Routinely Itemised: RPGs #90
Well, now, Kickstarter’s Zine Quest was huge, and it ended with piles of stinky brown stuff hitting the whirling blades…
Well, now, Kickstarter’s Zine Quest was huge, and it ended with piles of stinky brown stuff hitting the whirling blades…
What this is This is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then…
Command the vast powers of one of four quantum realms in a doomed quest to stave off an entropic catastrophe…
Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Creature Caster, Fantasy Flight Games, Knight Models,…
The Kickstarter campaign for The One Ring Roleplaying Game: Second Edition closed on March 4th having raised SEK 17,070,638, which…
Thanks to all of our loyal backers, our project is off to a great start. IN fact, we're now in…
February is over, but ZineQuest 3 is still going. As the Zine-fueled RPG extravganza winds down, take a look at…
Patreons are an important part of the monetization of RPGs. Not only for RPG news*, also many RPG publishers. Handiwork…
Reunite with a long-separated friend by following a map sewn by your own hand in A Mending, a solo keepsake…
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Crystalpunk – 5e Setting Crystalpunk is a brand new…
Defend a home at the edge of the world in Stonetop, an upcoming RPG system of “hearth fantasy” based on…
Thumbnail art by Andre Wahl If you are looking to run more underwater encounters in a fully underwater campaign setting,…
Embark on adventures each day of an entire year using the 2022 Quest Calendar, an upcoming roleplaying game that takes…
Play and run a horror roleplaying game entirely online with The Darkest House, an upcoming RPG from the publisher responsible…
Straight from the Editorial Director’s snout, the Dispatch provides a sneak peek at upcoming publications and projects headed from the…
A Kickstarter Collection titled ‘The Perfect RPG’ has been canceled after designer Adam Koebel was revealed to be one of…
Kickstarter’s VP Head of Community Luke Crane has cancelled the recently launched campaign for The Perfect RPG after receiving public…
Two Kickstarted RPGs have breached the million dollar mark and they are both ending this week. From Twisted Taverns to…
Modiphius Entertainment announced The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim the Boardgame for release later 2021 pending a successful crowdfunding campaign on…
Hello, Readers! I know things here at Awesomsticks have been inconsistent content wise. There are many reasons for this, but…
Tabletop publisher Possible Worlds Games announced it would be curating a monthly subscription of small tabletop RPGs, with a Kickstarter…
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…
Deep Water Games has announced a deal to produce Rat Queens: The Board Game, based on the Image Comics series…
What this is This is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then…
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…
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…
Disclaimer: Barak Blackburn laid out one of my RPG projects. Barak Blackburn is one of the best zinesters in the RPG…
It’s RPG ZineQuest season! Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! RPG fans – it’s time…
What do medieval knights, diner placemat menus and Discord servers all have in common? They’re elements of the new hidden-role…
Grab a controller and prepare to leave tyre tracks on the rugs with Tiny Turbo Cars, a new competitive board…
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…
Clutch a character’s fate and a steaming cup of masala or a mint brew in hand with D&Tea, a set…
Cross the genre borders between fantasy and sci-fi with Quest: Cosmic Fantasy Edition, a newly-announced version of the beginner RPG…
Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli inspires artists and creators of all stripes, including the newest upcoming tabletop RPG from designer…
Blood Feud is a physical RPG zine that investigates how toxic masculinity changes men and their communities, exploring themes of…
Here we go again, this week with news from Atomic Mass Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Knight Models, Para Bellum Wargames,…
Original cover artwork by Michael Gaydos for Onyx Path Publishing’s The Black Hand: A Guide to the Tal’Mahe’RaFor decades, I’ve…
It’s RPG ZineQuest season! Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! RPG fans – it’s time…
RPG Lex Arcana imagines an alternate history Roman Empire where its eventual decline never arrived, and a new Kickstarter expands…
Tim Hutchings, the creator of Thousand Year Old Vampire, has confirmed the existence of a companion book for the RPG,…
Enter a dungeon with a toolbox of useful items in The Door Locks Behind You, an upcoming roleplaying game that…
Discover secrets behind the mysterious elven people in Trudvang: Seed of Vanirs, an upcoming RPG book set in the world…
Enter a world of fancy balls and passionate letter-writing in Good Society, a roleplaying game inspired by Jane Austen’s novels…
We’re super-sad to announce that February is Jessica Hancock’s last month with us here at EN Publishing. She has been…
The One Ring is back with a new publisher and a new edition–Fria Ligan, makers of Alien and Tales from…
Welcome back to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with Corvus Belli, Atomic Mass Games, Para Bellum Wargames,…
Retrace your day through the eyes and paws of a woodland critter in Precious Little Animal, a new tabletop RPG…
Four days left on the latest and greatest RPG crossover, bringing the world of Golarion and the pulpy adventure of…
We’ve all been there: invited to a distant uncle’s mansion situated on a remote island with 11 other strangers, only…
Stock art is a vital part of the tabletop RPG market. The concept, solid artwork to spark adventures without breaking…
Create a monster slayer and bring glory to one of the five schools in The Witcher: Old World, an upcoming…
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Iron Kingdoms: Requiem 5e Forge your legacy in the…
Thumbnail art by Christian Dimitrov In case you didn’t know, the Under the Seas of Vodari Kickstarter is fully backed…
Two board games created by late RuneQuest designer Greg Stafford and set in the fantasy world of Glorantha are returning…
Check out Egg, Lee, and John’s Kickstarter until the end of this week as a part of ZineQuest 3! Four…
Monsters of the Wilderness is the 4th book in Cawood Publishing’s bestselling D&D 5E Monster Series! The final book will…
It seemed like 2020 lasted for a decade but at last we are here in 2021. As is traditional, I’m…
The second edition of The One Ring roleplaying game will crowdfund a physical release through a Kickstarter campaign beginning February…
The popular Kickstarter community event, Zine Quest 3, is back in full swing with a ton of awesome indie RPG…
Strap a piece of automaton to your back and explore an entire world inside a castle with solo RPG Colostle,…
Free League Publishing announced that The One Ring roleplaying game will be coming to Kickstarter on February 11. The One…
Have you ever wanted to retire to a magical glen and spend your days over a bubbling cauldron when not…
Play roleplaying games for free online with Let’s Role, an upcoming web platform that doesn’t charge a subscription fee and…
Hello again, this week we have news from Atomic Mass Games, Wargame Exclusive, Perry Miniatures, Para Bellum Wargames, TT Combat,…
Delivering on another of the many stretch goals developed during Nerdarchy’s first Kickstarter, Out of the Box: Encounters for Fifth…
Aether Studios has set a new standard for STL publishers of tabletop gaming. SKY ISLANDS, the studios 3rd Kickstarter, takes…
Grab a pair of skates and your favourite dry erase marker to do battle against cosmic invaders in Summon Skate,…
“A cooperative tabletop miniatures game for 1-5 players by Mark Latham.” Los Angeles, CA – Feb 3, 2021. The world…
To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsMeatworld has a nazi problem, and the player characters must…
Philip Reed, CEO of Steve Jackson Games and Philip Reed Games, was one of the most prolific RPG Kickstarter campaigners…
A grant programme designed to provide up-and-coming writers with a paid opportunity to create content for fantasy RPG Quest has…
Starting Feb 1st on KS, The 13th Fleet is a sci-fi RPG of dark humor and treachery. Using a standalone version of the Forged…
Under the Seas of Vodari Kickstarter Launching February 3rd, 2021 Dive into a world full of action and adventure set…
City of Flesh is a tarot-based femmecore roleplay zine set in the rotting womb of a dying colossus. Launching on…
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Kingdom of Shadows In a world protected by the…
Dive into a world full of action and adventure set beneath the waves of Vodari or your own 5th Edition…
Grab a blanket, a choice hot beverage and your favourite pen in order to banish the winter doldrums with a…
Share a house with a gang of supernatural weirdos in Low Stakes, an upcoming RPG zine inspired by film and…
Upwind, a roleplaying game inspired by the likes of Studio Ghibli and the Disney film Treasure Planet, has seen a…
Check out Leland Beauchamp’s, Egg Embry’s, and John McGuire’s 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Zine! We live, we love, and…
Kickstarter’s Zinequest 3 has officially kicked off and will be hosting multiple indie-developed, analogue RPGs, hacks and collections throughout February.…
Everway, the roleplaying game that uses tarot cards to determine characters’ futures, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special…
This week on RPG spotlight we’re combining fantasy, horror, and the wild west into one high octane and ridiculously fun…
A combination of extra free time during lockdown, fears over Brexit and nostalgia led to renewed interest in tabletop gaming…
While Matt is away, the Dicebreaker kids can play. Well, two of them at least. This week’s podcast sees Meehan,…
Welcome back to another issue of Outside the Box. This week with news from Fantasy Flight Games, Para Bellum Wargames,…
What this is This is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then…
Pathfinder Arena Survey Online Thursday, January 28, 2021 The Pathfinder Arena survey determines which heroes we will include in the…
French publisher Red Joker Games and Time of Legends: Joan of Arc designer Pascal Bernard have teamed to create Cyber…
Nord Games created a number of Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition projects, many of them reaching a wide audience via…
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! The Gorgon’s Loch The Gorgon Queen has captured your…
Backwater is a southern-gothic horror tabletop roleplaying game in the style of survival horror. Its Kickstarter campaign launches on January……
Grab your free preview of Crystalpunk, a magic-fueled future for D&D 5e Plus Three Press recently announced the launch date…
Are you an inner or a belter? This week we’re going into space and avoiding protomolecule as we take a…