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It’s time to beautify your nerd cave and decorate your adventuring space as we take a look at some interesting,…

Back in the day, White Dwarf got its start as an RPG magazine. And today we’re taking a look back…

Any good story should have conflict, but not every conflict should be resolved with violence. While Dungeons & Dragons offer…

An upcoming RPG headed to Kickstarter later this year sees players racing - and rolling - against a real-life clock…

Absalom, the City of Lost Omens is one of the centerpieces of Pathfinder, literally, since its at the center of…

Last week we released the playtest candidate for our advanced Fighter class. This is the accompanying survey. As always, it’s…

One last big announcement from D&D Celebration 2020 — at least three classic D&D settings are in the works, and…

The character menu in Orna. This week I’d like to share a recent discovery I made while searching for new…

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Hasbro's Avalon Hill Announces a Retail Version of the New Edition Pending a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Hasbro's Avalon Hill announced…

Hasbro's Avalon Hill Announces a Retail Version of the New Edition Pending a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Hasbro's Avalon Hill announced…

Create a band of wandering fighters or vicious raiders with a new companion app for miniatures game Fallout: Wasteland Warfare,…

Mark Rosewater is back with a preview of and insight into the design of some of Zendikar Rising’s most popular…

“Wait wait wait! Everyone wave at the photographer!” Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think…

Whether it is the announcement of the Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide, the release of some recent Blue Rose products, or…

Check out what we have in store this week on Twitch! Also if you’re interested in running your own Pathfinder…

Win and enjoy the money or ruin someone’s night - completely - in a free tabletop RPG inspired by dinner…

Mojave Expansion Brings Fallout: New Vegas’ Factions to a Wasteland Tabletop Near You! Wargamers around the world can start planning…

On October 23, Corvus Belli will release the STAKEOUT:  Season 11 Event Tournament Pack for the Infinity tabletop miniatures game.…

Holy platonic solids, Batman! There’s an RPG in the works that aims to put you in the shoes of a…

13,000 years from now, in a universe where the death knells of an anthrochauvinistic human empire have shepherded the human…

Wizards of the Coast put its most diverse, inclusive foot forward with yesterday’s Celebration, using inclusive panels to showcase where…

“Try Before You Buy” is an occasional segment of Astral Projections. It spotlights free (or nearly free) supplements, quick-start rules,…

Hi there, everyone. It’s been one hell of a year so far. I’m not talking about the ‘Rona, the fires,…

PAX Online x EGX Digital has seen some excellent tabletop gaming panels take place this week, covering everything from living…

Paizo, Inc.'s Lost Omens series for its Pathfinder RPG continues with the announcement of two additional titles:  the Absalom, City of…

Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a devil shark without modifying its challenge rating. Amphibious.…

Stand against the Dark Lords on the brink of hell itself in a Planet Apocalypse RPG supplement for Dungeons &…

A new Batman tabletop RPG is headed to Kickstarter, courtesy of the studio behind board game Gotham City Chronicles. Batman:…

Hasbro teased the return of Heroquest, a popular dungeon-crawling game first published in 1990, with a reveal countdown clock that…

Forget Zendikar. The real thing on the rise right now in Magic: the Gathering is everyone’s favourite mode of play–Commander…

Periodically, the kobold crew will be sharing sneak peeks of some of the fantastic art set to appear in the…

Posted on Sep 20, 2020 | “Mind the edge, Steffil,” the caravan master, Polstin, cried out, struggling to be heard over the increasingly…

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

Dark Souls: The Board Game, Guild Ball and Godtear publisher Steamforged Games is launching a new dungeon-crawling board game on…

Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are delving deeper into…

Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day, and in our newest anthology Under the Black Flag, the blood and salt…

D&D Celebration is happening now! Games, panels, and more await you–get your chance to preview Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything today.…

Roll For Combat, a licensed partner of Paizo, is pleased to announce the debut of our newest Pathfinder Second Edition…

Choosing Sides Judge Cal didn’t just take control of Mega-City 1 overnight. Well, it did effectively happen in one fell…

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is all about horror and eerie encounters in the snowy wastes—with a few lighthearted…

Cortex lets you jump into any story in any universe, including some of your favorite TV shows, with an intuitive…

The Azlant Odyssey Let's get this out right away: It's an awesome feeling to complete an Adventure Path. As we…

I seem to have a thing for writing Blue Rose announcements in June but, given it is Pride Month, and…

This week’s episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Voodoo Ranger and My Journey to Catan. While Johnny’s away,…

Kobold Press’ new all-dungeon all-adventure campaign will take you into a massive dungeon complex for classic adventure in the latest…

Here we go again, with great news from Mantic Games, Wargames Atlantic, Artel W Miniatures, Infinity, Knight Models, Atomic Mass…

Reviews represent the opinion of the reviewer only and are intended to reflect upon the specific material reviewed.  The reviewer…

Tiny Tina is bringing the Assault on Dragon Keep to a tabletop near you, by way of Nerdvana games. Come…

The Emerald Order is a mystic cabal that jealously guards the Emerald Tablets, upon which the secrets of the universe…

After three months of feedback and testing, we're thrilled to announce that the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare mobile app by Jamie…

Wizards of the Coast has updated the status of the Zendikar Rising production delays, which they had originally issued earlier…

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

Death’s Companion stalks the Reik today as the newest book for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is up for pre-order with immediate…

Starfinder Data Jockey by Alexander Nanitchkov Several years ago, as part of the program assessment made at the time of…

In his offices in Skyreach, Ambrus leans on his desk, reading a parchment laying before him, then looks over at…

Starfinder’s latest adventure path is a high level romp through the Pact Worlds, but all that comes to a head…

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Smunchy Games has a deck-building tabletop RPG Kickstarter coming titled Parselings. Because the combination of cards and RPGs interests me,…

The D&D Celebration has a bonus preview of two of the new subclasses from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. Check out…

Japanime Games announced Kamigami Battles: Rise of the Old Ones board game to launch on Kickstarter in October 2020. This…

Source Point Press will release Gloomhaven: Fallen Lion, a one-shot comic book set in the universe of the Gloomhaven board…

Paizo, Inc. announced Lost Omens: Pathfinder Society Guide and Lost Omens Ancestry Guide, new books for the Lost Omens line…

Propped on his black toenails, Fumbus craned to see the bearings on the pretty brass compass. He swiveled an expectant…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Lucid Dream Enter the world of Lucid Dream created by the…

This month features Pathfinder premium figures, an undercover infiltration Pathfinder adventure, a fast-approaching threat from beyond the stars in Starfinder,…

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is here! This huge new adventure book is filled with opportunities for characters to…

Pathfinder continues to roll out the new announcements with a new adventure path headed for the Mwangi Expanse. Two books…

PAX Online x EGX Digital is here, one of the biggest virtual conventions taking place this year. We’ve dearly missed…

Thumbnail Image from the Groundhog Day movie Welcome to my time-traveling series in RPGs. Today we will be covering how…

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

The latest Adventurer’s League Guide contains new rules for customizing your PC, including custom racial ability score rules introduced in…

Ethlie Ann Vare was a writer on Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda Author, journalist and television writer Ethlie Ann Vare joins me…

Empire of the Ghouls is certainly a monumental achievement from the kobolds as the first hardcover-length adventure that spans 1st…

Wargames developer Charlie Perkins tells the tale of one of his early solo Delves during the development of Elder Scrolls:…

Hear RPG and board game designers discuss the model minority myth and its impact on their work and the tabletop…

In celebration of my upcoming novel release, I thought it was probably past time for a sale on my very…

Roleplaying in the grim darkness of the distant future just got a lot less murkier with the release of updated…

After judging hundreds of monster entries by an all-star lineup of professional RPG authors, the RPG Superstar 2020 contest is…

Release the Hogs! Was there an apocalypse, or is this a fever dream brought on by too many energy drinks?…

It may be time once again to hit the books, but adding spells to the spell book doesn’t have to…

We asked James Sheahan (designer of Fallout: Wasteland Warfare and the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare RPG expansion) to give us some…

The Strength of Thousands Adventure Path is coming in July 2021! This six-part, monthly Adventure Path takes characters from 1st…

So far we have looked at how to create a compelling villain and how to create their organization of evil,…

Pathfinder is digging into Afro-fantasy with a newly announced book. Explore a different side of fantasy and, visit the Mwangi…

Into the Mother Lands, an upcoming tabletop RPG made by POC creators, is being funded by and launched as an…

And finally, I can return to the keyboard following the rigors of life and the distractions of vacation!Moving forward, I…

Rime of the Frostmaiden wears fantasy horror to hide a magitech treasure race at its core. Is it a wintry…

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A list of the most influential board games of all time is about as boring as it is impossible. How…

It’s September, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a blood-soaked set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic…

Paizo, Inc. unveiled Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual, a new rulebook for Starfinder RPG, for release in Q2 2020. The Starfinder…

Paizo, Inc. announced Lost Omens Mwangi Expanse, a new book for Pathfinder RPG, for release in June 2021. Lost Omens…

Wizards of the Coast revealed that the Magic: The Gathering's Commander audience has tripled between 2018 and 2020. WotC released…

WYVERN GAMING TO LAUNCH KICKSTARTER FOR STARGATE ROLEPLAYING GAME INSPIRED BY HIT TELEVISION SERIES, SG-1TM Kickstarter to Launch, with Product…

Rain of Mercy takes players into the world of the 41st Millennium, gives them simple rules, and says “fix bayonets.”…

“Brother Drake – WE ARE LEAVING!” Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make…

Hey, there! Luis, here! Eleanor and I have been hard at work getting the next book in the Lost Omens…

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Check out what we have in store this week on Twitch! Also if you’re interested in running your own Pathfinder…