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Paizo, Inc. revealed Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall, a new campaign setting book, which will hit stores in Q3…

Tabletop game projects funded and money raised were both up 22% on Kickstarter in the first half of 2021, behind…

The ocean is a realm of both beauty and terror. Gentle giants like whales can inspire awe in a swimmer,…

Today, let’s go through my initial thoughts on the new Kill Team Compendium. Hey everyone, Danny from TFG Radio here, What’s this…

Hello again from Geek Grind Coffee! We are passionate gamers and lovers of all things that celebrate art and imagination!…

The single most popular item in 5th Edition D&D is the humble dagger. Everyone from rogues to wizards to fighters…

Last time around I started this mashup between Modern AGE and Blue Rose without knowing how much I’d get into…

Dying in a decrepit tomb or some twisted mage’s bastion is one of the most time-honoured traditions of the tabletop…

That’s right folks, strap in your grav-harnesses, and make sure you’ve got plenty of ammo. A new one-shot is here…

When planning a campaign, a lot of energy and preparation time is spent on the main throughline or the main…

This week there’s yet another RPG to TV announcement, with a show based on the Exalted RPG headed to the…

Stone Blade Entertainment announced the Kickstarter launch of SolForge Fusion, a new hybrid deck game, which is scheduled to deliver…

Come and take a look at some more art spoilers from the upcoming adventure The Wild Beyond the Witchlight. Mr.…

Art by Tony DiTerlizzi Art by Tony DiTerlizzi This week we’re going to take another card from Magic the Gathering and figure…

Get a collection of roleplaying game content for nothing with this year’s Free RPG Day, including the likes of Pathfinder,…

Explore the Ninth World for less with the Numenera Discovery Bundle currently featured on the Bundle of Holding website. Focused…

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

Hi all! For this latest community blog, we’re celebrating Rosh Hashana, the New Year of the Jewish calendar, which begins…

If one of your adventuring party doesn’t cast a shadow, watch out, they may just be being stalked by their…

There are just a few weeks left in the open playtest period for Starfinder’s upcoming evolutionist class. If you haven't…

It’s a new month, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a feline-tastic set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or…

Beasts, wagons, merchant companies and more await you in a new campaign setting that looks to give 5th Edition a…

Lolies and Meehan are back in the pod booth as they join Matt to talk about what we’ve been playing,…

Survive a myriad of horrors haunting the Louisiana swamps in Gravemire, an upcoming tabletop roleplaying game set in the Bayou.…

Welcome back, my padawans and disciples. Today we begin our study of the Warrior Signature Abilities (SAs) from Knights of Fate, with…

The creator of the Forgotten Realms joins Dragori Games to Kickstart the world of Tanares, a new Campaign Setting with…

Make anthropomorphic heroes with tails, ears and hooves in The Delver’s Guide to Beast World, a new supplementary sourcebook for…

Take a look at everything from the new Wheel of Time trailer, to how to multiclass Paladins in D&D, to…

From notebooks to pens to pencil bags there are a ton of D&D accessories that are just as useful in…

Bahamut and Tiamat might be the gods of dragons, but there’s one to whom even they bow. Come and meet…

WizKids and Critical Role revealed this week that they're releasing a new line of Unpainted Miniatures straight out of the…

The Narrator quickly determines some details about the Region being traversed. We’ve already established that the Titan’s Garden is a…

Critical Role wrapped up Exandria Unlimited this past week, and now you can watch the cast’s Q&A and go behind…

Fizban's Treasury of Dragons will be chock-full of dragon goodness when it drops on October 19. The Dungeons & Dragons…

It’s Friday! Kick-off your weekend with this retro challenge for the old-schoolers out there. What ancient Games Workshop, 40K, and…

Hello again, and welcome to Outside the Box. This week we have news from Creature Caster, Para Bellum Wargames, Atomic…

Some locations—the wizard’s tower, the sunken temple, the haunted house—appear repeatedly in stories and adventures. In this series, we’ll explore…

DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announce Injustice, an Elseworld story about a superhero civil war between Batman and Superman.…

Yes friends it’s true, Wizards of the Coast is sponsoring an EFL League 2 team for the 2021/2022 season. A…

Our hero, our hero, claims a warrior's heartI tell you, I tell you, the Dragonborn comesWith a voice wielding power…

Family board game Super Mario Labyrinth has been slated for a US release, bringing a Mushroom Kingdom twist to a…

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic:…

Multiclassing in Dungeons & Dragons opens up a door of possibilities for PCs. Today we’re taking a look at how…

Dive into a science fiction world filled with potential in Stars Without Number, a roleplaying game that’s seeing its first…

With two new RPGs getting their very own television shows, it's important not to forget the cautionary tale that was…

An upcoming roleplaying game based on the beloved Transformers television series and toy line is coming from the publisher behind…

CMON announced that they will partner with Monsoon Digital to create a new series digital collectibles and promos using non-fungible…

Wizards of the Coast revealed new art-related details and card images for Innistad: Midnight Hunt, the next Magic: The Gathering…

The Worldwound. A cursed land that threatens all life. Not a wasteland, or the site of a natural disaster, but…

We raise our kazoos high in song to celebrate our very own Streaming & Video Producer, Dot, as she makes…

Secret doors are a longstanding tradition in Dungeons & Dragons, and just as longstanding a tradition: inventive ways to convince…

OPC Musings Those of you with high Perception modifiers will notice that this section has a new title. As of…

The Transformers, GI Joe and Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers RPGs are unveiled at last. Come take a look at the…

Tanares is a new tabletop RPG setting compatible with Dungeons & Dragons 5E that raised seven figures on its first…

Dungeons and Dragons’s VanRichten’s Guide to Ravenloft and Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of’s Book of Skelos explores different…

Come and take part in the virtual weekend of adventure, live games, and a preview of the Wild Beyond the…

Gen Con is back for 2021, with a slew of exciting upcoming board games for players to experience at the…

R. Talsorian Games, the RPG publisher behind Cyberpunk 2020 and Cyberpunk Red, has become the latest publisher to withdraw from…

Renegade Game Studios will release the Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook and themed accessories in March. In the Transformers Roleplaying…

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While the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay is usually on Wednesdays at 6 pm Pacific, we are taking the night…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Blurgh A party game of bad language, crazy drawings,…

Avatar Legends, the RPG of elemental bending and cabbages has broken many Kickstarter records, surpassing $8 million heading into the…

In every adventure, the heroes face adversity to win the day. Likewise, these thrilling new tools and tales have overcome…

Wizards of the Coast, creators of the premier trading card game Magic: The Gathering, have always been quite detail-oriented in their…

A live action television series based on the anime and mythology-inspired tabletop RPG Exalted has been announced. The adaptation will…

The G.I. Joe Roleplaying Game, based on the line of toy soldiers, has been officially unveiled by publisher Renegade Game…

Deserts and wastelands present a particular kind of challenge for adventurers. Though the landscape may look arid and vacant, there…

Tabletop games have already raised $146 million on Kickstarter in 2021, with more than two dozen projects individually breaking the…

Not one but two different RPG franchises have announced TV shows in development. Blades in the Dark and Exalted will…

It’s the 90s all over again, because D&D’s lead rules designer takes us all Behind the Music with Bards, celebrating…

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

DriveThruRPG’s Indie Publisher Representative Adriel Wilson joins me on the podcast today. We talk about the do’s and don’t of…

This week, John Harper’s hit RPG, Blades in the Dark, will get a TV adaptation; Virtual Tabletop platform, Role, raises…

Our Haunt, an upcoming roleplaying game about being a household of ghosts, is the next RPG from the publishing company…

Blades in the Dark, the dark fantasy roleplaying game about pulling off heists, is being adapted into a television series.…

Sequioa Games announced Flex NBA Trading Tile Board Game Starter Set and Series 1 booster set, which will hit stores…

Wizards of the Coast announced that it will sponsor the Leyton Orient FC, an EFL League 2 soccer team, for…

Today Nerds candy along with Dungeons & Dragons revealed the packaging for the new Nerds Gummy Clusters with a D&D…

Renegade Game Studios will release the G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook and accessories later this year. In the G.I.…

The first chapter of the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path, Kindled Magic, is now available and contains an article describing…

Mortal Combat Legends, Battle of the Realms releases today, and comedy superstar Joel McHale (Community, Stargirl) has once again been…

The creative duo behind popular mecha tabletop RPG Lancer has suspended development on three books originally crowdfunded through its Kickstarter…

​ Monsters and Dragons and Pirates, Oh My! Tuesday, August 31, 2021 After over a year and a half of…

D&D has countless worlds, as long as you can’t count very high. There are more than you’d think though! Everyone…

I really enjoyed writing Lost Ilium the other week. I didn’t know if the mashups were going to be a…

Side quests don’t have to be distracting fetch quests or the infamous escort quests so often present in MMORPG games.…

After Wizards of the Coast filed a new trademark for Netrunner, could a rebirth of the classic cyberpunk card game…

WizKids launched its D&D Prismatic Paint line of products, which are expected to hit stores in January 2022. This new…

The latest Bundle of Holding offers both sourcebooks for the detective-meets-urban myth RPG City of Mist, plus a collection of…

Creating a character for a roleplaying game is a labour of love. Coming up with a cool concept, poking and…

Multiclassing in Dungeons & Dragons can be a great way to add some flexibility, depth, and power to your character.…

The other week I posted an article about one of the current “conversations” around 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, specifically…

The Power Rangers Roleplaying Game will no longer be based on Dungeons & Dragons 5E, publisher Renegade Game Studios has…

WizKids released preview images of their first wave D&D Frameworks character packs (see "WizKids Launches 'D&D Frameworks'"). These miniatures will…

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Renegade Game Studios is morphin' into action as they will be releasing the Power Rangers Roleplaying Game later this year.…

The September 2021 product release date is scheduled for the 22nd, less than a month away. So, lets preview what…

What happens when you mix the worst aspects of a Giant Spider with the teleportation of a Blinkdog? Nightmare fuel…

It’s the height of summer and your adventuring party is wearing leather and metal–here are five spells to help beat…