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Whether from an actual play or your own campaign, everyone seems to love Tieflings these days. But they started out…

Thanksgiving is around the corner and with it come holiday one-shots. There’s enough fantasy food to satisfy even the hungriest…

Have you ever cast a spell in 5th edition D&D? Had a spell cast on you? Please give us your…

At the beginning of this year, Paramount and Hasbro's Entertainment One (eOne) announced that Derek Kolstad (John Wick, John Wick:…

In early 2021, Toy Vault debuted two 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle products featuring licensed art from the popular fantasy RPG, Pathfinder…

A  new Icon of the Realm is getting ready to soar onto your tabletop. And it’s an adult gold dragon…

While some lands are naturally blessed with ample sources of magic, calling upon spells is more difficult in others. And…

Grim Cottage. Photo by Linda Whitson Hello, Gamer Nation, here are the remaining tidbits about the giveaways from Free RPG…

Multiclassing in D&D is a great way to add depth to your character. Make your Monk masterful with this 5E…

The Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit is currently available on Amazon at the lowest price it’s been all year. A…

Wizards of the Coast unleashed Secret Lair X MSCHF, a new artist drop set, for release on February 4, 2022.…

Check out an amazing Bloodrayne Cosplay, GW Addresses Hate Issue, D&D Icewind Dale Guide, Star Wars’ most loathed ship, and…

The weather is getting colder, but the Hollywood news is heating up.  It's time for another round-up! Ghostbusters: Afterlife grossed…

Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…

Strixhaven might be the newest magical university to open its doors, but it’s far from the only one. Take the…

As December looms around the corner with the promise of wizards and winter, we head for the frozen reaches of…

A new RPG is on the way from Firelock Games that will put you and your party on the beach…

Solasta: Crown of the Magister’s new expansion adds Barbarians, Druids, and a whole lot more to the excellent 5th Edition…

In Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos, characters from across the multiverse journey to Strixhaven University, a prestigious school of magic.…

“Please, Dhareen, must we go through with this? A bit of rock climbing is hardly a challenge for the Castrovel…

It’s Friday! Kick-off your weekend with this retro challenge for the old-schoolers out there. What ancient Games Workshop, 40K, and…

Hello, this week we have news from Para Bellum Wargames, Perry Miniatures, Modiphius Entertainment, TT Combat, Warlord Games and more…

Hot off the Press! In this week’s hot news, if you missed out on the phenomenon in the shape of…

Those adorable little Free RPG Day one-shots with pregenerated characters are now available. Since they’re free PDF downloads, or only…

WizKids holiday promo is in full swing right now with a bonus Krampus miniature accompanying every order. Get a festive…

Some locations—the wizard’s tower, the sunken temple, the haunted house—appear repeatedly in stories and adventures. In this series, we’ll explore…

Wizards of the Coast announced Secretversary Superdrop 2021, a new wave of Secret Lair sets for Magic: The Gathering, for…

Spoilers abound in a Strixhaven preview featuring an actual play stream to show off more about Curriculum of Chaos. Spells, items,…

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic:…

Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the fifth mainline installment in…

.In the early days of RPGs, one campaign laid the foundation for adventures as we know them today: Call of…

Discover Scotland’s multicultural past with the upcoming roleplaying game, Carved in Stone, which is inspired by Pictish history. Taking place…

Ultra PRO will release a new D&D Book Cover Series Playmat and Wall Scroll into U.S. retail in Q2 2022.…

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The board game-to-television series has pumped out another concept, this time targeting the game most homes have mouldering in a…

On the occasion of Transgender Awareness Week, we at Paizo want to reaffirm our support for our transgender colleagues, creators,…

Hey, you. You’re finally awake. You’ll feel like you took an arrow to the knee with how engrossed you’ll be…

So with additional episodes ordered and some very positive comments from CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl about the show's future,…

Exploration is one of the three pillars of Dungeons & Dragons. If you should find yourself in remote locales, here…

Grab the tommy guns and hide the hooch because board game publisher Gale Force Nine has announced a new title…

More like diSEAses, amirite? This is a collection of new diseases for Under the Seas of Vodari’s GMing section. Diseases…

Kith & Kin takes readers deeper into the world of Critical Role in this new novel. Explore the past of…

Diamond Comics Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors are getting back to normal, with warehouses operating and no delays expected for…

Polyhedra Games, the company behind Justice Velocity (which I reviewed here), has a new project on Kickstarter, THE PLAGUED CRYPT…

Two brand new campaign settings on Kickstarter are closing. Path of the Planebreaker and Raiders of the Serpent Sea are…

Wizards of the Coast announced Secret Lair x Arcane, two new drop sets based on the new Netflix series Arcane:…

Free League Publishing announced Mythic Britain & Ireland, a new setting book for Vaesen RPG, coming to Kickstarter on December…

Is it a bones day or a no bones day? Patrons of Noodle the Pug will divine the answer each…

League of Legends and Magic: the Gathering, together at last in an upcoming Secret Lair Superdrop that will feature the…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Age of Galaxy Age of Galaxy is a galactic…

Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop comes out this Friday and we’re looking forward to checking it out. While we wait, let’s…

Tonight, D&D livestream viewers will be saying goodbye to Acquisitions Incorporated: The C-Team as the finale airs on Twitch. A…

In D&D, making a hasty getaway can be the difference between a TPK and a much needed long rest. Here…

Latin America is a diverse place full of always compelling but often tragic history. It’s a part of the world…

The World of Darkness is coming to a mobile device or screen near you. Get ready for Demiplane’s newly announced…

Welcome to another installment of the Play with Class series where we will give you solid steps to run each…

New allies and companions have been revealed for Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos, the upcoming roleplaying game sourcebook for Dungeons &…

There are many ways to play D&D digitally, and D&D Beyond is a comprehensive toolkit that will help you online…

Marvel’s Champions has grown over the years since its initial release. Each aspect now has a large pool of upgrades…

RPG writer and streamer, Travis Legge, joins me on the podcast today. We have a wide-ranging conversation touching on a…

Vampire: The Masquerade, the tabletop roleplaying game that’s part of the World of Darkness universe, is getting its own online…

Call to Adventure: Epic Origins is the next entry in the series of board games inspired by roleplaying games and…

Wizards of the Coast dropped new details on their first Magic: The Gathering Commander Party events, which are exclusive events…

Westley at age 8. Sitting at the window. I want to remember it all. I need to remember it all.…

Roll20Con 2021 took place over the weekend and, and this year they revealed a ton of gaming announcements over all…

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From Vox Machina to Los Tres Horny Boys, adventuring parties abound–but how can your adventuring party stand out? We’re here…

IA new draft-ready double feature is coming to your FLGS. Innistrad: Double Feature brings you Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow…

We have some sad new today for fans of Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD.More

I’m a part of a number of different tabletop roleplaying groups on Facebook, some of them larger and more general…

Did you miss the Roll20 Con Strixhaven Game? You missed a lot– including these Strixhaven spoilers. New spells and more…

Wizards of the Coast released new information on Innistrad: Double Feature, a new Magic: The Gathering set, which will come…

WizKids revealed a new wave of Dungeons & Dragons Phunny Plush toys, by Kidrobot, for release in June 2022. Wizkids…

A cap of water breathing, a ring of mind shielding, a driftglobe. Plenty of magic items found in Dungeons & Dragons…

Over the last six weeks, Paizo's Leadership Team has attempted to better listen to and understand the challenges faced by…

The D&D Rust Monster probably won’t give your adventuring party any trouble… unless any of you have any armor or…

Adventuring can be tricky business when it comes time to solve a puzzle or a murder–but here are five ways…

Penny Arcade and ReedPOP announced the return of PAX East 2022 to Boston next April, but it will come with…

The Four Horsemen are back as they put up pre-orders for their newest set of collectibles as part of their…

Rules light, rage-heavy– the cyberpunk hack of apocalyptic RPG MÖRK BORG is here. Check out the cybernetic delight that is…

“Great, a new game to learn! Let me just open up this rulebook. Hmm…” As GMs, we are often tasked…

From Somerset to Hades If you follow our work here at EN Publishing, you might have spotted that we are…

On this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt, Wheels and Meehan gather to lament the loss of Happy Salmon’s fish bag and…

The fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever, thanks in part to the exploding popularity of…

Archon Studio announced a Fantasy Starter Set, for their Dungeons & Lasers RPG terrain line, which will hit stores on…

Horrible geese are, like, so 2019. The feathered star of 2022 will be the curious corvid, if new indie tabletop…

Grim Cottage. Photo by Linda Whitson Welcome to Part 2 of my quick glances at some of the goodies given…

Multiclassing in D&D is a great way to add depth to your character. Spice up your Sorcerer with this 5E…

A Pokémon fan has adapted the hugely popular series into an unofficial Pokémon tabletop RPG that throws back to the…

Both Diamond Comics Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors have further updates on deliveries, following the ransomware attack that hit both…

By Brent Knowles Hello & welcome! I’m the designer behind Raiders of the Serpent Sea and in this article I discuss the…

Ultra PRO unveiled four new Dungeons & Dragons: Pad of Perception notepads, which will hit stores in Q1 2022. Players…

The best thing about Mythic Edition Heroquest is… Plus new D&D Strixhaven, Disney+’s new MCU shows, and a LeeLoo cosplay…

Some good news on the port congestion that’s been causing stock-outs and price increases, especially on tabletop games sourced from…

It was a big week for geek showbiz news, and we round it up here (and for more, see "Disney+…

It’s almost Thanksgiving, and if you’re planning a meal for your tabletop gaming party, these items will take your heroes’…

Soon the doors will open to Strixhaven University, a college of magic unlike any other. Here’s what prospective students should…

Now that the nights are getting longer and the days are getting colder, it’s time to adventure in the one…

HeroQuest is shipping from Hasbro and the best thing about it is clearly the Broadsword! When Hasbro announced that they…

If you have a 3D printer and like RPGs, be sure to check out this Kickstarter! RM Printable Terrain and…