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After launching Warchief Gaming last year, Chris Metzen - the former vice-president for Blizzard and worldbuilder for titles such as…

Warchief Gaming, the tabletop publishing company co-founded by two ex-VPs of Blizzard, has announced its debut roleplaying game. Auroboros: Coils…

They say confronting one’s worst fears can strip them of their potency. Whether or not that’s true, players can explore…

Free League Publishing has revealed Symbaroum:  Alberetor – The Haunted Waste, the fifth adventure in The Chronicle of the Throne…

I have what seems like hundreds of characters ready-made, eager to throw them into the next campaign I get to…

There are lots of ways to deal dungeons and damage in Dungeons & Dragons, but with so many options, which…

'Cyberpunk RED Data Screen', 'Cyberpunk RED Data Pack', and 'Black Chrome' Sourcebook R. Talsorian Games announced three new products for…

Raise the sails and make sure there’s a scribe nearby to take all this down because storytelling RPG Agon has…

This week: the GAMA expo brings interesting insights into the RPG industry; an ill-thought-out Asian-themed sourcebook is pulled from production;…

In 1997 Wizards of the Coast bought Dungeons & Dragons from TSR, keeping the game in print. Now they’ve owned…

Image from The Dragon Prince, copyright WonderstormIn preparation for the upcoming Tales of Xadia release for the Cortex Prime system…

The thing about gathering a couple Jewish folks together to play two or three tabletop roleplaying games is that it’s…

Hi there, art lovers. Do you love art prints, but not so much framing? Do you prefer art that arrives…

Place your bets on this one. I’m stumped. Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think…

There’s a certain school of design that’s all about more; more sub-systems, more mechanisms, more chrome. The only thing these…

The world of D&D is just as awful as ours. Don’t believe me? Here’s five ways someone can slide right…

This week sees the release of Into the Idiot Box for Mutants & Masterminds, and Jason Keeley’s entry into the…

The protagonists of the classic Fallout games are similar in a few regards: they’re all human, and most of them…

There gets to be a point where traps are expected. It’s inevitable for meta-gaming to creep in, even unintentionally, particularly…

Tabletop RPG jams are known for pushing creative constraints on applicants, tasking them to conjure art unders specific circumstances or…

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Gen Con, one of the biggest tabletop gaming conventions out there has announced that they are back on–coming this September.…

Brainstorm campaigns for roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons 5E with The Deck of Many Quests, a collection of…

Antonna and Deanna, AKA “The Twins,” are a package deal. They prefer to work as bodyguards but also handle other…

By Fred Love, STA Contributing Writer Last year, Star Trek Adventures project manager Jim Johnson presented me with the exciting…

By John Houlihan Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 has had a wonderfully successful launch and we’re really glad so many of you…

Free RPG day will be held on October 16, 2021, organizers Gaming Days LLC announced, with a return to the…

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

Celebrate 15 years of trapsmithing, RPGs, and artisanal kazoo manufacturing with us! Yes, Kobold Press hits the big “one-five.” Enjoy…

Yesterday we released the playtest candidate for our Cleric class. This is the accompanying survey.As always, it’s OK if you…

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

The Black Atlantic After a short break for a new serial taking a look at the system that drives the…

Grab your Pip Boy and as many Nuka Cola caps as you can carry, this week we’re jumping into the…

The release of the Pathfinder Bestiary 3 is just over the horizon, and as a preview of the content you'll…

Grab a pitchfork and light the torches when sitting down to play Teeth: Night of the Hogmen, a new one-session…

Indie designer Spencer Campbell launched the Kickstarter campaign for Frame, a tabletop RPG “love letter” to Warframe on March 13th.…

On this week’s podcast, Matt’s been sailing Forgotten Waters, Meehan’s been seeing what we do in the shadows in indie…

A deeper, vested interest in the campaign, combined with the parity of responsibility for driving the story, often lead duet…

Playable humanoid tree-frogs were cut from Candlekeep Mysteries and we are all poorer for it. But don’t worry, they’re coming…

DC Comics announced The Last God HC for release on August 3. The Last God HC is a unique 448-page…

Welcome back to Outside the Box, this week with news from Knight Models, Infinity, North Star Military Figures, Artel W…

RPG designer Jason Nelson published a letter to Legendary Games’ website March 18th apologising for the “inherently culturally insensitive” Asian…

Wizards of the Coast updated the set names and release dates for their Q3 and Q4 Magic: The Gathering set…

Coming to Kickstarter this summer, the AWFULLY CHEERFUL ENGINE! is a roleplaying game of action comedy!More

Edward Burne Jones - Public Domain. Painted in 1861Hello again everyone, And welcome to Part 2 of the Dungeon Creation…

Longtime game retailer and GAMA officer and director Brian Dalrymple passed away of natural causes Wednesday night, March 17, according…

From Strixhaven’s magical academy to the distant shores of the Forgotten Realms, here’s a look at what’s on deck for…

Last week, we revealed the title for Year 4 of Starfinder Society: Year of the Data Scourge. This week, we…

By Nathan Dowdell First appearing in 2013 with Mutant Chronicles 3rd edition, the 2d20 System has been a part of…

The universe of Dungeons & Dragons is filled with some very strange places indeed. Thanks to the diversity of settings…

Steamforged Games teased Sonic the Card Game, a racing card game, which will be headed to market in 2021. This…

‘Sanctum of Twin Souls’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Unearth more dark, otherworldly landscapes at:

In February, there was a sea of fresh RPG offerings via Kickstarter. Many of them were Zine Quest 3 products,…

Dark Alliance, the upcoming D&D 3rd-person brawler, is looking better and better. Come check out the first few minutes of…

This chart of the Top 10 Board Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Fall 2020 (September-December).  The charts are based…

This chart of the Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Lines (hobby channel) reflects sales in Fall 2020 (September-December).  The charts are…

These charts of the Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games, Top 3 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and ​Top 5…

Retailers and distributors expressed satisfaction with sales of hobby games during the Fall 2020 season (September-December), probably the most challenging…

 Give us your feedback on our D&D Adventurers League program! Whether you play in our official public play campaigns weekly…

Pathfinder- and Starfinder-compatible publishers submitted fourteen new products to paizo.com. Spheres Apocrypha: Expanded Alteration Options (PFRPG) PDF Compatible with Pathfinder…

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We're excited to introduce our new Community/Media Manager, Sara Elsam!More

Orc painters, vampire gossips, talking owls, and gnomish voice-thieves! A collection of evocative, colorful NPCs for your D&D game!More

The Dragon Prince, Battlecharged, based on the popular animated show of the same name will be coming to shelves and…

A GM’s work is never done, so to make things easier on you, we’re providing a series of tables to…

All images were taken from the Burn Bryte RPGSo far I got to play about 6 games of Burn Bryte.…

The world has vanished, but you can rebuild it in this deckbuilding roguelite that is an homage to RPGs past…

Candlekeep Mysteries is, in many ways, a glimpse at what the future holds for D&D–and it’s looking like the future…

Some friends were talking recently about the antics they had in an RPG system I have never heard of before…

Game designer Ty Rucker and I continue our post-apocalyptic movie geek out. We finally reach the 21st century and discuss…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Universe Ball Anthlogy – RPG Universe Ball Anthology #1…

You have to train. You must get better today than you were yesterday. You must be better tomorrow than you…

By Michael Dismuke, STA Contributing Writer What an electrifying era to write about! The United Federation of Planets is newly…

Music and instrument themes make for beautiful D&D accessories if you happen to play a bard who deserves to be…

Brotherwise Games has reached a deal with Wonderstorm to produce The Dragon Prince:  Battlecharged, a miniatures-based board game inspired by…

Session Zero refers to a pre-campaign meeting in which the DM and the players come together to create characters, fill…

Renegade Game Studios will release reprinted editions of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Roleplaying Game core rulebook and sourcebooks into…

Explore the origins of a modern myth through a series of interconnected one-shot adventures in new tabletop RPG The First…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that board games are better in person. However, getting your gaming group together on…

You might solve a mystery or rewrite history in this new duck-centric adaptation of Mork Borg, one of the most…

This week: the Old School Revival revival; a beautiful Hellboy-inspired RPG; and a fascinating Kickstarter that blurs the line between…

The doors of Candlekeep have opened, revealing a library full of mystery and adventure–but how do the mysteries stack up?…

I’ve talked at length about my love for Eddie Webb’s Pugmire and its sister book Monarchies of Mau on this…

By Jim Johnson, STA Project Manager In late 2020, Modiphius Entertainment released a new version of the Star Trek Adventures…

The new Fallout tabletop roleplaying game is almost upon us, allowing you to explore the desolate wastelands of post-nuclear America…

Available everywhere today (March 16, 2021), Candlekeep Mysteries is an anthology of seventeen mystery-themed adventures. Each adventure is centered around…

Asmodee USA announced three new distribution deals today, adding the Tabletop Tycoon lines and beginning exclusive relationships with Thundergryph Games…

Watch out for the Nurglings! Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…

One of the biggest parts of any adventure is getting where you’re going. Here are a few different ways to…

While the writers of our Paizo products are always credited in the front and back of the books, a simple…

By Andrew Peregrine The gamemaster always has the hardest job, but we've done our best to make it as easy…

Last time I told you about the Modern AGE Threefold game I don’t Game Master, but play in as Andrzej,…

Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a repository without modifying its challenge rating. Curse of…

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The Terminator RPG launched its Kickstarter campaign on March 11th, offering a first look at publisher Nightfall Games’ upcoming roleplaying…

In Business 3x3, a business retailer or executive will share their experience with three things they’ve done right, three things…

Animon Story describes itself as a "game about kids and their monster friends evolving to overcome adversity". If you're already…

“Force Wizard” is my series on the Force & Destiny Careers’ Signature Abilities.Today, padawans (or acolytes, if you’re amongst my…

The zealots of the Adepta Sororitas face off against the sadistic slavers of the Drukhari in the Piety and Pain…

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