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

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

Juneteenth Flag, credit Nafsadh, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, celebrates June 19, 1865, the day when the…

It’s been a few months since we last checked on our adventurous friends in the town of Otari, but you…

Branching Timelines Long before Loki was swept up into a multiverse of adventure along branching timelines with the TVA, EN…

Whether you’re partial to the shoe phone, the pen camera, or high speed car chases in an armored sports, there…

If you're new to Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), learning about the various classes, races, and spells can be an exciting dive…

Paizo LIVE is our monthly two-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about all things…

Hello again, this week we have news from Atomic Mass Games, Kromlech, Para Bellum Wargames, Scibor Miniatures, GCT Studios, Artel…

To make adventuring in the wilds compelling, you’ll want to make wilderness regions as unique as any city or dungeon.…

Into the Mother Lands is one of the most original RPG streams out there right now, and soon it’ll be…

Copyright Wizards of the CoastHi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of…

The doors have been thrown open for WotC’s DM Challenge–now it’s time to find out if you have what it…

One of the most controversial times in D&D was when they made the jump from 3.5 Edition to 4th, and,…

The HeroQuest roleplaying game series will no longer be on sale from next month due to a transfer in trademark,…

Tabletop roleplaying games are a world of wonder. They allow us to explore things wholly imaginary through frameworks of dice,…

Also, Sets Feature Card Art by Mark Poole, Jen Bartel, Fiona Staples, and Dan Frazier Wizards of the Coast revealed…

‘Serenity of Shadow’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Find more vivid, surreal art at…

Magic the Gathering is getting some amazing new Secret Lairs, including the D&D Saturday Morning Cartoon, Mark Poole’s classic cards,…

The Starfinder Galaxy Operations Manual has released, opening up not just brave new frontiers of exploration, but also unleashing a…

Magic: The Gathering’s most recent big Secret Lair bundle, called the All-Natural, Totally Refreshing Superdrop, brings several unique collections to…

PAX Online 2021 PAX Online is happening July 15–18, 2021 and we’re bringing Paizo Organized Play events to the convention.…

Modiphius Entertainment, the tabletop gaming company credited for creating the Achtung! Cthulhu wargame, Elder Scrolls: Call To Arms, and Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, has…

Last week we announced the Year of Shattered Sanctuaries, and this week we’re taking a closer look at the three…

D&D Beyond subscribers, rejoice! June's free subscription perk is a set of Sanguine Dice, a delightfully bloody digital dice set…

Have you ever wondered what it’d be like if Jack Black played D&D? Well next month is your chance to…

A new tabletop RPG based on SCP - the collaborative online writing project best known as one of the key…

Baldur’s Gate III and Dark Alliance are only the beginning. According to WotC’s president Chris Cocks, video games are the…

Momatoes, a tabletop RPG creator in southeast Asia, has a new gaming project on Kickstarter, one that has a great…

Find the Emerald City and join the Lollipop Guild in the Adventures in Oz roleplaying game books for Dungeons &…

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - The Board Game will apparently contain “literally hundreds of hours of gameplay” spread amongst…

Three new Warhammer role playing sourcebooks were announced for September release by Cubicle 7, including one Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay:  Wrath…

Wizards of the Coast will relaunch the use of WPN play metrics for determining Magic: The Gathering product allocations starting…

An all-star line-up of film stars, musicians and comedians are set to play Dungeons & Dragons for charity next month.…

WizKids revealed D&D Icons of the Realms Miniatures: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight miniatures products for release in October. The…

“Are you lost, child?” Hioba stared up at the golden leaves and the large golden trunk of one of Forest…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Pride Dice Buddies Everyone can roll with the tiny…

I’m highlighting a new DM’s Guild release today: “Make-Up Mayhem” by Sharang Biswas, with illustrations by Mary Georgescu. This supplement…

Today we have some news about D&D Live 2021! Dungeons & Dragons and G4 have teamed up to bring D&D…

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Enjoy this Guest Blog from our friends at Giochi Uniti with an update on the Pathfinder Arena board game. Download…

“It is quite simple to spot a ratatosk living in Midgard. If you see a squirrel, ask yourself one of…

Honestly you’re probably not prepared for V:tM Swansong either, but Leysha the Malkavian blew us all away at E3. Have…

All art comes from the reviewed productIn today’s article, I’ll be talking about a new product from the DM’s Guild…

Step into the shoes of fallen angels, demons, ancient gods and dragons in Defiant, an RPG co-created by Katarzyna Kuczyńska…

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

Role-player and audiobook narrator Zac Katz-Stein joins me on the podcast today. The discussion ranges from dungeon master advice to…

Uk’otoa marks the first release from Darrington Press, the publishing company founded last year by Ivan Van Norman - owner…

Fans of Dungeons & Dragons can expect to see many more video game adaptations of the roleplaying game coming in…

Renegade Game Studios will release a Vampire: The Masquerade 5E Storyteller Screen and Dice Set in Q3. The Vampire: The…

Steamforged Games announced The Sacred Land Expansion, for Horizon Zero Dawn Board Game,  which will release on September 14. Players…

I love horror movies. Since I was around 9 or 10, I’ve loved them. Somehow, I managed to watch the…

The PaizoCon Online 2021 panels are going up on Youtube, so you can watch them again or see what you…

Attention: Zo! I’ve attached files containing the transcript of Live Audition Extreme! along with the raw footage you requested and…

Now that Critical Role’s second full length story arc has come to a close, you may not know what to…

We can’t tell you what it is, but if you want a glimpse of what WotC has planned for D&D,…

The Fiend category of monsters offers a huge array of truly wicked monsters to throw at your party. These spawn…

Renegade Game Studios will publish the Second Inquisition Sourcebook, for Vampire: The Masquerade 5E, which will hit stores in October.…

A roleplaying game inspired by reality TV shows such as Top Chef and Project Runway has hit Kickstarter. I Came…

According to an update from WotC’s head of D&D, Ray Winninger, five new settings are in the works including two…

Sentinel Comics The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook CoverA few weeks ago I took a look into the character building rules…

Finding the time and knowledge to craft decks for trading card games such as Magic: The Gathering can be a…

It’s been months since designer Spencer Campbell launched then subsequently cancelled Frame, his tabletop RPG inspired by the Warframe video…

This week: Critical Role announces a brand new campaign set in Exandria, with a new Dungeon Master taking the helm.…

Investigate mysteries in a 1980s inspired world with Dark Places & Demogorgons, a roleplaying game currently featured in a Bundle…

Hi everybody! This is the start of a new weekly column in which we'll round up all the news from…

Don’t worry Dominus, we’re perfectly safe across this chasm… Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure.…

Ships of the Expanse is so close we won’t even experience any time delay on this transmission. Ty has signed…

Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a storm maiden without modifying its challenge rating. Elemental…

On this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt and Wheels are joined by Dizzy Roseblade, the talent behind Dungeons & Dragons rap…

WotC might have announced two books this past week, but yet another lurks between them, according to the head of…

© 2021 Disney/LucasFilm Ltd.Brezaks are carnivorous flying creatures native to Zygerria. Their somewhat stumpy, leathery “wings” are partially webbed between…

A 1999 Pokémon Unlimited Base Set Booster Box containing cards from the trading card game’s original English language release is…

Two new books for the horror roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade 5E are set to be released later this year.…

Renegade Game Studios announced The Book of Nod, a sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade RPG, which will hit retail in…

One list made it all the way to the top against over 200 players at the ACO 2021. But it…

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

Do you consider yourself a good DM? What about the best? Now’s your chance to find out if you are…

Renegade Game Studios revealed today that Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition will be getting four new additions this year. The…

ACE!s In Our Sleeves It’s been a few weeks. After a sneak peek at a new Rogue Trooper supplement and…

The team behind Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf’s Kings Quest are back with a new board game with plenty of backstabbing…

Today during the 300th Episode of Dragon Talk, Dungeons & Dragons revealed their plans for D&D Celebration 2021, including a…

Pathfinder is one of the most popular games on the market and the only RPG to ever dethrone D&D as…

The PaizoCon Online 2021 panels are going up on YouTube, so you can watch them again or see what you…

Welcome back to another issue of Outside the Box – this week with news from Infinity, Para Bellum Wargames, Wargame…

Renegade Game Studios will release Sabbat: The Black Hand, sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade RPG, in August or September. This…

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Perpetual war, the interminable policy of the Dragon Empire. Conquest in the name of the Dread Sultan. The endless machinations…

Dungeons & Dragons is the biggest tabletop RPG in North America, but in the coming years, WotC wants to take…

Copyright Wizards of the Coast.Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of…

The latest board game based in Frank Herbert’s expansive sci-fi universe of Dune will see a release this autumn. Dune:…

There is no edition of D&D more nostalgified than 2nd Edition. It’s at the root of 5th Edition, and in…

By Jon Webb Welcome to another #FalloutFriday Wastlanders. I wanted to start this month with some major news. Sadly, Wasteland…

Good news for people who are fans of actually getting to take their turn in Magic: the Gathering, Time Warp…

‘Nine Lives’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 ‘Nectar of the Night’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 ‘Black Number…

In today’s blog we celebrate the fathers and father figures in our community. As we pause to honor and reflect…

Artist: Maurice Risulmi With the Pathfinder Society’s attention focused on distant lands as of late, new threats have arisen closer…

Hot off the internet–Critical Role has announced their next show: Exandria Unlimited, an eight-episode mini campaign featuring a new cast…

This morning during their "State Of The Role" livestream, Critical Role announced a new miniseries for the summer called Exandria…

Mantic Games unveiled five new gothic-themed Terrain Crates for release into retail on June 21. The new Terrain Crates are…