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Let’s Look At Exploration
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Create the D&D Characters of your Dreams with the D&D Beyond Player Bundle!
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John Carter of Mars RPG bundle lets you explore the galaxy for under $10
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Tales From The Magician’s Skull: An Interview With Howard Andrew Jones (Goodman Games)
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D&D: How To Make Your Encounters More Dynamic
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DMs Guild Review: The Deck of Multitudinous Things
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Dragon Talk: Tony Diterlizzi
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Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: January 6, 2021
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Cuticorium – RPG You are a bug. There is little time…
We Be Life-Size!
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Druid 101: Circle of Stars (from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything)
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Bard – College of Mixology (5e)
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DUNE #6 – Illustrating Dune
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Dungeon Tables: Mildly Magical Curios
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Media Release: New Gamemaster Month 2021 has commenced, and RuneQuest is one of the featured games
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Monthly Encounter #17: A Whitefang in the sewers (lvls 1-4)
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Writing Star Trek Novels with Keith R. A. DeCandido
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Rogue Squadron- TIE Specialists
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The World Of Darkness – From 90’s Kings To The End Of White Wolf – Prime
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Apex Legends Launches A New Fight Night Collection Event
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Paizo Has Launched The Pathfinder Guns & Gears Playtest
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You Haven’t Seen It – Karate Kid Part III
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Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Behind The Throne – Collector’s Edition
Do you like the Enemy Within but want to get your hands on a swanky new version? Check out the…
Pathfinder Society Playtest Rules: Gunslinger and Inventor
Welcome to 2021! How about a playtest to start off with a bang? After not participating in the Pathfinder Secrets…
Shooting Toward a New Horizon
Over the past couple months, there’s been a lot of speculation about what our next book might be, and what…
D&D Hit Point Trackers – RPG Accessories
Keep your hit points, spells and sometimes even class specific abilities organized with these beautiful and easy to use HP…
Enchanted Trinkets II Has More Enchanted Trinkets For Your 5th Edition Game
More enchanted trinkets for your 5th Edition game in a new softcover compilation!More
Using Monsters Beyond their Stat Block: Orcs
Today let’s take a look at the most fearsome of foes, Orcs, and how to use them beyond their stat…
RPG: Check Out The Merchants Of The Void
Come take a look at the next installment in Starfinder’s adventure path for roguish scoundrels who aim to misbehave. Would…
Tabletop Alliance Non-Profit Organization Created to Enhance Educational and Community Programs
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Goodman Games Announces a New 'Dungeon Crawl Classic' Based on a Fred Saberhagen Novel Series
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D&D: Three New Settings Coming Soon – But Which Ones And When?
With 2021 looming and at least three classic D&D settings in the works, the question remains, which ones, and when?…
That’s How I Roll: Top 5 Generic RPGs
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Embryo Machine brings the mecha battles of Gundam and Evangelion to the tabletop
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Catalyst Game Labs Will Release ‘Shadowrun: Collapsing Now’ in Q1
A New Runner Resource Book for 'Shadowrun RPG'
Catalyst Labs Will Release 'Shadowrun: Collapsing Now' in Q1
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2021 Warhammer Resolutions
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Toy Gallery: For the Emperor
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Join Paizo and Level Up Dice
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D&D: Five Adventures To Start Off Your New Year’s Campaign
It’s the start of a new year and it’s time to kick off your next campaign. But where to begin?…
Get RPG characters inked up with the Tome of Tattoos supplement for D&D 5E
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Pathfinder: The Pocket Gamemastery Guide – Big Advice, Little Book
Pathfinder 2nd Edition will soon have a pocket sized Gamemastery Guide out, as long as your pockets are from the…
City of Cats Wallpapers
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A Dark Crystal RPG is coming from the creators behind the Labyrinth Adventure Game
Explore the planet of Thra and discover the mysteries behind the Crystal of Truth in The Dark Crystal Adventure Game,…
D&D: Diversity Troubles Loom For WotC Heading Into 2021
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Astral Projections – It’s 2021 At Last!
As I write this, 2020 is almost over, and 2021 will be a few days old when you read it.…
Paizo Announces a Brand-New 'Starfinder RPG' Technology Rulebook
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Wizards of the Coast Unveils a Buy-a-Box Promo and a Release Date for 'Time Spiral: Remastered'
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WFRP: Volume 3 Of Enemy Within Is Here – Pre-Order Power Behind The Throne Today
The next stage of the Enemy Within campaign is up for pre-order from Cubicle 7. Come take a look at…
Level Up’s Monsters: The Stat Block
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Rolling for Initiative — January 2020 Predictions and RIP Jackie Cassada
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Ringing in the New
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RPGs We Loved In 2020
Boy 2020 sure was a year wasn’t it? But for all that, there were some pretty amazing games released this…
D&D: Mordenkainen’s Tome Of Foes Brings The Monsters
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Why Critical Role and Binging with Babish Were the Best TV of 2020
With 2020 in the books and all the retrospectives done, it's time to face some cold, hard facts: broadcast network…
A Caroling Horse (Of Course. Of Course.)
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Awesomsticks 2020 Year in Review
It's been an up and down year for Awesomsticks, but there are good things coming in 2021. The post Awesomsticks…
One-on-One Roleplaying: Problems to Plan for and Avoid in Your One-on-One Game
One of the reasons we started writing about playing 5th Edition with just two people was that it brought us…
RPG Review – Monsters of the City
Welcome to the Finder’s Archive and a review is what we have in store for you this week. 😊We take…
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021!
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Leomund’s Tiny Problem
Today I want to talk about Leomund’s tiny hut, which for brevity I’ll be calling LTH for the rest of…
Warhammer 40K: Litanies Of The Lost’s First Adventure – Duty Beyond Death
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Thursday Art Assault – Fellmoon Blade
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Organized Play Review of 2020
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Aliens Among Us–Alien Archive 4 Unveiled, Part 4
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A Look Back at Tribality’s Articles and Publications in 2020
2020 has been a long and difficult year. For our writers (and many of you out there too) tabletop RPGs…
A Look Back – Tribality’s Top Articles for 2020
2020 has been a long and difficult year. For our writers (and many of you out there too) tabletop RPGs…
Look At Our Cover Art!
This gorgeous wraparound cover art is by Alba Palacio. It features four of our ‘iconic’ characters engaging in an exploration…
Southlands Kickstarter: Final Hours
Do you hear that belching sound coming from the warrens? No, that’s not the kobolds making rude noises—it’s the marker…
2020 Was A Year Alright, Even For RPGs – Here Are The Highs And Lows
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Conventions
Critical Role
Cypher System
Dungeons & Dragons
General
Kickstarter
Pathfinder & Starfinder
Reflecting Back: Some of Egg’s Favorite 2020 RPG Articles
2020 was a hard year for so many as we, as a planet, dealt with untold tragedies throughout the world.…
WFRP: Middenheim City Of The White Wolf Is Up For Pre-Order
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Pathfinder Bounties Offer Ease and Adaptability
“An older halfling woman in bright clothes quickly approaches, a large golden wolfhound at her side. She places herself before…
Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: December 30, 2020
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Cat Knights – 54mm Minis Welcome, dear friends! Blood Carrot Knights…
GM’s Toolbox: Lost In The warrens
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Let’s Talk About Archetypes
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Let’s Play D&D With Grogu
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Midgard Alchemy: More Potion Formulations
There are several things to keep in mind when you are using these formulas for your campaign or for making…
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Rogue Review- Haunted Mansion- Call of the Spirits
A year ago, my family went on a big trip to Disney World. The first reports of Coronavirus were coming…
The Monster First in Tabletop RPGs with Lucas Zellers
The host of the Making a Monster podcast Lucas Zellers joins me on the podcast today. We discuss his monster’s…
The New Faces of Design
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Apex Legends Gets A New Stories From The Outlands Video
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RPG: Celebration Dice For The New Year
Roll initiative on the new year with these dice that will feel like a tiny New Year’s Eve party every…
Using Monsters Beyond Their Stat Blocks: Goblinoid Tactics
I know I promised to discuss Orcs in last week’s article, but I had a realization that I missed something…
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The Last Minis Preview (of 2020)
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Rolling for Initiative — Notable Events (Besides the Epidemic) of 2020
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
A 'State of Level Up' Address!
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What are the best board games and RPGs of 2020? The team decides in a special GOTY Dicebreaker Podcast!
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Copyright Wizards of the Coast. Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.In this column, we take some of…