Tales From Woodcreek Turns Actual Play into an Immersive Sampler

Last year, Deborah Ann Woll acted as Dungeon Master for Tales From Woodcreek, a tabletop actual play adventure in eight parts. But while most actual play games rely on a combination of vivid descriptions or miniature battle sets to immerse players in the story, Tales From Woodcreek took its players on location to Ontario’s Village […] The post Tales From Woodcreek Turns Actual Play into an Immersive Sampler first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 11 August 2026 | 4:39 pm

Prelude to Doomsday: Are We Getting an Avengers ARG?

Last week, one of the highlights of Marvel’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con centered around Ryan Reynolds ask a question in a full denim Deadpool cosplay, during the Avengers: Doomsday segment. Reynolds had apparently spent the day gallivanting around the convention center, anonymously meeting fans in the costume. But that wasn’t the only […] The post Prelude to Doomsday: Are We Getting an Avengers ARG? first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 2 August 2026 | 10:06 am

One of the Best Larps I Ever Played Was at a Theme Park

Every summer, Knott’s Berry Farms transforms its cobbled together collection of historic buildings into the thriving mining town of Calico, California in Ghost Town Alive. For the price of a day pass to the park guests can live out a day in the twilight of the nineteenth century, helping shape events in the town. And […] The post One of the Best Larps I Ever Played Was at a Theme Park first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 14 June 2026 | 8:20 pm

Close Enough: Welcome Back, Game Changer ARG

The new Game Changer ARG just launched, but it’s not tied to the newly released season of the show. Instead, it’s a community challenge for backers of the Game Changer Home Edition Kickstarter campaign, which is itself playing out as a play-at-home edition of Game Changer, where the points actually do matter because they unlock […] The post Close Enough: Welcome Back, Game Changer ARG first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 2 June 2026 | 5:25 pm

The Backrooms Viral Marketing Noclips Into An Earlier Era

Last month, people started noticing a an advertisement for Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire popping up across the internet, advertising amazing deals on furniture. The only indication this wasn’t a low-budget, grainy commercial for a local furniture store is an A24 logo that pops up in the lower right corner of the spot towards the tail […] The post The Backrooms Viral Marketing Noclips Into An Earlier Era first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 27 May 2026 | 8:13 am

This Boston Wedding Party Takes “Save the Date” Literally

Jack Rogers and Norah Lane are getting married, and I was invited to attend their wedding reception! I don’t quite remember how I initially met them (it’s probably not important), but who can turn down a three-course dinner at Boston’s W Hotel to catch up with old friends. There’s even a few rumors going around […] The post This Boston Wedding Party Takes “Save the Date” Literally first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 11 May 2026 | 9:00 am

Return of the King in Yellow Minecraft ARG

Back in November, ARGNet covered Searching for a World That Doesn’t Exist, a modern reinterpretation of Robert Chambers’ The King in Yellow through the lens of a Minecraft Let’s Play video. This reframing of the classic horror story is particularly fitting, as the titular King in Yellow isn’t a typical eldritch horror. Instead, it’s a […] The post Return of the King in Yellow Minecraft ARG first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 27 April 2026 | 8:38 am

Gotta Catch ‘Em All: The MIT Mystery Hunt as Puzzle-Based Spectacle

It’s January 16th, and I’m sitting in a classroom on the MIT campus. Hours earlier, I joined thousands of puzzlers attending a paranormal research conference called CRYPTIC, where an intrepid researcher named Burnham proved that cryptids do exist…but in the process, opened up a rift to another world that threatened our very existence. The only […] The post Gotta Catch ‘Em All: The MIT Mystery Hunt as Puzzle-Based Spectacle first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 31 March 2026 | 8:14 am

Start Slacking Off with MrBeast’s Million Dollar Puzzle Hunt

During the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl Salesforce released a TV spot promising a $1M prize to the first to solve a puzzle hunt in collaboration with Jimmy Donaldson, who runs the MrBeast YouTube channel and media empire. The commercial itself, centering around Slack’s “Slackbot” assistant, is a veritable whirlwind of codes and references, […] The post Start Slacking Off with MrBeast’s Million Dollar Puzzle Hunt first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 8 February 2026 | 8:37 pm

The Immersive Side of Hawkins: From Scoops Ahoy to WSQK Radio

The final episode of Stranger Things dropped on Netflix on December 31st, allowing fans of the series to say goodbye to one of the platform’s biggest hits before ringing in the new year. But that wasn’t the final transmission from the franchise: for the past six weeks, the UK company Global had been operating the […] The post The Immersive Side of Hawkins: From Scoops Ahoy to WSQK Radio first appeared on ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network.

Posted on: 4 January 2026 | 7:51 pm