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“Force Wizard” is my series on the Force & Destiny Careers’ Signature Abilities. Unmatched Pursuit (UP) is the second Signature…

Over the weekend details about the next two D&D books leaked, previewing adventures in the Feywild and Magic’s Strixhaven. Here’s…

Marvel has announced that an official roleplaying game based on its universe of comic book characters will be arriving in…

WizKids unveiled Pathfinder Battles: Advanced Iconic Heroes, a new miniatures set, for release in September. Pathfinder Battles: Advanced Iconic Heroes…

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

Do you remember Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate? Games Workshop does, and now they’re putting out a sequel next year, Chaos…

With Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft out of the way, the next two big D&D books have been revealed on…

Grab some dice and your favorite brightly colored tights, Marvel has just announced a new RPG – Marvel Multiverse coming…

The Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid is now live on digital platform Itch.io, selling over 1,000 video games and tabletop…

Welcome to the Week of Legend Lore! Check back for news and announcements rolling out all week—starting Monday, June 7 with a…

The MEGA RPG System boasted Norse themes and an inspired setting, but is it the perfect game to dust off…

Here we go again, this week with news from Infinity, Para Bellum Wargames, Raging Heroes, Knight Models, Crooked Dice and…

Art: Alika Gupta Design, layout, cartography: Rajib KalitaEdited and co-produced: Jean Lorber DM Experience: CompetentPlayer Experience: Advanced Beginner Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Ramayana Tales: Search for…

Forge World has some new upgrades for your Adeptus Titanicus and Aeronautica Imperialis games. via Forge World Adeptus Titanicus Warhound…

Marvel announced this morning that they will be releasing the Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game sometime in 2023. The game will…

Marvel Entertainment has announced the official Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game.  The preliminary Playtest Rulebook will release next spring, with the…

The Midgard Worldbook already details a score of saints dedicated to the war god Mavros, but the other deities have…

A Classic Tale of Horror Welcome back to our weekly blog, where – amongst other news – we take a…

Ultra PRO unleashed the D&D Fall 2021 Copper & Green Dice Collection, which will hit retail in the latter half…

Let’s talk about how the Star Wars canon is already getting messed up. Star Wars Canon, or continuity, has a…

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

Nearly 50 tabletop designers have banded together to fundraise support for two charity organizations by selling their games in the…

Solve mysteries in people’s dreams with Somninauts, an upcoming roleplaying game inspired by the likes of Inception and Salvador Dali.…

We all know that Dungeons & Dragons was the first RPG. But what about the second? TSR also made the…

Wolfgang Kramer is one of board gaming’s most celebrated creators, with a record five wins of Germany’s prestigious Spiel des…

Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft introduces all-new character creation options, including lineages. These can be used in place of a…

If you missed the PaizoCon keynote, you also missed a grand tour of upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases as told…

What if I told you clowns shoulder a sacred charge that has little to do with oversized shoes and pratfalls…

Artists Sebastian Rodriguez and Mark Molnar OPA Musings I thought about writing “no musings, head empty, only PaizoCon” in this…

Wizards of the Coast unveiled Dungeon Master's Screen: Dungeon Kit, for use with D&D 5E, which will hit stores on…

Wield both the ideological and literal weapons of WWII--era communism against the forces of Count Dracula in The Hammer and…

Mitchell Wallace, Chief Creative Director of Penny for a Tale, shared their next project, Necrobiotic – A Dystopian TTRPG. This…

If you’ve been cooped up inside for a while and are desperate to explore exciting new places, then some of…

Funny Cat Work From Home Office Meme I have a problem throwing things away. If I’m completely honest, it’s not…

Paizo has a long history of supporting our games with robust adventure content: Adventure Paths, Organized Play scenarios, single volume…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Monsterology Monstrology is about reaching into your friends’ and…

This month’s new releases include a hardcover Starfinder rulebook, a new Pathfinder card deck, two new pawn collections, two Flip-Tiles,…

It’s a new month, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a cult-tastic set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or…

Dungeon delves and DM screens abound in the future as WotC announces a new ‘Dungeon Kit’ with the perfect tools…

The cast of Critical Role will be bringing a close to their second Dungeons & Dragons campaign this Thursday night…

Art from Faeria Card GameHere at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to be added to…

Nearly 200 independent artists have rallied together on digital platform Itch.io in an effort to pay each other a sustainable…

Hello, evolved gorillas. It’s Q again to discuss the intricacies of Modiphius’s Star Trek Adventures. Last time I teased you…

The Dungeons & Dragons movie continues to defy the odds, and according to one of its stars, it’s a ‘sigh…

Writer and game designer Tristan Zimmerman joins me once again to take real history and work it into our RPG…

We’re back after a short break with a big issue. It’s a big week for D&D as Wizards of the…

Show love for one princess with the help even more in the latest edition of the classic quick board game,…

Wizards of the Coast offered advice to retailers for returning to in-store Magic: Gathering play, in the form of an…

WizKids revealed Dripstone Bridges and Stalactites & Stalagmites, two new WarLock Tiles Accessory packs, for release in June. These two…

Steamforged Games will release an Epic Encounters Trade Starter Pack, a product line introduction pack for retailers, in 2021.  …

In recent years, Wizards of the Coast has put in a lot of effort in making Dungeons & Dragons more…

This week we’re visiting the local tavern, the best place to relax, spend your gold, and then pick up a…

Modiphius Entertainment will release Conan the Scout, a new RPG sourcebook for Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, which…

Ships of the Expanse is coming to a spaceport near you soon! In my last transmission, I presented overview of…

Tabletop designers Kienna Shaw and Jason Cutrone believe RPG players deserve better than another rain-soaked and vaguely Asian world to…

The second edition of Mongoose Publishing’s modern reboot of classic sci-fi RPG Traveller can currently be picked up for a…

This week we turn our gaze heavenward, exploring how divine messengers can serve as our main villain or as a…

A new rap concept album inspired by Dungeons & Dragons is on the way, and it’s shaping up to be…

Copyright Electronic ArtsLike many of you out there I imagine, I’ve been spending my free time playing through the Mass…

A well-known haven for buccaneers, ne’er-do-wells, and reavers plaguing the White Sea, Mhalmet controls approximately 40 thousand square miles of…

Paizo announced this past week that the Starfinder audio adventure that they created with Amazon can now be found on…

© and ™ Lucasfilm Ltd.The azurdactyl is a 4 winged, reptilian beast native to Jagomir and possibly other topical to…

It is the last day of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of…

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Next week is a GW specialist games spectacular with new releases for Necromunda: Underhive, Warhammer Underworlds, and Adeptus Titanicus. It’s…

Roleplaying games have been a part of mainstream culture since Dungeons & Dragons was released by two friends back in…

Welcome to Day 3 of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars…

Welcome to the Underdark. Don’t mind the spiders. Today we visit the only fantasy city to provide free web access…

This past Thursday, Critical Role went up against what will likely be the biggest epic confrontation in Campaign 2, and…

D&D Beyond offers tools for creating characters, building encounters, and more for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. You can also…

Welcome to Day 2 of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars…

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All-New Battlefronts Recently, we’ve been talking a lot about our brand new and light fantastic tabletop RPG, the Awfully Cheerful…

Get a big bowl of your favorite sugar cereal and sit way too close to the TV as we revisit…

All art belongs to MCDMIt took 4 emails for James Introcaso to send me the correct copy of Arcadia. He…

Welcome back to Outside the Box, this week with Para Bellum Wargames, Knight Models, Great Escape Games, TT Combat, Microworld…

A number of publishers, including some major exhibitors, have announced their anticipated physical presence at Gen Con Indy 2021 in…

Perhaps the worst aspect of this cult is their relationship with the creatures that lurk in the Void. These fanatics…

Those who have been following here a long time should know that I have a liking for Magic the Gathering…

Solasta: Crown of the Magister is the single most faithful adaptation of 5th Edition D&D–and a top-tier dungeon delve–and it’s…

Prestige is a rating of how famous (or infamous) a character is. Adventurers start play with a Prestige of 0…

Wizards of the Coast released a Magic: The Gathering Booster Selling Guide, a tabloid that outlines which of their booster…

From now through May 31st (Pacific time), take 20% off a single order* on Pathfinder and Starfinder products at the…

We round up several recent stories with impact on the tabletop games business here. Next Three Pokemon Video Games AnnouncedThe…

‘Shadow and Flame’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Find more fantastical art at…

The longest-named card we’ve seen in a while makes a debut among the legendary cards of Modern Horizons 2. Hope…

Welcome to an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars and live-plays running…

Ehu Hadif paced back and forth in the Cortex server room, his anxious footsteps beating a staccato rhythm against the…

Tony DiTerlizzi defined the look of Planescape, the worlds-spanning setting that changed D&D. Now, he’s revealed the sounds that inspired…

Two hugely popular series have finally been combined into a single board game with the newly released Monopoly: Dungeons &…

Horror roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade expands its roster of fearsome antagonists with the addition of the dark and fanatical…

Jason Andrew and JN Childs of Mighty Narwhal Productions have a new tabletop RPG system campaigning on Kickstarter. Jason and…

The Op announced Monopoly: Dungeons & Dragons, a new edition of Monopoly, which is on preorder for retail.   Two…

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The Starfinder Scoured Stars liveplay ends with an epic assault in the final episode of this limited series! Join us…

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

Society is in chaos, a city is born, and Europa needs heroes!One of the most amazing things about starting Mutants…

Hold tight a torch in one hand and a tackle box in the other because Fisk Borg ,a recently announced…

Thumbnail from Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft’s coverVan Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft came to spook us much earlier than Halloween, and…