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Gamegenic, CMON, Tie Up on Accessories
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Encounter of the Week: Icewind Mail
The new D&D adventure is a fantasy horror story set in the frigid land of Icewind Dale. This Encounter of…
Achievement Points (AcP) and Free RPG Day
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July 2020 Starfinder Society Releases
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Dark Horse Comics and Studio71 Games Reveal New 'The Umbrella Academy Card Game' Deets
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Magic: The Gathering’s hugely entertaining new format Jumpstart is the perfect introduction to the TCG
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DUNGEONS & DISINTEGRATORS: Netherwar part 3 – Broken Strings
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Renegade Calls 'Tea Dragon Society' for 'Autumn Harvest'
Autumn Harvest: A Tea Dragon Society Game will be a fully-compatible standalone sequel to the award-winning Tea Dragon Society Card Game. …
Viking video game Northgard heads to Uncharted Lands in board game spin-off
Hit PC strategy game Northgard has become the latest video game to be turned into a board game. Northgard: Uncharted…
Dungeons & Dragons co-op board game Adventure Begins announced, out in October
A new co-op Dungeons & Dragons board game, Adventure Begins, has been revealed ahead of its release this autumn. Adventure…
Get Root: The RPG’s quickstart rules and a new adventure for free this weekend
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Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters for D&D 5E: An Interview With Morrus (EN Publishing)
My first article for EN World, a subsidiary of EN Publishing, went live on May 31, 2017, and I’ve been…
Point Salad creators’ next game is like Patchwork but with doughnuts
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Have something interesting to say about games? Submit your talk and panel ideas for EGX Digital and PAX Online
Talk, panel and workshop submissions for this year’s EGX Digital and PAX Online mega celebration of games are open! EGX…
Thursday Art Assault – Forever into the Night
‘Forever into the Night’ – J Edward Neill – 2020 See more doomed ship paintings at Share this: Like this:…
Encounter of the Week: Frost and Fear in Fireshear
Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part two of this mini-series of adventures in Icewind Dale and…
Free RPG Day 2020 Is Almost Here!
Free RPG Day 2020 Is Almost Here! Wednesday, June 22, 2020 The new and improved Free RPG Day is Saturday…
Starfinder Battles Launch Today!
Starfinder Battles Launch Today! Wednesday, June 22, 2020 Now available, Starfinder Battles: Galactic Villains and Starfinder Battles: Galactic Heroes prepainted…
Cutie Marks & Dragons
My Little Pony x Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Collection Fandoms collide with the My Little Pony Crossover Collection—the first expanded…
D&D Adventure Begins
Your Fast, Fun Entry into the World of D&D Step into the exciting world of D&D with the Dungeons &…
First Thoughts: Neverland – The Impossible Island
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“We're not trying to make fun games. We're trying to make good games”: Root, Pax Pamir and Oath designer Cole Wehrle argues on (and off) the tabletop
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Wavelength and Monikers creators’ next game is a fuzzy spin on Jenga
Fashion a tower of finicky fluffballs in The Fuzzies, a dexterity game from the creators of party hits Wavelength and…
Rogue Review- 9th Level Games Hosted Online Play
Thanks to the connections of d20 Radio’s very own Egg Embry, I played in 9th Level’s Game very first hosted…
West End Games Star Wars to D&D to Elder Scrolls Online with Bill Slavicsek
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‘Pathfinder 2E’ Humble Bundle Committed to Diversity and Social Justice
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Warlock’s Apprentice: Horror in Roleplaying
Chances are you’ll only take a trip to Midgard’s Blood Kingdom if your gaming group enjoys a fair bit of…
Make a Hollywood movie with friends in co-op dice game Roll Camera
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Wingspan designer’s next board game Mariposas has a release date
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Everdell, A War of Whispers and Black Orchestra devs open indie tabletop studio Quillsilver
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How To Get Published Panels
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Gen Con 2020: Events Tome of Knowledge
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Iconic Encounter: Striking Thirteen
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Dishonored: The RPG review – video game’s world soars while its gameplay sags
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Roleplay in Combat
Of the three pillars of Dungeons & Dragons (or any tabletop roleplaying game for that matter), roleplaying is the glue…
Take the Kobayashi Maru test in the latest free supplement for RPG Star Trek Adventures
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That’s How I Roll: Dr. Strangedice or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love FFG Star Wars
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Comic book turned Netflix series The Umbrella Academy is now a card game
Face legions of villains as a family of unlikely superheroes in The Umbrella Academy, an upcoming board game adaptation of…
Warhammer Humble Bundle includes Blood Bowl 2, Deathwatch, Battlefleet Gothic and more on PC for £10
Pick up a bevy of Warhammer PC games for just over a tenner as part of the latest Humble Bundle…
Here We Come A’Slithering!
Here We Come A’Slithering! Monday, July 20, 2020 Illustration by David Astruga This month we’re proud to release our newest…
Survey: Feats
Take our latest Unearthed Arcana survey. Last time, Unearthed Arcana presented a selection of new feats for Dungeons & Dragons.…
This Week on Twitch, July 20 – July 26
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Sorcerer 101: Wild Magic
It’s time to go beyond the Basic Rules. In this week’s Class 101, we examine the Wild Magic sorcerer, a…
Spell Spotlight: Healing Word and Spiritual Weapon
Spell Spotlight puts D&D’s most turbulent spells under a microscope. This time, two mighty low-level spells that form the core…
Host Panel for the 2020 ENNIE Awards Announcement
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How to play Pokémon TCG Online: Get started on PC and mobile
The Pokémon TCG has been a constant presence in the world of card games for over 20 years, and constant…
Root digital is coming to mobile and PC later this year
Engage in all-out woodland warfare on mobile and PC with a digital version of acclaimed board game Root, set to…
Mythic Odysseys of Theros Breakdown, Part One
Okay, yes, I could have written this way back when its text dropped on D&D Beyond, but as it turns…
The Spice Domain
The Spice Domain is a domain for those non-combat focused clerics who love to cook or want to be able…
Spiel des Jahres 2020 winners: Pictures and The Crew collect ‘Game of the Year’ awards
The winner of the 2020 Spiel des Jahres, Germany’s top prize for the best board game of the year, along…
Super Mario Monopoly and Jenga are being released to celebrate the video games’ 35th anniversary
Buy up locations from across Super Mario Bros. history or scale a tower to challenge Bowser in upcoming versions of…
Expanding Codex: Fulminar
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Pathfinder 2E Humble Bundle includes RPG’s core rulebook, adventures, maps and more from under £5
Get the second edition of fantasy RPG Pathfinder along with hours of adventures, maps, characters, novels and more for under…
Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 was almost a ‘sixties Bond film’ with a working slide projector
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New Player’s Guide: Character Relationships
The best characters in fiction form meaningful relationships with each other, allowing these relationships to help them grow. That’s what…
Encounter of the Week: Ambush at Aurilssbarg
Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part three of this mini-series of adventures in Icewind Dale and…
Storm Edge Campaign Setting 7: Kijin (Goliath Variant of The Eight Isles)
Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are delving into Ryujin…
Tales of Lost Omens: Rebirth
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PRESS RELEASE – Token Terrors: An Uncontainable Gaming Experience
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Token Terrors: An Uncontainable Gaming Experience New game featuring multi-use miniatures to launch on Kickstarter JULY 9,…
Free RPG Day is July 25th, 2020
Free RPG Day is on July 25, 2020 this year. It’s more important than ever to get out to your…
No-Prep Character: Duhgik
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Has Anyone Seen Bucky?
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New Player’s Guide: Customizing Spells
Welcome to the latest installment of New Player’s Guide. This week, we’re talking about customizing and reflavoring spells, a skill…
“I feel like we told a good story”: Pandemic Legacy creators Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau on ending the series at its beginning
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Magic: The Gathering’s new Jumpstart format aims to take the effort out of making a deck
Magic: The Gathering has a new format that boils building a deck down to the bare basics. In Jumpstart, players…
Midgard Ley Magic: Expanded Ley Line Effects
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Sacred Rites is a new social deduction game inspired by horror film Midsommar
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Dixit and Mysterium studio Libellud has been acquired by Catan, Pandemic and Ticket to Ride owner Asmodee
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Magic: The Gathering Core Set 2021 draft guide: How to draft M21
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New Character Options for Pathfinder and Starfinder Society Play
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Silver and Steel Episode 6: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 revealed as Cold War spy thriller set in the 1960s – watch the exclusive cinematic trailer
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Returning to Icewind Dale in ‘Rime of the Frostmaiden’
Pre-Order Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden on D&D Beyond to unlock pre-order rewards, including digital dice: https://dndbeyond.link/RIme Chris Perkins…
Thursday Art Assault – The Death of Yestereve
‘The Death of Yestereve’ – J Edward Neill – 2020 Satisfy your art fix at Share this: Like this: Like…
Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall is an RPG about cooking and vampires
Manage a family restaurant by day and battle vampires by night in Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, a tabletop…
Arthurian legend movie The Green Knight is getting its own tabletop RPG next month
Seek out the formidable Green Knight as a party of adventurers in a new roleplaying game based on the upcoming…
10 best sports board games
High school movies would have you believe that board games and sports belong to two very different worlds. The sports…
Iconic Encounter: A Cold Day In Hell
Iconic Encounter: A Cold Day In Hell Wednesday, July 15, 2020 “COLLISION IN THIRTY SEC...” Keskodai punched a flashing…
Pathfinder Second Edition Humble Bundle
Pathfinder Second Edition Humble Bundle Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Last month, Paizo reiterated its commitment to diversity and racial justice;…
Worldbuilding with Magic
Few D&D adventures end without something magical happening. Whether helpful or harmful, magic appears frequently in the life of an…
Questions with Some Answers
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