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In recent years, Wizards of the Coast has put in a lot of effort in making Dungeons & Dragons more…

This week we’re visiting the local tavern, the best place to relax, spend your gold, and then pick up a…

Modiphius Entertainment will release Conan the Scout, a new RPG sourcebook for Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, which…

Ships of the Expanse is coming to a spaceport near you soon! In my last transmission, I presented overview of…

Tabletop designers Kienna Shaw and Jason Cutrone believe RPG players deserve better than another rain-soaked and vaguely Asian world to…

The second edition of Mongoose Publishing’s modern reboot of classic sci-fi RPG Traveller can currently be picked up for a…

This week we turn our gaze heavenward, exploring how divine messengers can serve as our main villain or as a…

A new rap concept album inspired by Dungeons & Dragons is on the way, and it’s shaping up to be…

Copyright Electronic ArtsLike many of you out there I imagine, I’ve been spending my free time playing through the Mass…

A well-known haven for buccaneers, ne’er-do-wells, and reavers plaguing the White Sea, Mhalmet controls approximately 40 thousand square miles of…

Paizo announced this past week that the Starfinder audio adventure that they created with Amazon can now be found on…

© and ™ Lucasfilm Ltd.The azurdactyl is a 4 winged, reptilian beast native to Jagomir and possibly other topical to…

It is the last day of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of…

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Next week is a GW specialist games spectacular with new releases for Necromunda: Underhive, Warhammer Underworlds, and Adeptus Titanicus. It’s…

Roleplaying games have been a part of mainstream culture since Dungeons & Dragons was released by two friends back in…

Welcome to Day 3 of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars…

Welcome to the Underdark. Don’t mind the spiders. Today we visit the only fantasy city to provide free web access…

This past Thursday, Critical Role went up against what will likely be the biggest epic confrontation in Campaign 2, and…

D&D Beyond offers tools for creating characters, building encounters, and more for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. You can also…

Welcome to Day 2 of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars…

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All-New Battlefronts Recently, we’ve been talking a lot about our brand new and light fantastic tabletop RPG, the Awfully Cheerful…

Get a big bowl of your favorite sugar cereal and sit way too close to the TV as we revisit…

All art belongs to MCDMIt took 4 emails for James Introcaso to send me the correct copy of Arcadia. He…

Welcome back to Outside the Box, this week with Para Bellum Wargames, Knight Models, Great Escape Games, TT Combat, Microworld…

A number of publishers, including some major exhibitors, have announced their anticipated physical presence at Gen Con Indy 2021 in…

Perhaps the worst aspect of this cult is their relationship with the creatures that lurk in the Void. These fanatics…

Those who have been following here a long time should know that I have a liking for Magic the Gathering…

Solasta: Crown of the Magister is the single most faithful adaptation of 5th Edition D&D–and a top-tier dungeon delve–and it’s…

Prestige is a rating of how famous (or infamous) a character is. Adventurers start play with a Prestige of 0…

Wizards of the Coast released a Magic: The Gathering Booster Selling Guide, a tabloid that outlines which of their booster…

From now through May 31st (Pacific time), take 20% off a single order* on Pathfinder and Starfinder products at the…

We round up several recent stories with impact on the tabletop games business here. Next Three Pokemon Video Games AnnouncedThe…

The longest-named card we’ve seen in a while makes a debut among the legendary cards of Modern Horizons 2. Hope…

Welcome to an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars and live-plays running…

Ehu Hadif paced back and forth in the Cortex server room, his anxious footsteps beating a staccato rhythm against the…

Tony DiTerlizzi defined the look of Planescape, the worlds-spanning setting that changed D&D. Now, he’s revealed the sounds that inspired…

Two hugely popular series have finally been combined into a single board game with the newly released Monopoly: Dungeons &…

Horror roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade expands its roster of fearsome antagonists with the addition of the dark and fanatical…

Jason Andrew and JN Childs of Mighty Narwhal Productions have a new tabletop RPG system campaigning on Kickstarter. Jason and…

The Op announced Monopoly: Dungeons & Dragons, a new edition of Monopoly, which is on preorder for retail.   Two…

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The Starfinder Scoured Stars liveplay ends with an epic assault in the final episode of this limited series! Join us…

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Welcome to another installment of the Play with Class series where we will give you solid steps to run each…

Society is in chaos, a city is born, and Europa needs heroes!One of the most amazing things about starting Mutants…

Hold tight a torch in one hand and a tackle box in the other because Fisk Borg ,a recently announced…

Thumbnail from Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft’s coverVan Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft came to spook us much earlier than Halloween, and…

After almost eight years in development, Xia: Legends of a Drift System designer Cody Miller’s ambitious ‘green legacy game’ Arydia:…

I came across this one recently and if you’re in the mood for a super complicated game that will last…

Feature film director Sam Firstenburg visits the podcast today. His most famous films include American Ninja, American Ninja II, Ninja…

Bid farewell to the gods and monsters of your home and trek amongst the stars in a new official supplement…

The latest tabletop adaptation of The Witcher video game series has successfully raised over £1.5 million via its Kickstarter campaign.…

When I played Dungeons & Dragons as a teenager in the late ‘90s, one of our fears was becoming disabled.…

WizKids revealed new miniature packs for the D&D Icons of the Realms Premium Painted Figures line, which will arrive in…

Varieties of Fear By now, you’ve probably gotten the idea that there’s not just one way to make D&D scary,…

We caught up with Asmodee USA Head of Distribution Andre Kieren for a Zoom interview recently, in which we discussed…

In Kiutu, a quiet village on the eastern coast of Terwa Lake, young children often grow up listening to tales…

Keep your remaining spell slots straight and your dice looking like magic with these spell caster and mage tool D&D…

A blue-collar crew just trying to scrape by are forced by bad luck, corporate intrigue, and their empty bank accounts…

In case you missed it, this Summer is going to be the Summer of Drizzt. What is that all about?…

The Beast class of monster is hugely varied from the common Frog to the monstrous Tyrannosaurus Rex. Beasts do cap…

Welcome to the first transmission into Unified Space. In these transmissions you will find snippets of data, current events and…

Sentinel Comics The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook CoverI’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the Sentinel Comics Roleplaying…

If you’re looking to take your first steps into the retro-futuristic sci-fi universe of Tales from the Loop and dark…

The publishers behind major board games including Pandemic, Catan, Arkham Horror and Ticket to Ride, as well as fantasy tabletop…

A drinking board game inspired by an April Fool’s Day joke is headed to Kickstarter next month, hoping to give…

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Drakespawn Knights patrolling a Realmgate Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark, to…

Self-proclaimed "ThinkGeek minions"-turned-game-designers Rollacrit are launching the official Kickstarter campaign for Heroes of Barcadia, a drink-based role-playing game that originally started…

Make sure to bring a Baby Ruth bar.  You know, just in case. Funko Games has announced The Goonies: Never…

Bonjour and Güten Tag, players and GMs! We know you’re all getting ready for PaizoCon Online this weekend, but we…

Designer Shawn Tomkin never really expected Ironsworn to achieve its current level of success and popularity. The touted low-fantasy tabletop…

Brahm is tall and broad shouldered like most of his kin. He keeps his chest and back uncovered so as…

This article is a little different to the previews we’ve been sharing over the past months. In this article, we’d…

This is the book you’ve all been waiting for! The first major supplement for The Expanse RPG is all about…

Could a video game about Cthulhu driving a taxi with incredible hair physics win an award? Game of the Year,…

Dicebreaker’s new video producer Liv joins familiar faces Matt, Wheels and Lolies to talk through what we’ve been up to…

Finally, a few weeks ago, my gaming group was able to play CyberpunkRED (CPRED), which I was really hyped for.…

With the ‘Summer of Drizzt’ looming over us all, WotC has unveiled three new types of drow: Udadrow, Aevendrow, and…

CMON announced Army of the Dead: A Zombicide Game, a new board based on Netflix's hit movie. Army of the…

By Andrew Peregrine In Dune: Adventures in the Imperium there are several character types that offer special powers and abilities.…

CrowD Games will release Winter Queen, a new abstract board game, which will hit stores on June 16. In Winter…

Paizo will release two new sets of Starfinder RPG cards in the second half of 2021. Alien Archive 1 &…

A raft of geek animation news broke in the last few days and we round it up here.Dwayne Johnson is…

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

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The real power fantasy of D&D is that you can reliably get a good night’s rest, and wake up feeling…

Early episodes of Doctor Who may be lost to space and time, but you can still jump in your police…

Hello again Paizo-verse friends and family alike! It’s Steve from Hideous Laughter Productions, and I’m so thrilled to present to…

It’s Alive! The kickstarter campaign for the Awfully Cheerful Engine is live, fully funded, and through it’s first stretch goal!…

Imagine a bard reaching for their instrument, seemingly about to buff a party member. Suddenly, an unnatural, dissonant melody echoes…

by Gavin Dady This week I’m going to give a general update on the status of the release schedule, and…

Kareem pulled himself over the ridge, rolling to his feet to take in the valley. Waterfalls crashed over cliff faces…

Everyone’s favourite drow snagged the spotlight during a May 20th livestream on Dungeons & Dragons’ YouTube channel, where publisher Wizards…

In another Legend of Vox Machina update, the cast and crew behind Critical Role’s upcoming animated series get down to…

It was with great sadness that the world learned of the death of Kentaro Miura, at 54. The mangaka was…

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

The second edition of Pathfinder can be grabbed for under a fiver in the latest Humble RPG Bundle, along with…