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Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Creature Caster, Fantasy Flight Games, Knight Models,…

Follow a tale of generational change across time and geography with City of Winter, the new storytelling RPG from Heart…

After three record breaking years, Wizards of the Coast has become its own operating division within Hasbro, taking on new…

Copyright Wizards of the Coast. Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.In this column, we take some of…

Deep Water Games has announced a deal to produce Rat Queens:  The Board Game, based on the Image Comics series…

Wizards of the Coast announced that collectible card game Magic: The Gathering will release future sets based in established fictional…

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

WizKids unveiled Greece Lighting, a new race game, for release in June. In Greece Lightning, players navigate their boats around…

Hasbro announced at its annual Investor Event Thursday that it would begin reporting Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming…

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

After years apart, four members of a doomed pirate ship gather to celebrate the life of their former captain and…

Do you want to play a character infused with the power of other planes and the magic of genies? What…

Wizards of the Coast is about to cross the streams in a BIG way. Warhammer 40,000 and LOTR are coming…

David Plamondon, owner of Pe Metawe Games in Edmonton, Alberta, has created an Indigenous-owned and operated hobby store in hopes…

Skyrim, the immensely popular entry in the Elder Scrolls series of roleplaying video games, is being adapted into an upcoming…

Battles are the moments that many Dungeons & Dragons DMs and players live for, but they can also become routine.…

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Mark Truman, CEO of Magpie Games, feels like the last decade of the studio’s work has all led to the…

Kobold Press’ latest Kickstarter, Vault of Magic, features more than 800 new magic items for 5th Edition–come see what wonders…

They Will Make 'Magic: The Gathering' Sets Featuring 'Warhammer 40,000' and 'Lord of the Rings' Wizards of the Coast announced…

Disclaimer: Barak Blackburn laid out one of my RPG projects. Barak Blackburn is one of the best zinesters in the RPG…

The numbers are in, and to nobody’s surprise, Dungeons & Dragons is still #1, but Call of Cthulhu has surged…

Back in the 80s, Palladium carved out a niche as one of the biggest producers of RPGs, and that's thanks…

It’s RPG ZineQuest season! Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! RPG fans – it’s time…

It’s always such a shame when a really great game with tons of potential fades away because of one simple…

We here at Paizo like to keep you up to date on our upcoming releases. Our most recent big release…

Last week we revealed the five new-to-Starfinder species making their debut in Starfinder Alien Character Cards, which are available now:…

What do medieval knights, diner placemat menus and Discord servers all have in common? They’re elements of the new hidden-role…

Today I wanted to share with you all some of the best tools for dungeon masters to use to create…

Come and take a look at the latest from Pathfinder–this week it’s the Lost Omen’s Ancestry Guide and Devil’s Hands…

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

Have you ever asked your player to do a Perception check to see a paper with a clue they need…

I’m a big fan of watching movies that catastrophically fail on so many levels that they somehow come out the…

The upcoming Ravenloft book will feature 30 different “Domains of Dread” what’s a Domain of Dread, and what’s in the…

RPG designer Kevin Kulp joins me on the podcast today. We discuss gamemaster advice and the best tips Kevin has…

This game came as part of my son’s Santa haul this year. I didn’t expect too much from it at…

Grab a controller and prepare to leave tyre tracks on the rugs with Tiny Turbo Cars, a new competitive board…

By Nathan Dowdell, 2d20 System Developer Continuing our exploration of conflict in Star Trek Adventures, this time we’re looking at…

They Will Also Make 'D&D' and 'Magic: The Gathering' Prop Replicas, 'D&D' Action Figures, and More! WizKids revealed that it…

Wizards of the Coast updated their retailer information for the Magic: The Gathering Strixhaven: School of Mages set which will…

Time Spiral Remastered is coming soon, and it’s the draft format we’ve all been waiting for. Take a brief look…

Gloriously geeky talk is in the air! Join us for the premiere episode of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6…

Potions are useful, plentiful, and look pretty cool, so let’s figure out a few ways to add potions to our…

Now that the official WotC announcement has dropped–here’s a look at the covers for Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft alongside…

The next sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons 5E has been revealed as Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, a title that…

HP Lovecraft imagined a world of unknowable horrors from the depths of the ocean and beyond the stars with the…

Live out a dream/nightmare getaway aboard a Weyland-Yutani Corporation mining ship in Alien: Fate of the Nostromo, a cooperative board…

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Yesterday retail outlets started posting holding pages for an upcoming Dungeons & Dragons book and we’re seeing covers show up…

Have you seen the new legendary edition Curse of Strahd box from Beadle & Grimm? Celebrate a return to Ravenloft…

Become an imaginary friend and provide a child with support in the upcoming roleplaying game Little Katy’s Tea Party. A…

Learn the closely guarded secrets of an arcane tome in The Wizard’s Grimoire, an asymmetric tabletop roleplaying game from Apocalypse…

I recently completed a year-long trek through the epic Call of Cthulhu campaign Masks of Nyarlathohotep. The players were from…

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Wizards of the Coast announced D&D Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft for release on May 18. WotC revisits the Ravenloft's…

Clutch a character’s fate and a steaming cup of masala or a mint brew in hand with D&Tea, a set…

The newest D&D book will take you deep into the mists of Ravenloft to hunt monsters with Van Richten’s Guide…

Brothers – I think we found an OLD part of The Warp! Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or…

Hey everyone! Michael Sayre here, ready to discuss the Pathfinder Guns & Gears playtest that just wrapped up! We’ve had…

For the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at the myriad aliens and starships that make up the Starfinder Battles:…

Alt-Cover An alternative art cover with a distinctive design and soft-touch finish is available exclusively in game stores on May 18,…

While the technologies of portable document format (PDF) files and print on demand (POD) has allowed us to bring The…

Cross the genre borders between fantasy and sci-fi with Quest: Cosmic Fantasy Edition, a newly-announced version of the beginner RPG…

Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a spellhound without modifying its challenge rating. Devour Magic.…

Once upon a time, in a dark, dank cavern sat a handsome half-elf ranger and a tenacious halfling pirate bard.…

Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli inspires artists and creators of all stripes, including the newest upcoming tabletop RPG from designer…

By Andrew Peregrine If you are new to both Dune and the 2d20 system, you might be a little bewildered.…

Sadly, Jeremy Bulloch, who created the onscreen presence of Boba Fett, one of the most popular Star Wars characters, passed…

In case you missed it, Smitten, the Secret Lair all about love, romance, and crushing your enemies is up for…

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

In just a few hours Matthew Mercer is taking his good friends straight to hell for your entertainment. This gruesome…

The doors have opened to the Strixhaven Magic Academy revealing some fresh new Magic Cards. Take a look right here,…

This month, we’re proud to release Starfinder Alien Character Cards, which serves as an easy reference when players want to…

Last week, we shared a no-prep character, Urok, to give you a brief glimpse at the orderly aphorite versatile heritage.…

Apocalyptic Tools Returning to our primer of the upcoming Apocalypse War supplement for Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000…

Eclipse Phase Transhumanity’s Fate is a far-future post-apocalyptic game of horror and adventure in space with the FATE system backing…

Blood Feud is a physical RPG zine that investigates how toxic masculinity changes men and their communities, exploring themes of…

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An upcoming Pathfinder supplement, Lost Omens: Grand Bazaar, adds a ton of new items, shops, and, assistive items for disabled…

Counter to all common sense, there are living beings in the world that desire the unmaking of all things. They…

Here we go again, this week with news from Atomic Mass Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Knight Models, Para Bellum Wargames,…

WizKids has announced five two-figure packs for its Starfinder Battles Deep Cuts line, launching in July. Deep Cuts features unpainted…

Boosters Will Include a Mystical Archive Slot Containing Alternate Art Cards from 'Magic's' Past Sets; Images Included Wizards of the…

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.Today we take a break from the normal lands of Magic to…

Seven more monster miniature packs will be joining the Dungeons & Dragons Nulzur’s Marvelous Miniatures line in July. Like all…

Retailer Tool Tracks Releases of 'D&D', 'Pathfinder', and Other WizKids' Fantasy Figures WizKids has been producing a ton of figures…

WizKids will release five new Pathfinder Battles: Premium Painted Figures for June. Each of these Pathfinder Battles Premium Painted Figures…

WizKids will add four new character packs and two new monster packs to its Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts line in…

Five more cards have been shown off from the upcoming Black is Magic Secret Lair drop, come check out the…

Illustration by Wero Gallo Starfinder: This month we’re heading back to the false moon of Salvation’s End to explore yet…

Fantasy Flight Games announces L5R:TCG is going to be “completed” with final expansion. It was fun while it lasted. Fantasy…

Starfinder Battles: Planets of Peril releases next month, and we’re well into our exploration of what strange aliens you can…

Adventure through the irradiated countryside of Fallout: Wasteland Warfare or upgrade the table with printable terrain and mini designs by…

Owlcat Studios has unveiled a new beta, and the next community event for the upcoming Pathfinder video game, Wrath of…

After three years of releases, Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game is being discontinued by publisher Fantasy Flight…

Original cover artwork by Michael Gaydos for Onyx Path Publishing’s The Black Hand: A Guide to the Tal’Mahe’RaFor decades, I’ve…

Other Encounters Of course, Exploration Challenges aren’t the only things you might come across on a journey. We also have…

Dungeons & Dragons has ventured forth from the Forgotten Realms and into the forefront of pop culture after featuring in…