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© 2021 Lunch Break HeroesThis just in! Lunch Break Heroes has less than a week left on its Kickstarter for…

After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2019, The Spy Game, an upcoming roleplaying game inspired by Spycraft, is seeing a…

By Andrew Peregrine In Dune: Adventures in the Imperium there are several character types that offer special powers and abilities.…

We’ve got everything from D&D’s latest controversy, to Star Wars’ CR90 and what to do with Cara Dune. Age of…

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

The Folk of the Feywild introduced some new player options and new lore for hobgoblins. Tell WotC what you really…

Have you ever released a card with art so experimental that the official company Twitter has to confirm it’s real?…

A majestic, many-spired fortress towering over the Sea of Swords, packed with hundreds of thousands of ancient books. This is…

It’s time to go back to Night City this week on RPG Spotlight as we take a look at a…

Unlucky For Some It’s a fair statement to say that we strive to include plenty of scenario hooks and adventure…

By Tommaso Grossi, Communication ManagerGiochi Uniti Srl, Italy The most recent update on Pathfinder Arena includes plenty of exciting news.…

Earlier we released the playtest candidate for our Warlock class. This is the accompanying survey.As always, it’s OK if you…

Comic stores ended 2020 on an up note, after what may have been the most challenging year ever for the…

Tabletop Simulator continues to be one of the best ways for groups to enjoy board games online, an activity that…

Now that the goals of the Harbingers of the Yawning Void have been made clear, their leadership identified, and their…

What this isThis is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then answer…

Here we go again, this week with news from Atomic Mass Games, North Star Military Figures, PAra Bellum Wargames, Artel…

Return to the massive structure on the brink of revolution - or chaos - with Sin, an upcoming sourcebook for…

One of Candlekeep Mysteries’ authors has requested their name be removed from future printings, claiming WotC changed the original work…

Well hello there! Welcome to the third (Part 1, Part 2) installment of the Dungeon Creation series. We’ve now looked…

Forbidden Games is poised to release the action-selection game Lizard Wizard into the hobby trade. The second game in Forbidden’s…

Magic: the Gathering Arena is live now on the Apple App and Google Play stores, now you can bring your…

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Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Architects of the Deep: Notice Boards Every tavern, in…

Heritage Auctions dropped the hammer at $21,600 on Splendid Genesis, an ultra rare Magic: The Gathering promo card, at their…

Both in the office and in our works, Paizo honors the presence of women creators and professionals in our spaces.…

Illustration by Sebastian Rodriguez The organized play development team prepared quite a few treats for the community this month. From…

Thumbnail image from Scooby DooWe’ve all heard about it. The classic “never split the party”. Why is it that people…

Visit worlds featuring diverse orcish cultures removed from harmful fantasy tropes using the Encyclopedia lore and toolbox book for Dungeons…

Can you survive one of the most famous dungeons in D&D? The Temple of Elemental Evil, reimagined for 5th Edition…

The investigators returned to their Cairo suite of rooms after visiting the deranged archaeologist laying low in the squalid storage…

Strap your miniatures to a rocket and light the ignition because an updated version of Five Parsecs From Home will…

WizKids announced Expansive Cave and Magma Chamber, two new Warlock Tiles: Game Mats, for release in August. The two new…

Will Niebling has been awarded the Rick Loomis Service Award for contributions to the games industry, the Game Manufacturers Association…

We recently connected with Pegasus Spiele U.S. Studio Editor Tim Huckelbery for an email interview to get more information on…

Warzone Charadon has a full detailed Chaos vs Adeptus Mechanicus campaign. Here’s what caught our eye! Warzone Charadon is hitting…

One of our goals with Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition was to create a more tactical combat system. But it…

Take our latest Unearthed Arcana survey. Last time, Unearthed Arcana wandered into the magical realm of the Feywild with playtest options…

...And I, fortunately, know a little magic It's a talent that I always have possessed And dear lady, please don't…

What probably began as just the space combat system within the Star Wars RPG became an entirely separate board game.…

Ready for more science-fantasy adventure?! Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio,…

All art belongs to MCDMRight before March finishes James Introcaso surprised me with another early copy of Arcadia. This is…

We’ve all been there–you’re exploring a dank, supposedly empty dungeon, when suddenly your DM starts rolling dice. Time to hide…

With all the chaos of the last year, it’s more important than ever for people to set aside their differences…

Dante’s Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy, is the inspiration for an upcoming roleplaying game supplement for Dungeons…

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

Ares Games announced Brancalonia RPG Setting Book, a Medieval Italian fantasy setting that is compatible with 5E rules, for release…

Chris Metzen, co-creator of Warcraft, Starcraft, and founder of the new Warchief Gaming studio is currently working on an epic…

A lot of things came out of AMG about X-wing this past week. First, the first new releases of products…

Ferdinand Leeke Zwergenkönig Laurin am Hof des Dietrich von BernTristian Zimmerman returns to the podcast to discuss the rose-realm of…

Google+, the social network your boss tried to get you to use, was actually surprisingly important to the RPG industry.…

Twenty years ago, GW launched the Tau, and the game has never been the same. Take a look at their…

I’ve obviously done my fair share of interviews on this site, but it’s always a bit crazy to find myself…

The brand new Magic: the Gathering action RPG is in open beta as of today. Will you have your combo…

After launching Warchief Gaming last year, Chris Metzen - the former vice-president for Blizzard and worldbuilder for titles such as…

Warchief Gaming, the tabletop publishing company co-founded by two ex-VPs of Blizzard, has announced its debut roleplaying game. Auroboros: Coils…

They say confronting one’s worst fears can strip them of their potency. Whether or not that’s true, players can explore…

Free League Publishing has revealed Symbaroum:  Alberetor – The Haunted Waste, the fifth adventure in The Chronicle of the Throne…

I have what seems like hundreds of characters ready-made, eager to throw them into the next campaign I get to…

There are lots of ways to deal dungeons and damage in Dungeons & Dragons, but with so many options, which…

'Cyberpunk RED Data Screen', 'Cyberpunk RED Data Pack', and 'Black Chrome' Sourcebook R. Talsorian Games announced three new products for…

Raise the sails and make sure there’s a scribe nearby to take all this down because storytelling RPG Agon has…

This week: the GAMA expo brings interesting insights into the RPG industry; an ill-thought-out Asian-themed sourcebook is pulled from production;…

In 1997 Wizards of the Coast bought Dungeons & Dragons from TSR, keeping the game in print. Now they’ve owned…

Image from The Dragon Prince, copyright WonderstormIn preparation for the upcoming Tales of Xadia release for the Cortex Prime system…

The thing about gathering a couple Jewish folks together to play two or three tabletop roleplaying games is that it’s…

Hi there, art lovers. Do you love art prints, but not so much framing? Do you prefer art that arrives…

Place your bets on this one. I’m stumped. Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think…

There’s a certain school of design that’s all about more; more sub-systems, more mechanisms, more chrome. The only thing these…

The world of D&D is just as awful as ours. Don’t believe me? Here’s five ways someone can slide right…

This week sees the release of Into the Idiot Box for Mutants & Masterminds, and Jason Keeley’s entry into the…

The protagonists of the classic Fallout games are similar in a few regards: they’re all human, and most of them…

There gets to be a point where traps are expected. It’s inevitable for meta-gaming to creep in, even unintentionally, particularly…

Tabletop RPG jams are known for pushing creative constraints on applicants, tasking them to conjure art unders specific circumstances or…

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Gen Con, one of the biggest tabletop gaming conventions out there has announced that they are back on–coming this September.…

Brainstorm campaigns for roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons 5E with The Deck of Many Quests, a collection of…

Antonna and Deanna, AKA “The Twins,” are a package deal. They prefer to work as bodyguards but also handle other…

By Fred Love, STA Contributing Writer Last year, Star Trek Adventures project manager Jim Johnson presented me with the exciting…

By John Houlihan Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 has had a wonderfully successful launch and we’re really glad so many of you…

Free RPG day will be held on October 16, 2021, organizers Gaming Days LLC announced, with a return to the…

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

Celebrate 15 years of trapsmithing, RPGs, and artisanal kazoo manufacturing with us! Yes, Kobold Press hits the big “one-five.” Enjoy…

Yesterday we released the playtest candidate for our Cleric class. This is the accompanying survey.As always, it’s OK if you…

What this isThis is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then answer…

The Black Atlantic After a short break for a new serial taking a look at the system that drives the…

Grab your Pip Boy and as many Nuka Cola caps as you can carry, this week we’re jumping into the…

The release of the Pathfinder Bestiary 3 is just over the horizon, and as a preview of the content you'll…

Grab a pitchfork and light the torches when sitting down to play Teeth: Night of the Hogmen, a new one-session…

Indie designer Spencer Campbell launched the Kickstarter campaign for Frame, a tabletop RPG “love letter” to Warframe on March 13th.…

On this week’s podcast, Matt’s been sailing Forgotten Waters, Meehan’s been seeing what we do in the shadows in indie…

A deeper, vested interest in the campaign, combined with the parity of responsibility for driving the story, often lead duet…

Playable humanoid tree-frogs were cut from Candlekeep Mysteries and we are all poorer for it. But don’t worry, they’re coming…

DC Comics announced The Last God HC for release on August 3. The Last God HC is a unique 448-page…

Welcome back to Outside the Box, this week with news from Knight Models, Infinity, North Star Military Figures, Artel W…

RPG designer Jason Nelson published a letter to Legendary Games’ website March 18th apologising for the “inherently culturally insensitive” Asian…

Wizards of the Coast updated the set names and release dates for their Q3 and Q4 Magic: The Gathering set…

Coming to Kickstarter this summer, the AWFULLY CHEERFUL ENGINE! is a roleplaying game of action comedy!More

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Longtime game retailer and GAMA officer and director Brian Dalrymple passed away of natural causes Wednesday night, March 17, according…