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With February 16th creeping ever so closer, fans of Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard have been treated to a number of…

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Dungeons & Dragons creators attempted to clarify the future of the popular tabletop RPG by explaining how OneD&D will change…

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WizKids revealed five new Pathfinder Battles boxed sets, for use with the Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path, which…

Wizkids will release a new wave of D&D Frameworks Miniatures single count packs, new sprue miniatures, into retail in July…

WizKids revealed two new sprue miniatures lines, Pathfinder Legendary Cuts and Gilmore's Fantastic Fabrications, which begin heading to retail in…

WizKids revealed two new sprue miniatures lines, Pathfinder Legendary Cuts and Gilmore's Fantastic Fabrications, which begin heading to retail in…

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Darrington Press, the Critical Role-focused publisher, has announced that it will be releasing a two-player storytelling board game. Called Till…

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Around this time last year, the tabletop industry was scrambling for alternative crowdfunding homes after Kickstarter announced vague yet ominous…

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D&D Beyond announced that they will hold a new special event showcase for the Disability Community of Wizards of the…

D&D Showcases the Disability Community of Wizards of the Coast in a New D&D Actual Play Special Event Galesong: Dragons’…

Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina on Prime Video has announced more casting for the upcoming second season that is…

Random House Worlds, a part of the vast Penguin Random House tree, announced that they will be publishing a Critical…

An official Critical Role cookbook will feature recipes inspired by the world of Exandria. Exquisite Exandria: The Official Cookbook of…

Available Now!It’s anything but smooth sailing when a powerful storm strands an Atlantean diplomat on the surface world. With negotiations…

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Advertisement WizKids unveiled their newest batch of Critical Role minis. Soon you’ll have WizKids’ Vox Machina and Monsters of Exandria.…

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Dungeons & Dragons is bigger than ever, and its time in the spotlight is here. Shows like Stranger Things have…

Elle Dwight offered two polite reminders that Role, the streaming roleplay platform she co-founded and runs, is not a virtual…

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Advertisement Critical Role continues their conquest of all media with a new release, this time another new music album. Welcome…

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A soundtrack album inspired by the second campaign of the Dungeons & Dragons actual play series Critical Role has been…

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WizKids revealed Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Boxed Set, a new miniatures set, for release into retail in March 2023.…

Move over Critical Role, there's a brand new Dungeons & Dragons show in town from Dicebreaker: Storybreakers! (Just kidding, there's…

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The Mutants & Masterminds Reprint Extravaganza is now funding on Kickstarter!You can help us get long-demanded M&M 3E books back…

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In March, WizKids will release four more unpainted miniatures kits featuring characters from Critical Role. Like other Deep Cuts figures,…

The party of Critical Role’s second season will return to the roleplaying table for a two-part special that fans will…

Critical Role has announced today that they will be holding another theater event featuring the return of The Mighty Nein.…

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Advertisement Scanlan Shorthalt has an epic song to recap The Legend of Vox Machina season one in its entirety. Tune in…

A new documentary covering the creation, lifetime and recent popularity surge of Dungeons & Dragons has been announced by Hasbro’s…

A new documentary covering the creation, lifetime and recent popularity surge of Dungeons & Dragons has been announced by Hasbro’s…

The Legend of Vox Machine, the animated adaptation of Critical Role’s first actual play adventure, treated New York Comic Con…

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Earlier this week, Kickstarter announced the hiring of Everette Taylor as the crowdfunding company’s newest CEO. Taylor takes the helm…

Actual play shows are live or recorded sessions of tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons, the most popular…

It’s been a rough couple of weeks to be a Critter. Critical Role’s latest campaign is starting to really pick…

A player for the actual play show Dimension 20 and game designer for Roll 20 – the online platform supporting…

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A new online video network wants to act as a “one stop shop” for tabletop RPG shows, bringing a library…

WizKids revealed Critical Role: Monsters of Exandria - Set 2,  a new miniatures set, which will release into retail stores…

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Some spells in fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons lean heavily into the roleplaying aspect of the game. Others draw from horror film…

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WizKids will release Critical Role: Vox Machina Boxed Set, a new miniatures set, into retail stores in February 2023. In…

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Actor Ahmed Best, most commonly known for his role in the Star Wars prequels, has joined Pirates of the Caribbean…

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Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever with big mainstream coverage like Critical Role, Stranger Things, and the new…

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Chris Spivey’s breakthrough RPG, the Call of Cthulhu and GUMSHOE-compatible Harlem Unbound, threw a spotlight on the cultural revolution of…

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The Green Ronin Convention Crew reports from Indianapolis that Gen Con is going well! Alex and Jonesy are running sold-out…

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From a long and eclectic collection of nominees, the committee of the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming selected…

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The Op has officially launched their latest edition of the classic board game Clue, as we got the Critical Role…

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“In the states and elsewhere, being a trans person is really hard right now,” says dungeon master Connie Chang. “Having…

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Yesterday the ENNIE Award nominees were announced. This year we are again seeing less of the dominating forces like Wizards…

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Been hearing the name Vecna a lot in recent days and aren’t quite sure what all the fuss is about?…

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Advertisement After the riotous, gripping Exandria Unlimited Calamity, Critical Role, Campaign 3 returns with a vengeance. Time to catch up!…

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A film based on the tabletop roleplaying game Alice is Missing is in the works. Created by Critical Role producer…

Episode 108 of the Dicebreaker Podcast sees Matt, Chase and Meehan chatting about all the latest in tabletop gaming. The…

Tabletop juggernaut Critical Role announced that the company would launch a record label, Scanlan Shorthalt Music, in order to create…

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