News Digest for March 23, 2025
Darryl Mott is a tabletop gaming and media journalist with bylines from outlets including Ain't It Cool News, EN World,…
2D Minis for 'Marvel Multiverse RPG'
CMON will release two packs of 2D minis for the Marvel Multiverse RPG in April. Each includes 10 Acrylic standees…
Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for March 23, 2025
Welcome to the Bundles, Freebies, and Sales News, the weekly column at EN World that helps make sure you don’t…
Games Workshop Pre-Orders: Kill Team ‘Blood and Zeal’ Weekend
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D&D: Five Indispensable Non-Magic Items
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Star Wars: Legion – Geonosian Warriors Unboxed – Send In The Swarm
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D&D: Five Ways to Make Some Quick GP
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Spend Some Adventure Time In The Land Of Eem
The “CalArts” style of animation is something of a generational divide amongst cartoon fans. The bulging eyes and bright colors…
Warhammer 40K: Kill Team – Blood and Zeal Up Close
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Upcoming Level Up Releases
Throughout this year we have some exciting new Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition content planned! Here’s a quick look at…
Voidrunners & Multiclassing
Voidrunner multiclassing information has been added to the multiclassing page on A5E.tools! Optional Multiclassing Prerequisites (Voidrunner's Codex)Psion: Intelligence 13Psyknight: Wisdom…
No More Putting It Off. ‘Star Wars: Outer Rim – Unfinished Business’ Expansion is Nearly 30% Off
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Warhammer 40K: The Imperial Cult – The State Religion of the Imperium of Man
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Medieval Plastic Surgery At Its Best
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RPG: ‘Pendragon’ Gamemaster’s Guide Delayed, Pre-Orders To Open Next Week
Advertisement Chaosium’s RPG of chivalric virtues and knightly vice has run into delays for the upcoming Pendragon Gamemaster’s Guide. Pendragon…
‘Frosthaven’ Video Game In The Works With Creator Of X-COM – So Much For Free Time
Advertisement Arc Games announced a Frosthaven video game adaptation developed by Snapshot Games, whose CEO, Julian Gollop, created X-COM. Do…
‘Hunting the Mutineer Bard,’ Welsh Folklore’, and More in This Week’s 5E Compatible RPG Roundup
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Atomic Mass Games: ‘AMP Colors’ Announced – Bring On The Hobby
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Warhammer 40K: Kill Team – More Blood & Zeal Rules Previews
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Fallout Friday March 21st
By April Hill Wasteland warriors, it’s time for another Fallout Friday! Grab your dice, rally your crew, and get ready…
Rider Monsters: beef up your lich boss with a helpful, glowy pal
Extraordinarily powerful creatures possess exploitable weaknesses, and well-prepared PCs learn about them before charging into the fray. These creatures aren’t…
Worlds of Design: I, Spy
As a continuing and ultimately patient activity, spying isn’t a good fit for typical fantasy or sci-fi RPGs. Spy: “a…
Podcast #339 Livestreaming Today: Project Sigil Sunsetting, TTRPG Print Prices Up 50%, Shadowdark, Magnus Archives, Fallen London
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Podcast #229 Livestreaming Today: Project Sigil Sunsetting, TTRPG Print Prices Up 50%, Shadowdark, Magnus Archives, Fallen London
Morrus is the owner of EN World and EN Publishing, creator of the ENnies, creator of the What's OLD is…
Goatboy’s Grimdark Armylist – Orks Love”More Dakka” Must-Beat List
Advertisement Goatboy here with a lean and mean 40K Ork “More Dakka” Detachment armylist you should expect to face at…
Proposed Texas Law Could Ban RPGs in Schools
A proposed Texas law that attempts to ban furries in public schools could effectively ban RPGs that include non-human characters. …
‘Total War: Warhammer 3’ Patch 6.1 Delayed To Next Week
Advertisement According to a recent devlog, the upcoming Kislev rework and AI rebalancing of Patch 6.1 will be delayed to…
Take On The King In Yellow In ‘Delta Green’ Humble Bundle
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WotC’s ‘Sigil’ Virtual Tabletop Aspirations Come To An End
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D&D: Five Unassuming Monsters Perfect For When You Need Something to Come to Life and Try to Kill the Party
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Celebrating Women’s History Month 2025
Greetings, ‘Finders!March is Women’s History Month here in the United States, and to celebrate and recognize the women who make…
Horus Heresy: Mechanicum Heavy Support Rolls In With Legions Imperialis Miniatures
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Run a Campaign Like a Fiction Author, part 2
The first installment of this series introduced the idea of running a roleplaying campaign like an author writing a novel.…
Atomic Mass Games: AdeptiCon Prize Pool Rewards Revealed
Advertisement AdeptiCon is happening next week and Atomic Mass Games is showing off the rewards for this year. The prize…
Warhammer 40K: Kill Team – Sanctifiers Rule Preview Showcases The Flames & Faith
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Factions Focus: Expanded Nukaworld Armoury
By Evie MoriartyPainting by Callum FrancePhotography by Fatima Martín Pérez Welcome back to Factions Focus. This time around we’re going…
Wizards of the Coast Is Sunsetting Sigil's Active Development
EN World has received confirmation that Wizards of the Coast is planning to transition Sigil, its just-released VTT, to a…
White Dwarf Reflections #13
Andrew Peregrine has been a freelance writer for RPGs for over 20 years. He has worked on Victoriana, Doctor Who…
Fight Evil By Moonlight With These Anime Inspired RPGs
Writer, Former Cosplayer, Tapletop RPGer, Mom, ASL Student, & Coffee Addict. To find Meaghan elsewhere on the internet, check out…
2024 Was a Year of Stabilization in Hobby Games Market
The hobby games market stabilized in 2024, after the huge surge in sales during the Covid pandemic and the changes…
D&D: ‘Obojima – Tales From the Tall Grass’ Brings Ghibli-Inspired Fantasy to D&D Beyond
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BRRR! The Most Abominable D&D Yeti Explainer
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Champions of Rokugan: Legends of the Five Rings Board Game Crowdfunding Campaign Coming Soon
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Demiplane & Roll20’s Team-Up is Going Swimmingly – The Road to Public Beta Lies Ahead
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Age of Sigmar: Blacktalon Gives Us A Look At The Mortals In The Mortal Realms
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New FLGS 'Magic: The Gathering' 'Secret Lair' Drop Features Marvel Character
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D&D: Five Places To Hide When You Have To Make That Stealth Check
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March Digital Adventures Previews
Hello, Starfinders! The planet Aballon needs your help! First Seeker Sarmak’s archaeological survey of the ancient city of Eternity has…
D&D: WotC Just Laid Off a Major Chunk of Its Virtual Tabletop Team
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Warhammer 40K: Unique Missions For Specific Terrain – Good or Bad?
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What’s in the Storage Compartment?
By Jim Johnson, Star Trek™ Adventures Project ManagerArt by Andrew Clark In last week’s blog, we presented the table of…
Ask Jiro! Tales of the Valiant game answers sneak up on you
Ask Jiro presents an assortment of kobold scribes and sages to clarify Tales of the Valiant RPG rules and confirm…
Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?
Sigil seems destined to a slow, spiraling demise after layoffs hit the team overseeing the project. Overnight, news broke that…
RPG Print News — Bone Chanter, Snowbright Studio, and More
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RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Shadowdark, Castle Zagyg, ZAMANORA, and more
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Wizards of the Coast Previews Cards for 'Magic: The Gathering – Tarkir: Dragonstorm'
Wizards of the Coast previewed some new cards for Tarkir: Dragonstorm, a new standard set for Magic: The Gathering. This…
Ahoy! We’re joining the “Pirates of the High Teas” this week on Kickstarter
Writer, Former Cosplayer, Tapletop RPGer, Mom, ASL Student, & Coffee Addict. To find Meaghan elsewhere on the internet, check out…
90% Of D&D’s Project Sigil Team Laid Off
Well...I was almost going to mess around with Sigil some, to get some first hand experience with it and compare…
90% Of D&D’s Project Sigil Team Laid Off
Well...I was almost going to mess around with Sigil some, to get some first hand experience with it and compare…
‘Warhammer: The Old World’ – Five Things I Love The Most About The Game
Advertisement Today, lets take a look at some of my favorite parts of the game. The things I truly love…
Repost – The One Where I Don’t Get Sea Sick On My Very First Cruise
In an odd sequence of events, last year I wrote about my very first cruise and the real fight against…
AoS: Magic with Teeth – Best Manifestations From Every Grand Alliance
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‘Warhammer 40K: Imperium Maledictum’ Expands With ‘The Macharian Requisition Guide’
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RPG: ‘Wildsea’s Bundle of Holding Brings Delightfully Weird Fantasy to You in a Neat Little Package
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RPG: ‘Blackpowder & Brimstone’ – Dark Fantasy Swashbuckling and Demons Unleashed
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Even the Emperor of Rome Will Watch The Events At Your ‘Colosseum’
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Retro ‘Buck Rogers’ Board Game was ‘Twilight Imperium’ Before ‘Twilight Imperium’
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Five Ways to Lie Through Your Teeth and Get Away With It (in D&D)
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Star Wars: Legion – New Pre-Orders Available For Ahsoka Tano & More
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Warhammer 40K: Kill Team – Blood & Zeal Introduces New Mechanics To Try
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WizKids Reveals Two New 'Deep Cuts' Miniatures
WizKids revealed two new WizKids Deep Cuts miniatures packs, which will hit stores in September 2025. This wave of WizKids…
Games Workshop Rumor Engine: Splash Down
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Forestry Service: Top 5 Margreve destinations your PCs should visit on spring break
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Paizo New Releases and Women's History Month Sale
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Shadowdark RPG—The Western Reaches: An Interview with Kelsey Dionne
Shadowdark RPG: The Western Reaches, currently on Kickstarter, takes the d20 wonder of Shadowdark into a two-volume setting supporting hex…
Warhammer 40K: Top 5 Stratagems from the New Dataslates
Advertisement Goatboy here and we got a nice little gift last week – four new Detachments for Custodes, T’au Empire,…
The Electric State RPG – Free League Publishing
From Netflix to Tabletop: The Electric State RPG Invites You Into a Stunning, Somber Alternate Reality From the Mind of…
Dragonlance Humble Bundle of Novels, Available Now
Get ready to embark on an epic adventure through the land of Krynn with the ultimate Dragonlance collection of novels, Michael! Wizards…
D&D 5.5e Guide – How to Play a Ranger
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The ‘Dragonlance’ Humble Bundle Gives You The Entire Trilogy Plus 23 More Books
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Steamforged Games: Helldivers 2 The Board Game Launching on Gamefound
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Steamforged Games: Helldivers 2 The Board Game Launching on Gamefound
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New 'Shadowrun' Book Explores Advanced Combat Rules
Catalyst Game Labs will release Deadly Arts, a new Shadowrun RPG sourcebook, into retail on April 2, 2025. This book…
D&D: Five Things We Miss About Fourth Edition
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Warhammer 40K: Kill Team – Goremongers of Khorne Preview
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Necromunda: Two New ‘Abyssal Ferrymen’ Miniatures Guide Your Gang To The Underhells
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Score +2 For Million Dollar Crowdfunders!
This time last week, The Arcane Library's The Western Reaches for Shadowdark looked set to be the only game in…
The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design's Hall of Fame Inducts Three
The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design inducted three new members into their Hall of Fame at Origins Game…
Midgard Monday: equip your adventurer with wondrous tools used by the Ironcrag dwarves!
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content you…
RPG Evolution: Byhoo Spell Templates
If you're a Dungeon Master or a player who frequently uses area-of-effect spells, you know the struggle of accurately visualizing…
Not DnD | Fear Itself
Fear Itself plunges ordinary people into a disturbing contemporary world of madness and violence —and inexorably draws them into confrontation…
Warhammer 40K: Big Shake Up at the Top of the Meta – Look Who’s on Top
Advertisement Goatboy here with a Warhammer 40K Meta roundup as head into mid-March. Here’s who’s on top as we are…
Gundam: Assemble Minis, ‘Assassin’s Creed’ LEGO, Space Marine 3, More – Weekend Rewind
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Warhammer 40K Next Week: Kill Team Grows With Blood And Zeal
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D&D: Five of the Weirdest Guys You Can Be
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The ‘Dungeon Crawl Classics’ Megadungeon Megabundle Gets You More Than 80 Books For DCC & 5E
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Don’t Get Pinched With These Green D&D Accessories
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News Digest for March 16, 2025
Darryl Mott is a tabletop gaming and media journalist with bylines from outlets including Ain't It Cool News, EN World,…
Games Workshop Pre-Orders: Ash Waste Nomads of Necromunda Weekend
Advertisement It’s time to get your Nomad Tribe collected for the Ash Wastes of Necromunda from Games Workshop this weekend.…
D&D: Five Quick Ways to Shut Down a Spellcaster
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