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The one-week Troikafest!, running from April 5th through the 11th, invites new groups and designers to join the tabletop RPG’s…

Two “classic” campaign books for Call of Cthulhu, Beyond the Mountains of Madness and Horror on the Orient Express, have…

With their new Kickstarter campaign for NeverEnding II, it felt like a good time to talk with Jamie VanDoren about…

Board games based on video games are a mixed bag, to say the least. There are some truly excellent ones,…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Encyclopedia: Lore Book & Toolbox Encyclopedia is a 360-page…

Today, the International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate and recognize the lives of transgender people in our gaming community.…

Join for science-fantasy high jinks and adventure in Episode 3 of Starfinder: Scoured Stars tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific on…

“‘Vampyr’ is my new name. I still lust for life and youth, and I curse the living that took them…

I hurled the enchanted acorn to the ground. There was a terrific flash of light and an odd popping sound,…

Sentinels of the Multiverse will celebrate its ten-year anniversary with an upgraded box that puts a polish on nearly every…

Luke Crane, Vice President and Community Head at Kickstarter is stepping down in the wake of a now-canceled controversial project.…

Thmbnail art by Akos SzaboWe finally did it! 20 different encounters, once per month, have already been written. These are…

Dice. You use them in a lot of tabletop games. To the naked eye, they may appear to be nothing…

What is this project? Stellaris: Infinite Legacy is a board game version of the popular PC 4x game Stellaris. Beyond…

The Monster Professor returns again! Josh Woods, author, professor, and monster expert, and I talk monster archetypes which leads us…

This week, the release of Dungeons & Dragons’ latest adventure anthology brings controversy, with one contributor raising concerns around how…

Dark Sun is a world unlike any other in the D&D cosmology–full of blazing hear, apocalyptic furor, and debilitating magic,…

Paizo, Inc. unveiled Pathfinder Bestiary 3 Pawn Collection, a collection of creature pawns for use Pathfinder RPG, for release in…

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Wizards of the Coast has issued a statement in response to the recent controversy surrounding the potentially copied art for…

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

The acclaimed world of Symbaroum has enticed and fascinated fans of tabletop roleplaying games since the launch in 2016.  Now this dark…

Add Hero Pins to your game to make keeping your health stats fun and easy for your whole party to…

Whether you’re the only first-time adventurer at the table, or in a completely fresh-faced party, these starter sets will make…

Last Thursday, we shared a blog highlighting the presence of women creators and professionals in the Paizo community. We have…

Assemble a rag-tag crew and stave off cosmic corruption with Death in Space, a new rules-light RPG on Kickstarter that…

Luke Crane, former head of community for Kickstarter, quit his position and left the company March 26th after posting what…

I am always on the lookout for new tools to add to my tabletop RPG arsenal. So when I was…

There’s a whole wide world of D&D streams out there, and though they’re too new to have animated specials for…

Tales from the Loop, a sci-fi themed roleplaying game set in 1980s Sweden, is discounted in two separate Bundle of…

This week we’re going to take a look at the second of the “Core 12” Champions – Celeste, a cleric…

It’s the sixth article in this series and we’re sixty-five pages into this book! this-is-fine-dog.gif. Anyway, this time I’ll be…

The official RPG based on the Fallout video game series will launch tomorrow, according to a tweet from publisher Modiphius.…

Everything Epic will be offering the Upzone Pop-Up Terrain System into distribution this spring, with three sets now on pre-order. The Upzone…

CMON has released details the new House Greyjoy expansions, for the A Song of Fire & Ice: Tabletop Miniatures Game,…

Miniatures terrain and TTRPG terrain tiles have been a growing category of products in game stores, and the task of…

An artist on Twitter has pointed out some striking similarities between the Strixhaven Crux of Fate art, and a 2016…

This one might be more a case of a “dead man standing”? Just in time for the new Drukhari codex!…

[Spoilers for The Wretched RPG below] Like countless others across the world, I’ve now spent the last year and change…

We are pleased to announce some upcoming plans for the PaizoCon convention series! Keep reading for some exciting developments! First,…

Madness takes its toll … but before we launch into a chorus of “The Time Warp,” let’s talk about time…

Despite being fair of feature, dark of hair, and sharp of eye, Tam Waltzing is only noticed by people who…

We have a new publication on the DM’s Guild, as of last Friday. This is Tribality Publishing’s third DM’s Guild…

The Fallout games are never lacking in action-packed moments, and the perils of the Wasteland often require violence to resolve.…

The numbers are in for the Fall, and while Dungeons & Dragons rules the roost, it looks like the Alien…

Board games featuring miniatures or based around miniatures properties can be a useful tool to help introduce board game enthusiasts…

© 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…