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A live action television series based on the anime and mythology-inspired tabletop RPG Exalted has been announced. The adaptation will…

The G.I. Joe Roleplaying Game, based on the line of toy soldiers, has been officially unveiled by publisher Renegade Game…

Deserts and wastelands present a particular kind of challenge for adventurers. Though the landscape may look arid and vacant, there…

Tabletop games have already raised $146 million on Kickstarter in 2021, with more than two dozen projects individually breaking the…

Not one but two different RPG franchises have announced TV shows in development. Blades in the Dark and Exalted will…

It’s the 90s all over again, because D&D’s lead rules designer takes us all Behind the Music with Bards, celebrating…

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

DriveThruRPG’s Indie Publisher Representative Adriel Wilson joins me on the podcast today. We talk about the do’s and don’t of…

This week, John Harper’s hit RPG, Blades in the Dark, will get a TV adaptation; Virtual Tabletop platform, Role, raises…

Our Haunt, an upcoming roleplaying game about being a household of ghosts, is the next RPG from the publishing company…

Blades in the Dark, the dark fantasy roleplaying game about pulling off heists, is being adapted into a television series.…

Sequioa Games announced Flex NBA Trading Tile Board Game Starter Set and Series 1 booster set, which will hit stores…

Wizards of the Coast announced that it will sponsor the Leyton Orient FC, an EFL League 2 soccer team, for…

I’m 7-years old. The kid across from me has issued a challenge to me. We’re both to submit to the…

Today Nerds candy along with Dungeons & Dragons revealed the packaging for the new Nerds Gummy Clusters with a D&D…

Renegade Game Studios will release the G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook and accessories later this year. In the G.I.…

The first chapter of the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path, Kindled Magic, is now available and contains an article describing…

Mortal Combat Legends, Battle of the Realms releases today, and comedy superstar Joel McHale (Community, Stargirl) has once again been…

The creative duo behind popular mecha tabletop RPG Lancer has suspended development on three books originally crowdfunded through its Kickstarter…

​ Monsters and Dragons and Pirates, Oh My! Tuesday, August 31, 2021 After over a year and a half of…

D&D has countless worlds, as long as you can’t count very high. There are more than you’d think though! Everyone…

I really enjoyed writing Lost Ilium the other week. I didn’t know if the mashups were going to be a…

Side quests don’t have to be distracting fetch quests or the infamous escort quests so often present in MMORPG games.…

After Wizards of the Coast filed a new trademark for Netrunner, could a rebirth of the classic cyberpunk card game…

WizKids launched its D&D Prismatic Paint line of products, which are expected to hit stores in January 2022. This new…

The latest Bundle of Holding offers both sourcebooks for the detective-meets-urban myth RPG City of Mist, plus a collection of…

Creating a character for a roleplaying game is a labour of love. Coming up with a cool concept, poking and…

Multiclassing in Dungeons & Dragons can be a great way to add some flexibility, depth, and power to your character.…

The other week I posted an article about one of the current “conversations” around 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, specifically…

The Power Rangers Roleplaying Game will no longer be based on Dungeons & Dragons 5E, publisher Renegade Game Studios has…

WizKids released preview images of their first wave D&D Frameworks character packs (see "WizKids Launches 'D&D Frameworks'"). These miniatures will…

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Renegade Game Studios is morphin' into action as they will be releasing the Power Rangers Roleplaying Game later this year.…

The September 2021 product release date is scheduled for the 22nd, less than a month away. So, lets preview what…

What happens when you mix the worst aspects of a Giant Spider with the teleportation of a Blinkdog? Nightmare fuel…

It’s the height of summer and your adventuring party is wearing leather and metal–here are five spells to help beat…

Hjalmar Dåkassen carries an air of superiority whether he is in a jarl’s council chambers or having a drink with…

Renegade Game Studios unveiled the Power Rangers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, which is currently on preorder. Roleplayers can now assume…

Renegade Games recently unveiled a new RPG system that will bring Hasbro’s many worlds, like Transformers, GI Joe, and Power…

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On the latest Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt, Wheels and Chase get together to talk interesting indie RPGs, take a trip through…

A new 5th Edition sourcebook from longtime 3rd-party publisher Kobold Press, Tome of Heroes, will add more than 50 new…

Art © 2021 by CD Projekt S.A. The Elflines Online (ELO) free Cyberpunk RED (CPR) supplements from R. Talsorian Games…

War is on the horizon. In fact, it’s so close we can see the contrails of the Total Annihilation Devices…

WizKids revealed six new Pathfinder Battles: Premium Painted Figures that will hit retail stores in November. Pathfinder Battles Premium Painted…

Take a look at D&D’s unknown rules, Arby’s new D20s, House Harkonnen speaks, along with League of Legends Cosplay, and…

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

Crunchy leaves and crisp air means it’s time to find the RPG accessories perfect for an autumn druid or just…

Dedicated to maintaining “the balance”, this Wizard is basically D&D’s sorcerer supreme. Come join us as we visit the Man,…

Grab your winter cloak, your ring of warmth, and make sure to stock up on rations, because we’re going to…

A new series of collectible statues was unveiled earlier this week from the team at Critical Cole and Sideshow Collectibles.…

This week on the Campaign Trail, I thought I would share a new undersea racial option I am working on…

Your party sets out to the Mire of Haunted Dreams. Eighteen days of thick Feywild jungle lie ahead of them. But as each…

“We all have a Niobe inside ourselves, and it’s time to let her roar.” That’s an excerpt from the foreword…

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

Ahoi-hoi and welcome back to Outside the Box! This week with news from North Star Military Figures, Mierce Miniatures, Creature…

Months ago, as we were preparing for the Jasper’s Game Week 2021 charity fundraiser, we received an email from Anne…

A rapidly growing cult in Zobeck, the Song Undying has driven the clergy of certain temples in the city, including…

Steamforged has shared release information for the first four titles in its new Horizon Zero Dawn game series, including the…

For one shining, glorious minute, Arby’s was selling an entire set of tabletop dice. They’re gone now, but you can…

Someone in the Android: Netrunner community discovered that Wizards of the Coast is filing legal paperwork for a trademark over…

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

Do you ever need to do something weird that you don’t think D&D has a rule for? Check the Dungeon…

Have you ever written a game so good that the Secret Service raids your offices, seizes your computers... even your…

In their latest batch of Secret Lair drops, WotC reveals that Magic is getting all Timey-Wimey with their art, and…

There’s a new trailer just out for Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters and the Grey Knights have never looked better! [embedded content]…

We will soon be removing the playtest documents from this website. If you want to keep them for any reason,…

Below is a list of just some of the many innovations and new features to be found in Level Up:…

Stealth in Dungeons & Dragons isn’t always just the purview of rogues. With these five spells, even the clumsiest caster…

Flex both green thumbs during the next tabletop session with the Herbalist’s Primer, a system-agnostic supplement describing 100 different plants…

Atomic Mass Games has announced the NR-N99 Persuader-Class Tank Droid Unit Expansion for the Star Wars:  Legion tabletop miniatures Game,…

WizKids has unveiled a preview of their new Framework series of miniatures–new sprue-based D&D minis that will let you custom…

Steamforged Games has shared details for the upcoming retail launch of Resident Evil 3:  The Board Game, based on the…

Tabletop games have come a long way since the 1930s when the Parker Brothers first unleashed the game of Monopoly…

‘Seeds of the Shadow Queen’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Find more dark, surreal art at…

In the first part of this two-part series, I reviewed the buildup to the launch of Avatar Legends, the tabletop…

The Legend of the Legend of Vox Machina continues as the Critical Role team unveils the composer of the show’s…

Live through a period of rising tensions just before the US government sent federal troops to quash a workers’ uprising…

The worlds of board games Pandemic and Mysterium, along with RPG and card game Legend of the Five Rings, are…

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Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Hizuru This is the true neverending story. The looping…

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and…

Magic items are great treasures for anyone… but these five magic items are perfect for players who are new to…

“Imagine the horror of a dozen angry squirrel-folk ready to cut you to pieces. Now, imagine them with a warlock’s…

Wizards of the Coast has launched the Magic: The Gathering Out of Time Superdrop, which includes four foil and five…

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms brought the world of D&D to Magic: the Gathering for the first time. But it won’t…

WizKids has announced a December release date for its new D&D Icons of the Realms:  Sahuagin Warband pre-painted miniatures set.…

Source Point Press and Asmodee Entertainment have set up a licensing agreement that will allow Source Point to publish comics…

Oh My Gold! by Blue Orange Games is a quick kid’s game where you set out as pirates to find…

It seems that Wizards of the Coast is taking another look at the classes in the Player’s Handbook, according to…

Today, my guest is Peter Corless, a game designer who worked for West End Games and once owned the Pendragon…

Video games Fortnite and Street Fighter will be among Magic: The Gathering’s next pop-culture crossovers, with the immensely popular battle…

This ICv2 calendar tracks the release dates of Magic: The Gathering sets made by Wizards of the Coast. The calendar…

Wizards of the Coast revealed that they will be supporting Store Championships for FLGS. The first Store Championships will be…

Wizards of the Coast announced Commander Collection: Black, four Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021, and Innistrad: Double Feature, for Magic: The…

I must admit… I watched the leaked version a few hours before the official release of the trailer. However, I’m…

The summer heat is causing all sorts of monsters to stir from hiding, including the 100+ new creatures in the…

Today, Wizards of the Coast conducted their Showcase 2021 stream for Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game to hit…

Perennial trading card game Magic:The Gathering plans to revisit favourite past planes and blaze trails into new ones through four…

Wizards are the the nerds of the D&D world, spending countless classroom hours studying magic. But when you can control…