Dungeons & Dragons

The Adventure Guild, publisher of fantasy RPG Quest, has officially announced a new card game called Queens, along with a…

Terrain isn’t discussed enough in encounter design. It’s an important part of any encounter, and this chapter will be as…

Welcome back to Outside the Box, this week with news from Mantic Games, Corvus Belli, Atomic Mass Games, Artel W…

The holidays are upon us, and like our friend the Tarrasque, it’s time to eat enough for a small town…

Getting excited about an upcoming game is a wonderful thing, so this list is here to stoke those particular fires…

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

Hurry up and finish your turkey so you can take advantage of these Black Friday and Cyber Monday D&D and…

A lead designer for Dungeons & Dragons 5E has reassured that the RPG’s changing approach to racial depictions will not…

Spilled Ale Studios released a second edition of Wasteland Wanderers last month and of Wasteland Ware this week. If you’ve…

Tired of the same old short sword, long sword, great sword options? Here are five weapons out of D&D’s past…

Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything tapped veteran RPG puzzle designer Elisa Teague to help you create puzzles for your D&D game.…

This week, we’re starting with bards and going through… oh, who knows. Whatever 3-4,000 words gets us. Since you don’t…

The most famous tavern with a deathtrap in the middle can soon be the main attraction of your tabletop game…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Zoolocaust Minis The animals [infected by a virus] started to become…

Thumbnail image from the Dark Souls videogame You killed a dragon, gathered a certain amount of experience for doing so,…

It’s the time of year where you’ll be thinking about what you should buy your loved ones. That’s fine if…

Add some holiday and gaming cheer to your life with a new batch of holiday-themed D&D games featuring some familiar…

Retailer Tool Tracks Releases of 'D&D', 'Pathfinder', and Other WizKids' Fantasy Figures

Don’t play with your food! Unless you’re fighting it, then good luck! This week we’re having a thanksgiving food fight…

Dungeons & Dragons 5E sourcebook Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything released on November 17th, and the community has been digesting the…

Dead Man’s Rust invites Dungeons & Dragons 5E players to use the Scarred Lands setting from World of Darkness publisher…

Surely, the concept of “Class” needs no prolonged introduction – the concept goes back to the very beginning of the…

Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything is here, and it’s time to get familiar with the dozens of new subclasses found within—starting…

WizKids unveiled its new Quick-Pick units for their Wave 14 releases expected in March 2021. To ease initial launch pressures…

As we near our final manuscript for the first three chapters of Level Up, here's a quick look at our…

Baldur’s Gate III’s expansive early access content can be finished in 30ish hours… or six minutes. Watch as the Devs…

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

I love combat. Love it. I think I lot of players in my game assume that I’m a deep RP…

Modiphius has shared the first teaser from their highly anticipated Dune RPG. Dune: Adventures in the Imperium will use Modiphius’…

Looking to add some Dragons to your next Dungeons & Dragons game? Specifically Red Dragons? Two Dragons enter the arena…

November 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💶 Ads: Links may earn us money Hello and welcome to another…

This is the beginning of what will surely (barring catastrophe in the next couple of months) be an extended series…

On this week's Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt plays mahjong with cat people, Wheels sinks his fangs into Fury of Dracula and…

We’ve written previously in this series about the importance of approaching a one-on-one 5E game as a co-creative storytelling process.…

Last night, Geek Native carried the news that model maker Gale Force 9 was suing Wizards of the Coast for…

RPG designer, animator and storyboard artist Skull Dixon has created some excellent horror for Tuesday Knight Games’ Mothership and plenty…

Legal troubles for WotC this week, as miniature & game manufacturer Gale Force Nine has filed suit against Wizards of…

Disputes over licensing and distribution have led to back and forth litigation.

Gale Force Nine filed suit against Wizards of the Coast in Washington on Tuesday, as a dispute over GF9’s licenses…

Wizards of the Coast earned over $4,400 for Extra Life 4 Kids and the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals with five…

Between celebrity dungeon masters, high profile games for charity, and million dollar campaigns, Dungeons and Dragons has become a game…

On December 1st the D&D Adventurers League Facebook group and DM Discussion group will be archived. Starting today, no new…

Shadows of Korea expands GeneFunk 2090 with 8 new class archetypes, 5 new engineered genomes (races), new equipment, new feats…

The linking of the large DriveThruRPG marketplace and Astral is an important step for both companies.

Comic Relief is bringing another set of popular UK comedians to the gaming table in order to fundraise aid for…

Last May, British comedians such as Nish Kumar and Sue Perkins played D&D for Comic Relief. The session of tabletop…

A thread on EN World, a D&D and RPG news site mentioned in Wizards of the Coast’s latest survey, has…

When I saw Midnight Tower’s latest Kickstarter, A Mystery Adventure Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe for 5e, I knew I…

Extra Life 2020 Campaign Results in Sizeable Donations From WotC Gaming Communities Wizards of the Coast announced that it has…

4 December: Comic Relief Plays D&D Episode 2 After our first stream with Comic Relief earlier this year raised an…

Back in the summer of 2019, I wrote an article entitled “So You Want to Play in Midgard? (But You…

Travel back in time to the 1980s to investigate urban legends in Dark Places & Demogorgons, a new supplement for…

Last week we released the playtest candidate for our Sorcerer class. This is the accompanying survey. As always, it’s OK…

Thumbnail from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything’s cover With the arrival of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, tons of new things have…

The Dungeon Coach drops in on the podcast today to dish out dungeon master advice. The Dungeon Coach is a…

Dave Arneson helped make D&D what it is today. From DMs to campaign worlds, Arneson's legacy is clear, despite a…

Troubles in Otari Livestream Tuesday, November 17, 2020 A new Pathfinder Second Edition livestream begins on the official Paizo Twitch…

Between magical swords, ancient plot soaked swords, and run-of-the-mill hunks of metal for level one adventures to swing around, swords…

Originally introduced in the D&D Essentials Kit and Expanded in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, sidekick NPCs are a great way…

Wizards of the Coast is once again asking for your opinions about Dungeons & Dragons. A new milestone survey is…

Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything has rules that touch on everything from creating characters to running the game. But is it…

This week: Paradox takes back the reins on the World of Darkness; controversy around Matthew Mercer's character on Haunted West;…

Massive RPG-in-a-box Gloomhaven - one of the most widely acclaimed board game releases of recent years - is currently the…

“Sir Yes Sir!” Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A Great BoLS…

Green Ronin have made a 50+ page quickstart for their romantic fantasy game Blue Rose available as a free download.…

There’s a lot to love about this book – for D&D fans and cooks alike. I cooked up the Elven…

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Vampire: the Masquerade and the rest of the World of Darkness have found a new home with Renegade Games, along…

So the interest in Level Up has been fantastic. Thousands of surveys returned, comprising a LOT of data. Thank you! I wanted…

When I talk about RPGs in this column, I usually try to make sure I’m not tying my advice to…

Epic Encounters: Hall of the Orc King is the turnkey adventure in a box for your next 5th Edition D&D…

Whether you play D&D or Pathfinder with miniatures or you’re into Warhammer, Kings of War or any of the engaging…

On this week’s podcast, Matt, Johnny, Wheels and Meehan crack open a jar of tabletop news and fish out the…

Is it worth buying Cyberpunk Red if you already have the quickstart? Absolutely, yes. At times I find myself struggling…

November 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a CommentAds: Sales from links may earn us money It’s Friday the 13th!…

Bardsung, the classic dungeon delve-turned-board game, has announced another guest writer as part of its Kickstarter stretch goals. Luke Gygax,…

We are back with another issue of Outside the Box, this time with news from Corvus Belli, Fantasy Flight Games,…

DISCLAIMER: I wrote a story for Bloat Games’ superhero anthology, Tales from Vigilante City (which I and the other authors discuss here).When…

Mice and Mystics, Mouse Guard, Redwall: there’s something about seeing some of the world’s smallest creatures go up against some…

We’re on the verge of Black Friday, with millions around the globe getting ready for all the best bargains and…

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

Wizards of the Coast and Extra Life for Kids have joined forces to bring you one of a kind D&D…

Also World of Darkness IP Development Will Be Led In-House by White Wolf Veteran Justin Achilli Renegade Game Studios has…

Two years ago, after White Wolf struggled with Vampire: the Masquerade 5th edition, Modiphius become the developer. About a year…

Here’s a guest post by Wyatt Billingsley looking at how to use XP for Gold in your game. In the…

Renegade, the studio behind games including Kids on Bikes, Overlight and Clank!, has been named as the new publisher for…

Vampire: The Masquerade is expanding with the release of a new companion supplement in December that brings new playable clans,…

We’re on the verge of Black Friday, with millions around the globe getting ready for all the best bargains and…

It is a time for new beginnings all around the country, so let’s talk about how you can make your…

Jordan (For the Dungeon!, Arcana Academy) Palmer has a new project on Kickstarter, Perilous Roleplaying Game. This GM-optional dungeon crawler…

What are the things that make you play D&D? Maybe it's the open world, the opportunities to optimize or customize…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Kabuto Sumo Take on the role of a tough beetle with…

Everything Epic, creator of the Rambo and Big Trouble in Little China board games, has expanded into gaming periphery with…

A brand new batch of errata has landed for D&D, bringing with it new changes for Eberron and the Storm…

The biggest tabletop RPG in the world - Dungeons & Dragons - is finally colliding with the world’s best-known board…

Wizards of the Coast have tweaked and updated D&D’s rules. Another rule update on the Animate Dead spell clarifies and…

Teleport by smell, or beat a striga to death with your prosthetic.

Ex Stasis Games’ first product Caverns of the Wise Minister is now on Kickstarter, and there are some early bird…