Señal 19) Destino 20) Entrar 21) Inesperado 22) Aliado 23) Reciente 24) Revelar 25) Desafío 26) Némesis 27) Táctica 28) Suspenso 29) Conectar 30) Experiencia 31) Recompensa

Sugerencias de pregunta (tira un D6)

1) ¿Quién? 2) ¿Qué? 3) ¿Dónde? 4) ¿Cuándo? 5) ¿Por qué? 6) ¿Cómo?

Sugerencias de ánimo (tira D10)

1) Envidioso 2) Nostálgico 3) Orgulloso 4) Entusiasta 5) Confiado 6) Optimista 7) Afortunado 8) Agradecido 9) Contemplativo 10) Emocionado

Sugerencias temáticas (tira un D8)

1) Aventura 2) Personaje 3) Género 4) Regla 5) Accesorio 6) Arte 7) Persona 8) Lección