Why We Started Rabid Realms
People say, “Do what you love for a living and you’ll never work a day in your life.”
We’re not sure that’s completely true. Anything worth building takes work. There will still be deadlines, edits, technical problems, and days when nothing cooperates. But if there’s something we would gladly put that work into, it’s this.
Rabid Realms grew from a simple idea: we want to spend more of our lives around games, tabletop adventures, collectibles, creative projects, and the people who enjoy them.
Games Stay With Us
Games are more than something to do when we have time to kill. They become part of our lives.
They can remind us of childhood, become traditions with family and friends, introduce us to people we never would have met, and give us a place to escape when everyday life gets heavy. A game can be a quiet night alone, a competitive match, a crowded table, or the beginning of an obsession that takes over an entire shelf.
Those experiences are worth talking about.
We want Rabid Realms to be a place where we can document what we’re playing, what we’re building, what we’re collecting, and what we discover along the way.
The People Matter Too
One of the best things about gaming and hobby communities is the people.
A lot of the people we’ve met have been welcoming, generous with what they know, and honestly, cool as hell. Some of the local game stores we’ve visited are simply great places to spend time. They give people somewhere to play, learn, compete, trade stories, and find others who are just as excited about the same strange little corner of the hobby.
We want to support more of that.
That means sharing local shops and events, highlighting creators and projects, talking with the people behind these communities, and helping others find somewhere they feel welcome.
Room to Build It the Right Way
We’re fortunate to be in a position where Rabid Realms doesn’t have to become an overnight success to keep the lights on.
That gives us room to build it thoughtfully. We can experiment, learn what people enjoy, and follow the interests that feel worth exploring. We don’t have to pretend every new release is life-changing or chase every trend just because it happens to be popular that week.
We absolutely want Rabid Realms to grow into something big. The dream is to build a living around the games, hobbies, creative work, and communities we love. We just don’t have to force it before it’s ready.
That gives us a chance to keep it honest and enjoy the journey while we build it.
Helping You Decide What Deserves Your Time
Games and hobbies compete for two things nobody has an unlimited supply of: time and money.
Part of what makes this rewarding is documenting our experiences in a way that may help someone else make a decision. Is a game worth the time it asks from you? Is a product useful, fun, frustrating, or best suited to a particular kind of player? Is a project worth trying? Is a local event or shop worth visiting?
We won’t pretend to be experts on everything. We’ll tell you what we actually played, tested, built, or experienced. We’ll explain what stood out, what didn’t work for us, and who we think might enjoy it.
Sometimes that will be a detailed review or guide. Sometimes it will be a video, a deck experiment, a project update, a local Side Quest, or a simple discovery we thought was worth sharing.
Find Your Next Realm
Rabid Realms will cover video games, tabletop, collectibles, creative projects, local gaming experiences, and whatever side quest catches our attention next.
We don’t know yet which part will grow the fastest, and that’s part of the fun.
If something we publish helps you discover a game, try a new project, visit a local shop, meet people to play with, or decide whether something deserves your time, then Rabid Realms is doing what we built it to do.
We’re just getting started.
If this sounds like your kind of place, join the Rabid Realms community on Discord. Come swap recommendations, share what you’re playing or building, and find people for your next game or side quest.
