Stu Horvath
@stuhorvath.com
Publisher at @unwinnable.com | TTRPG history at VintageRPG.com | Co-host of Games People Play on @wfmu.bsky.social | New book with @strangeattractor.bsky.social in 2026? | Links: https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg
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Stu Horvath
@stuhorvath.com
· Nov 10
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Things you won't find at Unwinnable: ad tech, algorithms, SEO black magic, "a.i.," fascism, FOMO, bullshit, executives
Things you will find at Unwinnable: great writing, thoughtfulness, reflection, unusual recommendations, writers writing about what they want to write about
Things you will find at Unwinnable: great writing, thoughtfulness, reflection, unusual recommendations, writers writing about what they want to write about
February 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Things you won't find at Unwinnable: ad tech, algorithms, SEO black magic, "a.i.," fascism, FOMO, bullshit, executives
Things you will find at Unwinnable: great writing, thoughtfulness, reflection, unusual recommendations, writers writing about what they want to write about
Things you will find at Unwinnable: great writing, thoughtfulness, reflection, unusual recommendations, writers writing about what they want to write about
The bulk of what isn't free is contained in Exploits, but this month, you can get all 95 issues for the price of your basic subscription (which, I should mention, has been the same price since 2015).
February 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The bulk of what isn't free is contained in Exploits, but this month, you can get all 95 issues for the price of your basic subscription (which, I should mention, has been the same price since 2015).
In May, @unwinnable.com will be SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. In that time, we've published 7,190 stories on the website, 195 issues of Unwinnable Monthly and 95 issues of Exploits. The vast majority of those stories are freely accessible to readers because subscribers fund us. unwinnable.com/subscribe/
February 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
In May, @unwinnable.com will be SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. In that time, we've published 7,190 stories on the website, 195 issues of Unwinnable Monthly and 95 issues of Exploits. The vast majority of those stories are freely accessible to readers because subscribers fund us. unwinnable.com/subscribe/
Vampires (1973)
Nancy Garden takes a bite out of the vampire. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/vampires-1973/ #TTRPG
Nancy Garden takes a bite out of the vampire. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/vampires-1973/ #TTRPG
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Vampires (1973)
Nancy Garden takes a bite out of the vampire. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/vampires-1973/ #TTRPG
Nancy Garden takes a bite out of the vampire. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/vampires-1973/ #TTRPG
Reposted by Stu Horvath
shafer is responsible for this beautiful illustration accompanying my unwinnable cover feature, which is absolutely stunning and perfectly understood the soul of the essay
please support them however you can, even just by resharing 💜
please support them however you can, even just by resharing 💜
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 AM
shafer is responsible for this beautiful illustration accompanying my unwinnable cover feature, which is absolutely stunning and perfectly understood the soul of the essay
please support them however you can, even just by resharing 💜
please support them however you can, even just by resharing 💜
Post a banger not in English
Ciutat Vella, by Brux, off Working Class Drama, 2023
brux-antiyou.bandcamp.com/track/ciutat...
Ciutat Vella, by Brux, off Working Class Drama, 2023
brux-antiyou.bandcamp.com/track/ciutat...
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Post a banger not in English
Ciutat Vella, by Brux, off Working Class Drama, 2023
brux-antiyou.bandcamp.com/track/ciutat...
Ciutat Vella, by Brux, off Working Class Drama, 2023
brux-antiyou.bandcamp.com/track/ciutat...
When I put that graphic together I was wondering if you'd remember/notice that!
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
When I put that graphic together I was wondering if you'd remember/notice that!
My mission this year is to get a new subscriber to Unwinnable every day. For 5 bucks, you get two monthly magazines, a back issue archive of 95 issues of Exploits and the satisfaction of supporting freeform cultural criticism free of the usual online publishing nonsense: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
My mission this year is to get a new subscriber to Unwinnable every day. For 5 bucks, you get two monthly magazines, a back issue archive of 95 issues of Exploits and the satisfaction of supporting freeform cultural criticism free of the usual online publishing nonsense: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
My Vintage RPG Discord currently investigating BBS-like options...
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
My Vintage RPG Discord currently investigating BBS-like options...
There was a set of the D&D ones on eBay a while back loose and fuzzy like that and I admit I was tempted.
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
There was a set of the D&D ones on eBay a while back loose and fuzzy like that and I admit I was tempted.
Yup! John Carter twice up top, frost giant on the right.
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Yup! John Carter twice up top, frost giant on the right.
Right? They're so great!
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Right? They're so great!
Puffy stickers are so GOOD. There were D&D sheets in 1983 but I have yet to capture those.
February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Puffy stickers are so GOOD. There were D&D sheets in 1983 but I have yet to capture those.
Oh to be able to play door games again...
February 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Oh to be able to play door games again...
I love this kind of 80s flotsam. The next "me" book I am going to write is going to hopefully include stuff like this. I am going to be so sad when I stop finding new examples.
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I love this kind of 80s flotsam. The next "me" book I am going to write is going to hopefully include stuff like this. I am going to be so sad when I stop finding new examples.
Today is Frank Frazetta's birthday and by coincidence, this 1982 sheet of puffy stickers featuring badly ripped off Frazetta art arrived in my happy hands today.
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Today is Frank Frazetta's birthday and by coincidence, this 1982 sheet of puffy stickers featuring badly ripped off Frazetta art arrived in my happy hands today.
This vampire book has an illustration in the back that has been burned in my brain pretty much since I was 10.
Oh, you like goth stuff and have had a rolling fatalistic existential crisis your entire life? I wonder why! Tracking down the library books of my youth last year sure was a revelation.
Oh, you like goth stuff and have had a rolling fatalistic existential crisis your entire life? I wonder why! Tracking down the library books of my youth last year sure was a revelation.
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
This vampire book has an illustration in the back that has been burned in my brain pretty much since I was 10.
Oh, you like goth stuff and have had a rolling fatalistic existential crisis your entire life? I wonder why! Tracking down the library books of my youth last year sure was a revelation.
Oh, you like goth stuff and have had a rolling fatalistic existential crisis your entire life? I wonder why! Tracking down the library books of my youth last year sure was a revelation.
Cool project: bluesky-map.theo.io
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Cool project: bluesky-map.theo.io
I'm the token straight in the Queer Leftist Galaxy, which is Galactic North of TTRPGs.
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I'm the token straight in the Queer Leftist Galaxy, which is Galactic North of TTRPGs.
The Vampire and Other Ghosts (1972)
The monster of the month is the vampire! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/the-vampire-and-other-ghosts-1972/ #TTRPG
The monster of the month is the vampire! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/the-vampire-and-other-ghosts-1972/ #TTRPG
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The Vampire and Other Ghosts (1972)
The monster of the month is the vampire! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/the-vampire-and-other-ghosts-1972/ #TTRPG
The monster of the month is the vampire! Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/the-vampire-and-other-ghosts-1972/ #TTRPG
Dragons & Daggers
Stu's got more plastic flotsam from the 1980s. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/dragons-daggers/ #TTRPG
Stu's got more plastic flotsam from the 1980s. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/dragons-daggers/ #TTRPG
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Dragons & Daggers
Stu's got more plastic flotsam from the 1980s. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/dragons-daggers/ #TTRPG
Stu's got more plastic flotsam from the 1980s. Read more here: https://www.vintagerpg.com/2026/02/dragons-daggers/ #TTRPG
And Abbot and Costello! This could be a whole unit!
February 8, 2026 at 11:53 PM
And Abbot and Costello! This could be a whole unit!
Gonna need two, one to paint, one to mod to the Marx Brothers
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Gonna need two, one to paint, one to mod to the Marx Brothers