11–17 August 2020: Combat Wheelchair; Twilight: 2000
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That’s How I Roll: A Brief Guide to “–Punk”
If you’re anything like me (I’m so, so sorry), you’ll have noticed an explosion in “–Punk” genres of fiction and…
Tabletop Gallery: Now Who’s the Tough Marines?
Don’t cry brother, soon we’ll all have 2 wounds! Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You…
Now Available: Sword Chronicle, the Feudal Fantasy Roleplaying Game
You belong to a noble house, and its fortunes rise and fall with your actions. You’re a lord, a knight,…
Encounter of the Week: Vanifer’s Repentance
Are you prepared to journey to Icewind Dale, the frozen north of Faerûn? Times are strange, and countless rumors swirl…
D&D: WotC And Goodman Games Team Up For A Return To Castle Amber
Castle Amber is one of the great D&D adventure modules, noted for its gothic horror (before Ravenloft), intricate puzzles, and…
10 best RPG board games
Tabletop RPGs provide some of the most memorable experiences you can have at the table, whether it's cheering at a…
Post-Apocalyptic Setting The After Released for Savage Worlds
The After is a setting of savage frontier action (think The Revenant or Jeremiah Johnson) in a sci-fi post-apocalyptic world…
Oath of the Prepared
The “Oath of the Prepared” is a paladin class for characters who always want to have the right tools for…
Astral Projections – Augusta Universalis RPG
Augusta Universalis (AU) is a new military science fiction roleplaying game from Italian independent publisher Acchiappasogni (pronounced “Ah cap a…
D&D: Haters Can Hate, But That Combat Wheelchair Has Minis Now
Last week, a combat-ready wheelchair took the D&D community by storm. This week, there are four new minis, charging into…
Tome of Beasts: Firegeist
Made of fiery smoke coalescing into a vaguely humanoid shape, a firegeist is little more than wisps of black smoke…
Dungeons & Dragons 5E’s combat wheelchair now has some fantastic miniatures
Miniatures based on the fan-made combat wheelchair rules for Dungeons & Dragons 5E have been announced, with a portion of…
WizKids Reveals New Wave of ‘Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts’
New Two-Count Miniature Packs and Huge Elemental Large Figures
Warhammer 40K Starter Surprises, New Necrons, ENWorld Advanced 5e, D&D Thay & Pelinore
There are surprises in the new 40K Starter sets, new Necromunda & Underworlds releases, then we head to D&D’s Thay…
Rolling for Initiative — WOTC Drops ACD and What It Means to You. Oh, and April Fools.
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RPG: Pathfinder Unveils A Fearsome New Bestiary
When Paizo adds more monsters to a game, they go big–as we see in this preview of a beastly new…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Pelinore
This week we’re shaking the dust off of a classic flat world from the other side of the pond… But it’s…
EN World Announces ‘Advanced’ Take On 5th Edition D&D Rules
Earlier this week, EN World announced that they’d be developing an “Advanced” take on the 5th Edition rules we all…
D&D: Girls, Guts, & Glory Afterlife – Episodes 1-3
The party finds themselves in a strange new place with some memory loss, a small new friend, and more questions…
Survey Results #1: Broad Outlines
We received thousands of votes on our first survey, which addressed the broader outlines of Level Up. Thank you to…
Frostgrave Second Edition Pre-Orders are Now Open – Free Mini & Awesome Bundles
Frostgrave Pre-Orders are up and Frostgrave Second Edition sets to release for August 20th, 2020. Osprey Games shared a few…
Storm Edge Campaign Setting 11: Way of Thunder and Sumo wrestling in The Eight Isles
Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are introducing a new…
End of the Campaign
The Return of Rogue Heading back to our eagerly anticipated Rogue Trooper supplement for Judge Dredd & the Worlds of…
The Ark Is Coming
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RPG Spotlight: Rifts
In the post-post apocalypse there are gargoyles in Germany, techno-wizardry can make anything possible and if you don’t like it,…
Critical Role Vox Machina Gets Their Own Funko Pop Wave
The hit Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role is getting their own wave of collectibles from Funko. Vox Machina…
The Dicebreaker Podcast heats up with beach-ready board games, chaotic camel racing and tabletop football
In an especially summery (in other words, we’re all boiling in the heat), Matt, Lolies, Johnny and Meehan take refuge…
D&D: Critical Role’s New Book, New Funko Pops! Are Up For Pre-Order While They Last
With a new book on the way, and eight new Funko Pop! figurines recently unveiled, Critical Role is serving up…
Outside the Box – August 14th
Welcome back to Outside the Box – this week with news from Atomic Mass Games, Wargames Atlantic, Fantasy Flight Games,…
Finder’s Archive – Blighted Woodlands
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic:…
D&D Takes On The Thing In New Rime Of The Frostmaiden Preview
There’s some Thing familiar about a recently revealed crashed Netherese city in the frozen reaches of Icewind Dale… somebody better…
Epic Encounters include everything you need to run a D&D 5E adventure in one box
Jump straight into two different roleplaying adventures with Epic Encounters, a new series of all-in-one boxed scenarios designed for Dungeons…
Classic ‘80s Dungeons & Dragons adventure Castle Amber is being revised for 5E
Escape a haunted manor occupied by tortured ghosts in Original Adventures Reincarnated #5: Castle Amber, a revised version of a…
The Art of Skirmishing: To the Death
You could not call such bloodshed a victory. Dwarven pike had met draconic spear wall, neither buckling until lines were…
Organized Play Online Convention Updates
Organized Play Online Convention Updates Thursday, August 13, 2020 Janira shuffles the papers in front of her, smiling as…
D&D: Five Accessories to Make the Game More Accessible
This week, let’s take a look at how Faerûn and the adventurers who visit are making it a world anyone…
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Definitive Edition Designer Livestream!
Pathfinder: Kingmaker Definitive Edition comes to consoles on Tuesday, August 18! The new edition will take adventurers to the Stolen…
D&D and Paizo Rule The RPG Roost – Top Five RPGs According To Sales
The numbers are in, and according to data collected by ICv2 there are two big names in RPGs right now–and…
D&D: WotC Teases New Settings, Digital Tools
Wizards of the Coast have put out a new survey hinting at possible new setting materials and some kind of…
Burials of Teganshire: An Interview with Griffon Lore Games
Crowdfunding a tabletop RPG on IndieGoGo is not always an easy task, but Griffon Lore Games is building an audience…
Thursday Art Assault – The Sea and the Shadow
‘The Sea and the Shadow’ – J Edward Neill – 2020 Satisfy your art fix at Share this: Like this:…
Altered Carbon’s brutal Fightdrome is becoming a card game series
A new card game set in the violent Fightdrome of sci-fi series Altered Carbon is releasing later this year. The…
Don't Get Trapped In Ice Without 'D&D Heavy Metal Dice'!
Ultra PRO announced Dungeon's & Dragons: Icewind Dale Heavy Metal Dice for release in November 2020. This time Ultra PRO…
Don't Get Trapped Under Ice Without 'D&D Heavy Metal Dice'!
Ultra PRO announced Dungeon's & Dragons: Icewind Dale Heavy Metal Dice for release in November 2020. This time Ultra PRO…
Paizo, Inc. Reveals 'Pathfinder Bestiary 3'
Paizo, Inc. revealed Pathfinder Bestiary 3, a rulebook for use with Pathfinder RPG 2E, for release in Q2 of 2021.…
Age Of Sigmar: Soulbound Unveils A Deadly New Conspiracy
The majestic cities in the Mortal Realms are triumphant bastions of gleaming artifice–and as a new Soulbound supplement reveals: rotten…
Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: August 12, 2020
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Kordran Conflict – 3D Printable Strategy Game On the distant planet…
Tales from the Drift: Making Waves
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I’LL TAKE YOU RIGHT INTO THE DANGER ZONES
If you’ve been following Mutants & Masterminds news the last few months, you’ve probably heard me talk way too much…
Press Release: Kickstarter for Twilight: 2000 by Free League Funded in Seven Minutes
Free League Publishing – Aug 12, 2020 14:19 BST The Kickstarter for the edition of the classic roleplaying game Twilight: 2000 was launched…
Brief Description of 5e Classes and Subclasses (Ideal to Show to your Players), Part 5
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10 best worker-placement games
Worker-placement board games offer extremely strategic play experiences, pushing players to devise complex tactics to make the most out of…
Rogue Squadron- Don’t Get Burned
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D&D: Need A Villain For Low Level Adventures? Try One Of These Five Monsters
Low-level adventures are the most popular out there right now. Want a monster to shake things up? We’ve got you…
Gamemaster Tips and Tricks with Jason Brick
Writer and game designer Jason Brick drops in on the podcast to discuss running tabletop role-playing games. Jason has written…
Kobold Press Now on TeePublic
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Flash Gordon is being turned into a card game for its 40th anniversary
Flash Gordon is getting a tabletop card game adaptation, announced to mark the cult sci-fi film’s 40th anniversary. Flash Gordon:…
D&D’s Most Dangerous Game: Pool Of Radiance – Prime
When you die in this game, you won’t die in real life–but your computer might. Come on a journey back…
Steamforged Games Unveils 'Epic Encounters' Fantasy Miniatures Sets
'Epic Encounters: Shrine of the Kobold Queen' and 'Epic Encounters: Lair of the Red Dragon' Steamforged Games unveiled Epic Encounters:…
Top 5 Roleplaying Games–Fall 2020
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Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Games–Fall 2020
This chart of the Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Lines (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020. The charts are based…
Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Games–Spring 2020
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Top 10 Hobby Channel Card/Dice Games–Fall 2020
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Top 10 Hobby Channel Card/Dice Games–Spring 2020
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Top 10 Hobby Channel Board Games–Spring 2020
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Top Collectible Games–Spring 2020
These charts of the Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games, Top 3 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and Top 5…
Promising Spring Season Brought Low by COVID-19
The hobby games business started strong in the first two months of 2020, but was then brought low and transformed…
PRESS RELEASE: POWERED by the DREAMR RPG Zine Available Via DriveThruRPG and Itch.io
POWERED by the DREAMR, a Powered by the Apocalypse tabletop roleplaying game in a zine, is available now through DriveThruRPG and Itch.io. In POWERED…
Community Use Policy Update
Paizo’s Community Use Policy is a living document, and we’ve taken the opportunity to update it to make it more…
D&D Accessories: Dice Towers To Fall For
Whether you’re looking for something straight forward and simple or a one of a kind piece of art just for…
Creating a Code of Conduct for Your Event
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The Princess Bride is getting a co-op 'adventure book' board game
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Building a Pantheon: Creating Universal Gods
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RPG: Twilight 2000’s New Edition Kickstarter Is Coming Soon
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4–10 August 2020: Alexa; Cortex; Wanderhome
Like the rest of the UK we are slowly melting into buckets, and dreaming of a winter that we will…
That’s How I Roll: 3 Dice Are Better Than 1
I imagine almost anyone who reads this article has had experience with the d20 system and/or similar single-die task resolution…
Unleash the minstrels of pain! Mörk Borg, the metal role-playing game rocking lockdown
With its dungeons, entrails and metal-inspired hellscapes like The Hall of Cacophonous Screams, this Swedish game has hoovered up awards…
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe RPG on the way from D&D Beyond creator
Wield the Sword of Power in protection of Eternia or scheme to bring about its demise in Legends of Grayskull:…
Encounter of the Week: Jarlaxle’s Reversal
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Need A Goblin To Guard The Store? WizKids Has It Covered!
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Tabletop Gallery: Blood Angel & the Grave
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D&D Survey 2020
Help shape future D&D products by taking this survey! We want to hear about the reasons you play, the reasons…
This Week on Twitch, Aug 10 – Aug 16
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Join The Team!
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Sword Chronicle: Questions Answered, Plus the Chronicle System Guild
As Sword Chronicle undergoes the final sprint toward release we’ve fielded questions from social media, the GRAAD fan Discord server…
RPG: By The Power Of Grayskull – There’s A Masters Of The Universe RPG
It’s time to grab your magic sword, hold it aloft and get ready to wield fabulous secret powers–a Masters of…
D&D: Combat Wheelchair Makes Splash With WotC Staff, Critical Role’s DM, But Not All Agree
D&D has a combat wheelchair now, much to the delight disabled gamers, WotC Staff, and Matt Mercer–but not everyone is…
Force Wizard – Endure Force Power
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“We had big dreams!”: Dice Throne Adventures creators on going co-op and making 'Gloomhaven Lite'
In the Dice Throne universe, the Mad King has been sitting on his throne for a thousand years. Immortal reign…
Crime caper RPG Fiasco’s new boxed second edition is out this week
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Level Up Survey #1: Broad Outlines
Thank you for taking the time for this survey about the upcoming game, codenamed 'Level Up'. Your responses in this…
Expanding Codex: Gloomflower
Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a gloomflower without modifying its challenge rating. Focused Scream.…
Fandom, Inc. Unveils 'The Masters of the Universe' Roleplaying Game
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Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital Team Up For 'Dune: Imperium'
Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital are teaming up to release Dune: Imperium, a new deck-building game, coming soon.…
Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital Team Up for 'Dune: Imperium'
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