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We’re pulling from the pages of Spider Man’s rogues’ gallery this week as we invite Doc Ock to play Dungeons…

Looking to start a game of D&D but not sure where to start? Try out one of these starter adventures…

Both new Adventure Path volumes this month allow you to face challenges on new worlds. We continue to release all…

Dimension 20’s Winter lineup has spooky schools and cheery holiday specials. These live-stream shows are perfect for chilly weather watching.…

Whether your party is exploring a rocky coastline, a tropical island, or sailing across the seas, threats can come from…

Jenny Jarzabski had been preparing to unionise for most of their life. The Starfinder developer grew up with a father…

It’s a classic archetype– the homebody who doesn’t to go on an adventure, but adventure always finds them. Here’s how…

Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy…

Today on the podcast, I welcome two guests: DJ Shewmaker and Kenny Moore with DragonSoul Dice. We talk about the…

Enhance sessions of Thirsty Sword Lesbians with the first expansion for the queer tabletop roleplaying game, called Advanced Lovers &…

Spenser Starke, the creator of tabletop roleplaying game Alice is Missing and a producer for the actual play series Critical…

By Fred Love, STA Contributing Writer The thing that got me most excited as I started writing for the Star…

Explore Diverse Styles of Play with the Player’s Guide By Fred Love, STA Contributing Writer The thing that got me…

WizKids revealed D&D Icons of the Realms: Grund Warband, a new miniatures set, which will hit retail in March 2022.…

Osprey Games will release The Silver Bayonet, a Napoleonic gothic horror skirmish game, which will hit stores on November 11,…

It’s been a while since I’ve been to a show, though during this past year I have tuned into two…

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For those times when you just want to have a little fun storming the castle, here are the five best…

First, we at Paizo acknowledge that our beautiful coastal rainforest is the traditional, unceded land of the Coast Salish people,…

There’s a stellar new six-part adventure series premiering this week on Twitch. Check out D&D Beyond’s ‘The Battle for Beyond’!…

A tabletop RPG inspired by the dark fantasy of Castlevania and Berserk plans to put players’ characters through the wringer.…

Dragons! Full of magic, am I right? In 5e D&D they sure are… other than the fact that most of…

Strixhaven’s new orientation video showcases the latest and greatest from the magical campus. Plus sneak some peeks at the upcoming…

Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Cover Last week, those who backed the Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Kickstarter got their…

If you’ve ever played Dungeons & Dragons, there’s a good chance that you’ve completely ignored the alignment system. Let’s face…

Check out this D&D 5e supplement with 56 encounters in 8 drop-in locations, overarching plots tying them together – all…

By Pat McNally Greetings Agents, Today sees the release of the latest in our series of ready-made adventures for Achtung!…

WizKids unveiled two Death Saves: War of Dragons sets, featuring characters from Joe Manganiello's celebrity D&D campaign, for release in…

BIG paintings… Apocalyptic towers… Dystopian dreamscapes… In other words, my favorite things in the world to create. Let’s Talk Art…

An insane wizard mixed a giant owl with a bear. Now, the D&D Owlbear can make you a pile of…

Old school monsters are finding new life in 5th Edition. Here are five we think should come back in a…

The Adventure Zone will bring in Aabria Iyengar to host the latest mini-arc of the popular actual play podcast. Zone…

Games Workshop has a teaser for a new T’au Pathfinder model coming. Want to take a guess at who it…

While superheroes are often involved in stopping crimes and capturing criminals, how many times have the heroes in your Mutants…

Tracy & Laura Hickman’s Skyraider of Abrax Kickstarter campaign is pulling into its final week with new stretch goals in…

Some thrilling news is spreading around the warrens! Starting today, I will be the new Sales Manager of Kobold Press,…

Nestled in the heart of an isolated forest sits a home filled with residents looking for a future they can’t…

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

White onLinda by Photo .Cottage Grim While I went to work (we need money for RPG books, you know), my…

Wizards of the Coast updated The List, a curated list of cards that can be found in Set Boosters, starting…

Check out the upcoming 40K Black Templars’ minis, Critical Role Wildemount player rules, Star Wars’ stylish N-1,  The Boys Season…

  When Dave Arneson’s lawsuit against TSR was nearing a trial date at the end of 1980, his legal team…

Everyone loves a Gelatinous Cube, so we’re going to add more of them do your next D&D session with these…

High above dense jungle rise five rocky spires that make up the city of Jrusar, where Critical Role, Campaign 3…

With new settings on the horizon, and a multiverse opening up, come and explore the center of it all: Sigil,…

The Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount features prominently in Critical Role’s campaign 3, and it helps to solve some of its…

Check your Kickstarter inboxIn your Kickstarter PM inbox you will see links to download the PDFs from your primary reward tier. That's…

So you’ve got the perfect magic item dreamed up, a +3 hammer of aggressive door opening. Or maybe you've jotted down…

Look, the plan couldn’t be simpler. Just rappel onto the roof of a speeding train filled with armed gangsters, somehow…

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

Hello again, this week we have news from Knight Models, Wargames Atlantic, Scibor Miniatures, Warlord Games, Anvil Industry, 3D Alien…

Extra Life 2021, supporting the Children’s Hospital Network, runs on November 5th, and Paizo is supporting their fundraising efforts! This…

We know which codexes are coming to close out the year. So what’s in store for the codexes in 2022?…

Through the Song Undying, Salamondre can fully restore the dead or dying, though they come back as undead. Within the…

TCGplayer unveiled their October data for sealed TCG product sales and price changes, and the data pointed to some new…

Come take a peek inside the hallowed halls of Strixhaven’s College of Magic next week as part of Roll20 Con.…

Welcome to the Finder’s Archive and a review is what we have in store for you this week. We…

Build and pilot mechs in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with accessible tabletop roleplaying game Salvage Union, based on the RPG system…

In the early days of TSR, before the Satanic Panic, one module proved to be infamous enough that it was…

WizKids will release two Magic: The Gathering Miniatures: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Starter Sets into retail in February 2022.…

Adam here talking all about the exciting new stuff coming for Custodes, GSC, T’au and how it could affect the…

Greetings, Starfinders! Earlier this year we announced that Fame would be going away, and this naturally prompted a number of…

OPC Musings By the time you read this, I will have returned from my first physical convention as a Paizo…

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Sticks and stones might break your bones, but these five words will hurt you– when used as part of the…

The announcement came earlier this week from the editing and publishing staffers at the new Image Comics union, Comic Book…

The new Shanty Hunters RPG on Kickstarter will finally give you an excuse to make your friends sing sea shanties…

We’ve seen the Force in movies, but there’s so much more to it. Check out our favorite Star Wars Force…

The upcoming board game adaptation of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will take place before the events of the original…

The new Pokémon: TCG Celebrations set, which commemorates 25 years since the release of the trading card game, was released…

Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition ruleset will change the way you play D&D. Its Kickstarter is in the homestretch– time…

When I found out that Mike Lafferty of Fainting Goat Games had a new project coming to Kickstarter, Goatlands Adventures…

Rat-tailed Jimmy is a second-hand hood. Deals out in Hollywood. Got a '65 Chevy, primered flames. Traded for some powdered…

By Michael Dismuke, STA Contributing Writer Are you afraid to become a gamemaster? Do you have plenty of stories, plots,…

WizKids will release Magic: The Gathering Miniatures: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms - Lolth, the Spider Queen, a premium figure,…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Amazing Encounters and Places – 5e Amazing Encounters &…

Dane Whitman was in The Eternals, but when will we get the Black Knight? Until his next MCU moment, let’s…

Adventuring is great work– when you can get it. But when you’re between quests? Here are five honest ways to…

Nhalmika Ironsight ran through the fresh snow. It wasn’t that much snow—it wouldn’t reach higher than mid-shin on a human—but…

Parties of Interest brings you brand-new organizations to add depth and flare to your campaign and expand your roleplaying opportunities.…

New patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 restores the ability to romance the brooding, beautiful Githyanki warrior. Oh, and other things…

WizKids announced the first wave of the Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition Monster Mini Series by Kidrobot, releasing in August…

If you’re planning on running a horror-themed Dungeons & Dragons 5E one-shot or campaign for your adventuring party and you’re…

You see “aquatic” in one of my article titles, you know I’m working on stuff for Under the Seas of…

With a dragon’s treasure in hand, we look towards the future. Looks like student loans and Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos.…

Brendan Lasalle, Goodman Games staff writer, joins me on the podcast today. Brendan lets us know how he began playing…

AMG announced back in September that they were instituting some fundamental changes to X-Wing, specifically eliminating the bid to determine…

In a one-liner that didn’t land quite as well I’d hoped in the Zoom seminar, I described my two main…

This is no longer the Darkest Timeline. We finally got to see the damn sailboat. It’s magical. *** I didn’t…

Today, we’re taking the time machine back to 2003 to check out the roots of the original Deathwatch from 3rd Edition.…

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil suit to block the Penguin Random House acquisition of Simon &…

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The Sword Art Online Progressive movie Aria of a Starless Night tops Japanese box offices in its opening week– and…

“The Expanse RPG is designed to tell stories in the universe of The Expanse novels, not to be a tactical…

Dungeons & Dragons is full of bruisers, brawlers, and fighters. But which classes are the best melee classes of D&D?…

Keep your desk safe from Illithids with the new D&D Githyanki statue. It’s straight off of the cover of the…

Teens can be picky readers, but most of them have passions of one sort or another, whether cosplay, cooking, or…

This week, we finally get some news about the fate of Fantasy Flight’s Star Wars RPG: unsurprisingly on its way…

A new D&D player survey from WotC seems focused on getting at what makes your settings tick, and signals a…

House Rules poster, film copyright 2009 Let’s talk about a question that I see brought up pretty regularly in various…