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

Are you ready to level up your 5E game? Level Up, the standalone 'advanced 5E' backwards compatible tabletop RPG! Kickstarter…

Courts of the Shadow Fey! The stand-out adventure of shadowy fey and courtly intrigue, Courts of the Shadow Fey is…

Level Up is the working title or codename for an upcoming standalone tabletop roleplaying game. This game is conceptualized as…

You know how it goes, one minute you’re exploring milennia old ruins, the next you’ve accidentally unleashed an aeons old…

Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are introducing a new…

In a break from the scheduled post we promised in our previous blog, this week seemed a prudent point to…

Suit up, pick out your team and jump into the twelve meter tall mech of your choice, this week we’re…

While the writers of our Paizo products are always credited in the front and back of the books, a simple…

Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry…

Twenty years ago, at Gen Con in August of 2000, Green Ronin Publishing released one of the very first adventures…

On this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt is joined by consulting detective Wheels and street urchin Meehan to talk about Wheels’…

If you enjoyed Remedy’s Control released last year, or if you’re a fan of the SCP Wiki, you’ll love In…

All images were taken from Mythic Oddyseys of Theros. Thumbnail image from the reviewed product’s cover After being one of…

Get a look at the character sheet for the upcoming RPG! Mantic did a large amount of research when they…

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

It’s August, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a magical set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic…

Dire Wolf, the co-maker of deckbuilding card game Clank!, has revealed that it’s currently working on Dune: Imperium - the…

By Gavin Dady In this update we will give you some target dates for the forthcoming releases. COVID-19 and the…

Bully Pulpit Games will release Fiasco: Boxed Edition, a new version of the classic roleplaying caper-gone-wrong game, on August 12.…

​ August Update— Release Schedule, Sanctioning, Spotlights and Conventions! Thursday, August 6, 2020 OPM Musings Wow. Eleven weeks. That is…

​ Iconic Encounter: Interesting Times At Okira Station Thursday, August 06, 2020 When the explosions started, Navasi’s first thought was,…

Court Rules, WotC Moves

Take a trip back to the Labyrinth and Eberron before becoming a Witcher and visitng the Feywild this month on…

Knowledge is power, but for a Mind Flayer, knowledge is also a seasoning that will make your brain even more…

Focus Home Interactive has announced a release date for the upcoming video game Necromunda: Underhive Wars – Mark your calendars!…

From creator of Carly Rae Jepsen RPG Boy Problems.

Undead creatures and spirits are at the heart of the latest Unearthed Arcana, with two new subclasses for the Bard…

A friend shared the Kickstarter of Jack Rosetree’s Tales of Pride, an adventure anthology for the Pretty Fairy Princesses RPG,…

Watch the Dicebreaker team attempt to steal a powerful magical artefact from a terrifying foe in a special Blades in…

Surprise! Is werewolf. No, sorry, I meant that it is a new Unearthed Arcana release, bringing us a new bardic…

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D&D Beyond subscribers rejoice! It's a brand-new, free set of digital dice for you to celebrate our third anniversary! Not…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Brass Rings Pocket RPG Brass Rings is a game of adventure…

Want new monsters? Come and get ‘em! Let Theros and Icewind Dale combine with the frigid cryohydra—plus two other many-headed…

Two spooky subclasses manifest in today’s Unearthed Arcana: the College of Spirits for bards and the Undead patron for warlocks.…

Starfinder has an interactive audio adventure out featuring the voices of Nathan Fillion, Laura Bailey, and more–available now on…Alexa? RPGs…

Thumbnail art from Grady Frederick Here at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to be added…

Step into a world of swaying grass and shaded creeks in Wanderhome, an upcoming roleplaying game that turns players into…

Baldur’s Gate 3 will be missing their August deadline for their Early Access release–but it looks like the game is…

Last week saw a lot of updates coming out of Fantasy Flight Games. First the points update on Tuesday and…

Patrick Kanouse is a longtime gamemaster and novelist. He joins me on the podcast to discuss running tabletop role-playing games.…

The first three episodes of sci-fi RPG Starfinder’s interactive game for smart home speaker Amazon Alexa have launched, starring Laura…

A GM’s work is never done, so to make things easier on you, we’re providing a series of tables to…

Let’s talk T’au, 9th Edition points changes, and a few key units you want to pay attention to. Let’s begin…

Announcing Starfinder, a new interactive Alexa game, featuring voice talent Laura Bailey, Nathan Fillion, and many more! Your browser does…

The Great Dalmuti is a card game that was published way back in 1995 by Wizards of the Coast. It…

Fish and duckies and bears, oh my! These dice will feel like your bringing your character’s familiar or your favorite…

Journalman level.

When I sought to create a blog that featured news about tabletop role-playing games, I discovered some things that have…

Today we start a new series in worldbuilding focusing on a heavenly subject: creating pantheons for your tabletop roleplaying game.…

An RPG designer has created a combat wheelchair for Dungeons & Dragons 5E, allowing characters with disabilities to more comfortably…

A new roleplaying game set in the Hellboy universe is in the works–soon you’ll be able to join the BPRD…

It’s awards season in gaming and oh boy do we have a lot to go through: the Diana Jones Award…

Cover Art by Eric Lofgren© 2016 Bill Edmunds. All rights reserved.As you may have read in previous articles of mine,…

Midnight, the popular 3rd edition D&D setting where the Dark Lord won the great war and conquered the world, is…

Comic book series Hellboy is being turned into a tabletop RPG with a Kickstarter campaign launching later this summer. Hellboy:…

Compete in a game of wits and luck with a fantastical twist in The Great Dalmuti: Dungeons & Dragons, a…

Games Workshop has unveiled Blood Bowl: Second Season Edition for release during the Holiday Season. COVID-19 may have cast doubts…

Cleaning Up the Standard and Pioneer Formats Before the Release 'Zendikar Rising' Wizards of the Coast issued a surprise update…

Wizards of the Coast has announced The Great Dalmuti: Dungeons & Dragons, ahead of the original The Great Dalmuti’s 25th…

New RPG Source Book, Adventure Book, and LCG Card Cycle or 'L5R'

A funny thing happened on the way to making Sword Chronicle. Sword Chronicle was based on the simplest of ideas:…

Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part seven of this ongoing mini-series. The characters have journeyed through…

Richard Garfield’s other other card game, The Great Dalmuti, is back with a Dungeons and Dragons twist for its 25th…

A Face-Paced Card Game of One-Upsmanship Sometimes you roll a 1... … and sometimes you roll a 20 and crush…

Ships of the Galactic Republic and the Separatist Alliance will be joining Fantasy Flight Games’ Star Wars:  Armada tabletop miniatures…

Gen Con was this past weekend–and though the convention was totally virtual, the games are all real. Today we’re looking…

For Tom Hanks, it was hardly the most auspicious start to a movie career. Before Forrest Gump, before Turner &…

©2014 & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. Millennia ago, the doran’enoks evolved on Arda I, a desert world which had once been…

(Author’s note: I’m picking up where I left off numerically) One of the classic D&D tropes is a party entering…

Exploring Eberron, a new book by creator Keith Baker, expands the world and adds seven new subclasses, seven “Eberronified” races,…

This year’s ENnie Awards winners have been announced, naming the best tabletop RPGs of the last 12 months as voted…

The inquisitors of Kammae know how to strike at their foes’ weakest spots. The priests of the Moon Goddess know…

This year’s Diana Jones Award, an annual prize that recognises “excellence” in the tabletop gaming industry, has been given to…

Gen Con Online News: Paizo, Inc. announced that it will teams up with Beadle & Grimm's, makers of premium D&D…

40K is getting new start sets next week, Star Wars ARMADA has Clone Wars teasers, we talk about Eberron, Pathfinder…

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is having a flash sale as Gen Con closes–come look at these WFRP starter sets while you…

Paizo released a ton of new books in physical form to celebrate this year’s Gen Con. Everything from Lost Omen:…

Magic robots, robot magic, and a whole lot of swashbuckling, spying, and scheming abound in the world of Eberron. That’s…

Free League Publishing – Aug 01, 2020 15:09 BST It was quite a night for Free League Publishing at the ENNIE…

Wizards of the Coast aren’t the only ones putting out an updated Curse of Strahd. Beadle & Grimms has confirmed…

​ Tales of Lost Omens: Connections Friday, July 31, 2020 Toulon flipped through the pages of the report, keeping one…

We’ve covered character creation, equipment, campaigns, and more. Now that you’re fully prepared and ready for battle, you need to…

Watch the Gen Con Online 2020 recording of “Paizo 2020 and Beyond.” Erik Mona’s presentation starts 30 minutes into the…

Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are introducing a new…

PRESS RELEASE The Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide, Starfinder Starship Operations Manual, and Pathfinder Lost Omens: Legends lead 15 new July…

Media Release: for immediate release Does Love Forgive? – a special surprise release from Chaosium for Gen Con 2020! Does…

Free League Publishing “Crypt of the Mellified Mage” Module For Award-Winning Forbidden Lands RPG Launched Today Free League Publishing –……

Prepare your spacesuit and find Jonesy, on this week’s RPG spotlight we’re fighting xenomorphs with the Alien Roleplaying Game. A…

Free League Publishing Destroyer of Worlds For The ALIEN RPG Launching September 8 Alongside Starter Set Free League Publishing –……

Free League Publishing Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying Launched Free League Publishing – Jul 28, 2020 13:00 BST Vaesen –……

Free League Publishing Twilight: 2000 By Free League Coming to Kickstarter on August 12 Free League Publishing – Jul 31,……

In the Soul Trade, on an alternate Earth warped and twisted into a cruel imperial state, the conspiracy called Aethon…

: Gains insight on the area that the party is exploring. Learns lore-based information of the DM's choosing on a…

Beadle & Grimms, the company that makes luxury D&D boxes full of props, maps, handouts, and more has announced a…Pathfinder…

In a slightly truncated episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt, Lolies, Johnny and Meehan gather to discuss the bevy of…

(Photo: Paizo) Pathfinder 2E's next major expansion will be Secrets of Magic, a new rulebook containing two new classes. Yesterday,…

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.Today, I return to an old favorite of mine: Genres. I’ve previously…

In a new reveal that shows just how far Baldur’s Gate 3 will go with the lore of the game,…