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WizKids has announced ‘Frameworks’ a new line of customizable, sprue-based miniatures for Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying games. WizKids…

Etiquette & Protocol (E&P for short) is an occasional feature where I venture into the sometimes thorny OOC arena of…

With a new Drizzt novel out this week, and Dragonlance novels not far behind, WotC sets the record straight on…

Modiphius Entertainment revealed SPECTRE: The Board Game, a new James Bond tabletop game, which will release in spring of 2022.…

Check out news of an upcoming Hasbro price increase & our 5e Artificer Guide, 40K Grey Knight Stat Updates &…

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

The 2021 Game Devs Of Color Expo revealed their first set of speakers coming tot he online event, along with…

Just released today from Warner Brothers Home Entertainment is a quartet of few fresh images from Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle…

Drawing on our precognitive powers over the last few weeks,, we’ve been taking a sneak peek at the Judge Child…

Welcome to Dungeons & Dragons, a roleplaying game where you'll create a hero to play as in adventures! One of the…

A new 100-card Historic Brawl queue is coming to Magic: the Gathering Arena, giving fans the closest thing yet to…

“Give it your allsix. Give it your allsix.” The chipper voice sang out in the spacious green and yellow interior…

This week we’re stepping into the shoes and the biplanes of the historical World War II era bomber regiment, The…

Critters rejoice! The Legend of Vox Machina animated series is coming soon to Amazon Prime. And to give us a…

Since the launch of Pathfinder Second Edition, we’ve released a number of adventures set in the Mwangi Expanse. The upcoming…

Presented here are more adventure hooks for your mid-to-high level characters. As before, these can be used as single encounters,…

Photo by Konevi from Pexels (Public Domain)When should you End your campaign? This is one of those little nuggets that…

Experience adventures in outer space with the Starfinder RPG, which is currently available at a discounted price in a Humble…

Yes, the satanic panic gripped the nation and got D&D books banned, but another RPG had a brush with authority.…

Command a team of G.I. Joes against the nefarious forces of Cobra in the upcoming G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game. Based…

Hello friends. Today we are looking at the releases for July, including our first printed content expansion, Histories of the…

Today, we’re launching the Starfinder Beginner Box Humble Bundle to support ComicBooks For Kids! The bundle’s tiers include PDFs of…

Descent: Legends of the Dark is a bold - and controversial - new direction for the beloved dungeon-crawler series. Like…

Dimension 20’s new D&D series, The Seven goes back to school–fantasy high school that is, with a look at “seven…

In the first two parts of this three-part series, I talked about how the pandemic induced rescheduling of a number…

From shorter adventures, to encounters with more of a roleplay focus built in, D&D’s lead designer confirms: actual play shows…

Find all the evidence you need to get yourself arrested for murder in Cluedon’t, a reverse version of the classic…

Clerics are best known for being the designated healers of Dungeons & Dragons 5E. Which is actually a little limiting,…

Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons fans will notice a slight increase in prices sometime between now and the…

The Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game is time-travelling its way into a new era for the tabletop RPG with the…

WizKids released a massive preview of the D&D Icons of the Realms Miniatures: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Booster Set,…

Steamforged Games revealed the Stormbird Expansion, for Horizon Zero Dawn boiard game, which will be coming to preorder soon. The…

Cubicle 7 Games revealed that they have released the Second Edition of Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game, available for pre-order.…

Every expression of D&D has its own canon. Our studio treats D&D in much the same way that Marvel Studios…

While we can only imagine at the wonders that The Wild Beyond the Witchlight will bring to light, the following is a…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! War of Ashes – STL & Resin Minis Bigger!…

In Episode 01 | A Lively Welcome: Four scholars are sent to a small desert town to investigate a wild…

Adventuring in the wilds can be fun, but sometimes your campaign remains within the borders of a town, village, or…

Create characters who can harness the power of the heavens in Stargazer’s Guide to Aroria, a supplementary sourcebook for Dungeons…

Archon Studio announced that they will be bringing their line of Dungeons & Lasers RPG terrain to retail at the…

Do you eat your vegetables? Do you love a good artichoke? In that case, how about a game that’s all…

In a quarterly earnings call, Hasbro revealed that WotC is leading the way for all things digital, including a new…

RPG designer and writer, Shawn Merwin, joins me on the podcast today. We discuss Shawn’s history with role-playing games and…

This week, ICv2’s top-selling games show the success of Cyberpunk and third-party 5e games. Hasbro reveals its Q2 results, showing…

Lucky Duck Games launched Divinus, a new app driven tabletop game, for preorder on Gamefound. In Divinus, the Nordic Gods…

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Marcus was miserable. Sign up for border forces, his father said. See the world. Lend your strength and inner fire…

We want to know what you think of D&D—and if you play Magic we want to hear what you have…

DruidArchdruidAt 20th level, your Wild Shape has no duration. In addition, when you cast a druid spell you do not…

From console skins to minis that remind your players to look for Materia and watch out for the cute monsters,…

A hit Japanese indie RPG that combines roleplaying with the hidden traitor of social deduction games like Werewolf is headed…

Over several articles in this series, I’ve talked about a few insights I’ve acquired playing a Threefold setting Modern AGE…

In our final article of this series, we’ll take a look at a group of monsters so varied and vast…

Chaosium Inc., publishers of Call of Cthulhu issued a statement supporting trans existence this Sunday after transphobic statements by the…

D&D players prove that they hate fun and fear change: WotC has announced they’re dropping new subclass concepts from the…

Blight Sickle. Art by John Avon. Copyright Wizards of the CoastI was scrolling through TikTok the other day (things I…

Fall in love and try not to fall in a fight with Dueling Fops of Vindamere, an upcoming roleplaying game…

Greetings all! With only 13 weeks to go until Level Up Advanced 5E, this week includes a murder mystery Kickstarter…

Sales in Hasbro’s newly created Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming segment more than doubled in Q2 2021, behind…

A new set coming exclusively to MTG Arena next month is going to add 31 new cards that are only…

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The Long War goes ever on… Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark,…

Education is far from easy at the oldest and most prestigious magic academy in the world. The newest students at…

A mysterious package begins an otherwise inauspicious journey through the world of Spire’s End: Hildegard that will send its heroine…

Howdy, everybody. Paizo Publisher Erik Mona here. I wanted to stop by the blog today to talk about some upcoming…

There has been some discussion online about the failure of monster challenge ratings to keep up with leveling characters and…

Okay, folks, I’m feeling good today, I think we’re finishing off who- or whatever Tasha has been cooking in that…

Eureka co-creator and founder of Boom! Studios, Andrew Cosby, has been confirmed to be one of the minds behind the…

This second Sentinel Signature Ability (SA) is the one which provides some benefits for allies as well as the Sentinel.…

Channel pride and rainbow power to fight back against bigotry in the Queerz! TTRPG, adapted from the LGBTQ+ manga inspired…

Take a risk and cast a spell with The Book of Gaub, an RPG supplement for Dungeons & Dragons that’s…

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

Humble Bundle has launched a brand new charity drive featuring the books of 13th Age, with proceeds going toward Oceana.…

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: DominionPublisher: Games WorkshopRelease Date: July, 2021MSRP: $199.00Designers: The Warhammer StudioNumber of Players: 2Product #: 5-011921-138036 (UPC)Age…

Date With Destiny If you are a regular reader of our blog or a fan of Judge Dredd, you’ll likely…

There’s a city that is full of doors to places you can’t even imagine. Welcome to Sigil. That’s right. It’s…

Make room Marvel, there’s a new crossover in town, and it’s bringing two powerhouse fandoms together like never before. The…

Twice have I been born, and with each birthing, I have gained a lifelong companion. The first companion was pain,…

Powered by the Apocalypse meets the zombie apocalypse for a game that’s just as fun as it is brutal and…

Welcome back to Outside the Box, this time featuring Knight Models, Para Bellum Wargames, Creature Caster, Perry Miniatures and more!…

Indie marketplace Itch.io is currently running its second Creator Day, giving 100% of revenue to creators on the platform for…

Random encounter tables are a great tool for wilderness play. Out of character, they allow you to procedurally generate content,…

Homeworld: Revelations captures the magic of the Homeworld series and brings it to your tabletop. Now it’s available for pre-order…

Copyright Wizards of the CoastHi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of…

A new novel, Starlight Enclave, holds big changes for D&D as R.A. Salvatore moves away from the racist tropes underpinning…

Use a set of interpretive illustrated cards to navigate the surreal world of the unconscious in upcoming roleplaying game Dreampunk.…

Many games took the classic D&D formula and streamlined it–but Rolemaster took a look at all that math and said…

Modiphius Entertainment has revealed the first releases for its Homeworld:  Revelations tabletop role playing game, which will launch this winter.…

Steamforged Games will release Web of the Spider Tyrant, a new Epic Encounters set, into retail stores on September 30.…

Includes $30,000 Accelerator Fund for Underrepresented Communities in the Games Industry The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has unveiled the Horizons…

A new Banned and Restricted Announcement takes effect today, and it looks like Brainstorm is abating, for now. Check it…

Modiphius Entertainment, a tabletop game design company known well for their licensed games such as Fallout: Wasteland Warfare and The Elder Scrolls:…

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It all started when Starfinder launched and John Compton (lead of Organized Play development at the time) kept threatening me…

Critical Role has announced their latest book from Darrington Press as they will be releasing Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn. As…

Revisit the world of Vox Machina with the new Critical Role sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons, Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn.…

Two roleplaying game publishers, both claiming some right to call their company TSR, have since changed names. Solarian Games and…

In the first part of this three-part series, I looked at the pandemic induced rescheduling of a number of tabletop…

Tabletop RPG Sigil & Shadow sounds like a combination of World of Darkness’ modern-day horror and the old-school dice-rolling of…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Black Mountain Clan Resin & Digital The Black Mountain…