Andrew Girdwood

Blizzard unveils World of Warcraft: Forever, an alternate level 60 timeline launching on 4 November, alongside player backlash over paywalled…

Chaosium trades d100 mechanics for a tactical d6 dice pool in Time Without Tide, a faux-Victorian survival TTRPG currently funding…

Lynnvander Studios and Steve Jackson Games adapt Munchkin into a 5.5E tabletop roleplaying game featuring parody subclasses and built-in cheating…

Explorer's Guild Publishing launches Beyond the Golden Horizon, an open-world nautical sandbox campaign built natively for D&D 5e, Pathfinder, and…

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 brings its live orchestral tour to The O2 in London for a single UK performance on…

Gamehole Publishing will bring its fifth-edition D&D organized play campaign, Wardens of the Eastern Marches, across the Atlantic to UK…

Tabletop Scotland 2026 takes centre stage alongside a Steamforged Games scare, Warhammer Fantasy RPG updates, and the Red Ruin Publishing…

A Companies House strike-off notice against Steamforged Games triggered crowdfunding panic, but overdue accounts point to administrative delays rather than…

Patron votes put Red Ruin Publishing in the RPG Spotlight. See the latest poll contenders as Geek Native wraps up…

Matthew Lillard expands Ghost Face Vodka into Total Wine stores across the US with a new Blood Orange edition, as…

Pinnacle Entertainment Group is releasing free previews of the Petersen Asylum as the Deadlands: Mysterious Maze Kickstarter enters its final…

Iron Studios and Sideshow open pre-orders for a 30 cm Dungeons & Dragons Beholder statue priced at £458, arriving in…

Paradox Interactive wraps up its initial Vampire: The Masquerade alpha playtest today, dropping the Drama mechanic ahead of Alpha 2.0.

Timothy Brown and the original Dark Sun team reunite to bring savage fantasy setting Dragon Kings to 5E and 2E…

Chaosium has released a free 62-page quickstart for its upcoming post-apocalyptic game Time Without Tide ahead of the 1 September…

Civil society groups want the FTC to probe AI book destruction. Here is how bulk data scraping puts forgotten, out-of-print…

A new acoustic study reveals why tracks from Minecraft and Animal Crossing provide the optimal tempo and sound profile for…

Read our review of Extra Lives at Edinburgh Fringe 2026. A live-scored audience RPG blending retro chiptunes, video game music,…

Catch up on the latest tabletop RPG news in Routinely Itemised: Warhammer FRPG 5 updates, Cypher Advanced, Dark Conspiracy, and…

A 1993 Alpha Black Lotus graded PSA 10 and a 1998 Illustrator Pikachu lead Goldin's 2026 Summer auction, marking a…

Monte Cook Games has launched the Cypher—Advanced flash campaign on BackerKit, introducing new modular rules, genres, and over 100 creatures…

Comedian Olaf Falafel discusses his 5-star Edinburgh Fringe shows, overcoming creative blocks, and how live drawing helps collaborative storytelling.

Mongoose Publishing revives the classic horror roleplaying game Dark Conspiracy on Kickstarter, adapting the setting to the modern Traveller rules…

Cubicle 7 announces Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition, streamlining combat rules, merging meta-currencies, and retaining Fourth Edition compatibility.

Forbidden Planet opens pre-orders for an exclusive signed edition of The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan, exploring classic fantasy tropes…

The Geek Native team reports from the Edinburgh Fringe with news of Rowen, Rook and Decard unionising, Paizo moving to…

Paizo brings over 1,200 Pathfinder and Starfinder titles to DriveThruRPG, expanding its digital roleplaying game distribution alongside upcoming print-on-demand options.

Peter Michael Marino brings a high-stakes, miniature sci-fi parody to the Edinburgh Fringe. Discover how toy theatre is redefining immersive…

Sirius Dice launches officially licensed Critical Role Vox Machina dice sets, alongside previews for upcoming Mighty Nein and Bells Hells…

Forget traditional actual plays. Shelby Bond’s Dungeons and Shakespeare turns Edinburgh Fringe audiences into heroes, monsters, and accidental tragedies.

Complete your GURPS 4E collection with four major bundles of holding. From core rules to fantasy and sci-fi supplements, explore…

Kenzer and Company brings the 25th Anniversary Edition of HackMaster to Kickstarter, featuring four premium leatherette rulebooks and overhauled tactical…

Real-life trained butler and comedian Mike McAlpine discusses his Edinburgh Fringe show The RemAIns of the Butler, AI automation, and…

Search volume analysis reveals how tabletop conventions like UK Games Expo and pop culture events match major traditional UK trade…

Ex-Google Senior Software Engineer Irene Woo talks A/B testing jokes, leaving tech stability, and bringing her debut comedy show Golden…

Green Ronin releases Mastermind Maker, an official character creation tool for Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition with automated point tracking…

Dive into Chaosium's d100 systems with the From Rivers to Fjords bundle. Grab Rivers of London, Age of Vikings, and…

A review of the free starter kit for Caesariensis TTRPG: Death of Constans by Liam Needham, featuring late Roman intrigue…

Fan admins clarify that Edge Studio keeps its Star Wars roleplaying game licence following the new D&D crossover announcement.

Dramatic footage captures flash flooding at Gen Con in Indianapolis, highlighting a sharp divide between climate-aware tabletop gamers and their…

Green Ronin is bringing Yusuke Tokita's Sengoku doom metal roleplaying game Nobunaga's Black Castle to Kickstarter this September for an…

Modiphius releases the Discworld Adventures in Ankh-Morpork TTRPG PDF. Explore the Narrativium system and start playing today.

Hello friends, and thank you for your support. This month we have Table Cat Games in the Spotlight as a…

Mythworks launches The Wildsea: Sourdown on Kickstarter, introducing a 50+ page reach expansion exploring tzelicrae lore, new character options, and…

From WotC deputising Kobold Press and Ghostfire Gaming to Paizo's new horror RPG 13 Omens, here is the biggest TTRPG…

Wizards of the Coast announces an official Star Wars crossover for Dungeons & Dragons coming in 2027 under the Universes…

Wizards of the Coast revives Dark Sun for D&D 5.5e with an explicit 18+ age rating, shrink-wrapped physical books, and…

White Wolf has announced Vampire: The Masquerade 6th Edition at Gen Con 2026, launching a free open alpha playtest on…

Outgoing Wizards of the Coast President John Hight claims D&D and MTG are stronger than ever. But as game cancellations…

R. Talsorian Games launches Fossilized Violence, a brutal new prehistoric RPG from James Hutt where players fight dinosaurs using hand…

John Hight will step down as President of Wizards of the Coast on September 1, concluding a brief two-year stint…

Tabletop publishers gather at Gen Con 2026. Discover the latest new roleplaying games, exclusive miniatures, shipping delays, and community memorials.

Black Armada Games launches Advent Adventures on Kickstarter, bringing solo roleplaying games to daily physical advent calendars.

Explore the Danse Macabre Quickstart by Christopher Pickett, a dark historical fantasy tabletop roleplaying game set in 1390 Constantinople.

Survive World War III or push to the stars with Fanatical's massive 72-book Twilight: 2000 and 2300AD RPG collection.

A review of Midwest Mancers' Within Cold Stars - Free Quickstart Rulebook, exploring its d20 combat mechanics, alien species, and…

A premature Roll20 marketplace listing reveals an official World of Warcraft crossover for Dungeons & Dragons ahead of Gen Con…

Paizo and Archives of Nethys reach a new informal agreement to keep Pathfinder and Starfinder rules free, moving away from…

Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan discusses Merryshire Detective Club, a new cozy fantasy investigative roleplaying game from Pelgrane Press now live on BackerKit.

Explore the uncompromising fantasy world of HackMaster in this massive Bundle of Holding revival featuring core rulebooks, settings, and modules.

Discover Barkadan, a Filipino-inspired survival horror tabletop roleplaying game setting built around community bonds and classless skill trees.

Creator Shelby Bond explains how Dungeons and Shakespeare turns classic theatre into interactive tabletop roleplaying games at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Brave the cold realm of Norrøngard with the Thrones & Bones RPG bundle. Explore Norse myth, fight draugar, and claim…

Rowan, Rook and Decard launches the official Children of Time roleplaying game on Kickstarter, bringing Adrian Tchaikovsky's sci-fi epic to…

Renegade Game Studios is adapting AMC's Anne Rice's Immortal Universe into a tabletop roleplaying game, launching on BackerKit in autumn…

Felicia Day explains why she turned down Hollywood to fund The Guild: Ren Faire’d independently, as the project clears $1.5m…

Discover how Lord of the Dice II replaces standard polyhedral sets with a glueless, modular metal spinner cube for tabletop…

Midnight Tower returns with an 80-page, Frankenstein-inspired Gothic murder mystery adventure for fifth edition featuring scalable encounters and deep investigation…

Fight alien parasites and survive a neon-soaked artpunk space apocalypse in the Vast Grimm tabletop RPG bundle from Creature Curation.

Discover how Menagerie Press is blending classic Pathfinder 1E flavour with the deadly rules of Shadowdark in our July RPG…

Finnish designer Jan-Erik Ehrström announces a September Gamefound launch for Hex Ferrum, a completed 830-page dark fantasy roleplaying game.

This week's RPG news: Chaosium reveals a new original game, Paizo shakes up the Archives of Nethys licence, and an…

Embers of Humanity brings hope to the post-apocalypse. Discover this BRP-inspired tabletop roleplaying game, now funding on Kickstarter for a…

The official Fabula Ultima NEXUS toolset is live on Demiplane, introducing an interactive character builder and a 50% discount for…

Get the best mid-year tabletop deals with DriveThruRPG's Christmas in July sale, featuring up to 30% off major roleplaying games.

Paizo has terminated its commercial contract with Archives of Nethys. We look at the legal, financial, and scraping issues that…

Poole-based Black Armada Games introduces a pair of prompt-driven calendars for solo players, alongside an exclusive game design tip from…

Fantasy fans can now purchase a 14-foot officially licensed Lord of the Rings Balrog animatronic from HalloweenCostumes.com, though its price…

Build classic fantasy campaigns in seconds with Kent David Kelly's Castle Oldskull generators, packed with OSR dungeons, monsters, and deep…

Mugen Gaming launches an English Kickstarter for En-nichi, adapting traditional Japanese matsuri mini-games into a cozy tabletop board game.

Mike Shea launches a Kickstarter for Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster, offering system-agnostic tools to slash tabletop prep time and…

Following the sudden cancellation of the D&D Expo UK, live interactive TTRPG show It's Your Role joins the Cheerful Earful…

Build your own psychic-powered faction in the BackerKit Launch Party for City of Espers, the upcoming urban tabletop roleplaying game.

Get over 100 new sci-fi creatures and modular lore for D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, and Starfinder 2e with Snowy's Maps'…

Independent developer Cody Myhre has released City_Net, a free and self-hosted 3D virtual tabletop built specifically for cyberpunk roleplaying games.

Explore a grimmer, harsher fantasy world with the Torchbearer roleplaying game bundle. Manage your light and food to survive deadly…

The latest roleplaying games news features a Count Binface tabletop miniature, Simon Lucas joining PEG as COO, and the BackerKit…

Discover Brave Horizons, a solar-punk creature-capture roleplaying game featuring deep bond mechanics, dynamic dice contests, and a strict anti-AI stance.

Discover how independent roleplaying game creators are uniting for the ENNIEs Emporium 2026 on BackerKit to streamline international shipping and…

Critical Role launches Age of Umbra: Sallowlands tonight, bridging live-streamed entertainment with direct product pre-orders.

Catacolyte Games launches Courtesans' Guild, bringing tactical espionage and safety tools to revised D&D roleplaying games via self-publishing.

An indie fantasy comedy filmed in Brooklyn features a legendary local game shop and tackles the chaotic life of a…

Discover the early history of Games Workshop through the open-source digitisation of White Dwarf issue one on the Internet Archive.

Troublemaker Games releases an official 28mm metal miniature of Count Binface, donating a portion of all sales directly to NHS-supporting…

Simon Lucas steps up as Chief Operating Officer at Pinnacle Entertainment Group, formalising leadership roles following the tragic loss of…

Iron Crown Enterprises releases HARP Steampunk by Phil Masters. Read our independent journalistic review on the new High Adventure Role…

Following their major win at the Origins Awards, Ben Costa and James Parks discuss transitioning Land of Eem from graphic…

Wizards of the Coast cancels D&D Fan Expo London 2026, the ENnies reveal their nominees, and a new Ironsworn edition…

Daniel D. Fox updates the Zweihänder third-party licence to allow fee-free commercial publishing, balancing open access with strict anti-prejudice rules.

From Discord LFG scams to AI generated slop, discover how to protect yourself when commissioning art for your next session…