Conventions

Advertisement The gang’s back together, this time in London. Live from Comic-Con, a new D&D show featuring four of Baldur’s…

It's a pre-Halloween rush of showbiz news, and we round it up here. Venom: The Last Dance (see "’Venom 3’…

Posted in: Conventions, Critical Role, Events, Games, PAX Unplugged, Tabletop | Tagged: PAX Unplugged 2024PAX Unplugged revealed that Critical Role…

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D&D Beyond has released the new short adventure Scions of Elemental Evil ahead of its exclusive stores and convention organized…

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Kobold Press CEO and Kobold-in-Chief, Wolfgang Baur, is here to give you some insight on the state of the industry!…

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Wizards of the Coast announced that the 2024 Player's Handbook has become the fastest-selling Dungeons & Dragons product ever. It…

Posted in: Conventions, eSports, Events, Games, Video Games | Tagged: DreamHack, DreamHack Atlanta, ESL FACEIT GroupOrganizers for DreamHack Atlanta have…

Spooky Season approaches (though, let’s be honest, does it ever really end for some of us?) and that provides the…

Hello, players! Today we want to shine the spotlight on the authors who contributed to Year 5 of Pathfinder Society.…

Another Gift's Week has come and is almost in the books. As my last duty for this week, before I…

Check out Part 1 here. Saturday Cont. Traveller The only thing I knew about Traveller was that it is a…

Posted in: Collectibles, Hasbro | Tagged: hasbro, Marvel Legends, star warsHasbro Pulse Con arrives this Friday and it will be…

Miniatures products have been excellent choices for retailers to stock over the holiday season since the pandemic.  There isn't much…

Miniatures products have been excellent choices for retailers to stock over the holiday season since the pandemic.  There isn't much…

Digital Adventure Releases These adventures will be available on September 25, 2024. Pathfinder Society Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-03: Godsrain in…

Greetings, players! We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be attending PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, PA this December 6-8! We’ll be…

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One of the biggest questions I had this year, and honestly every year, was how would Dragon Con 2024 actually…

Dragon Con 2024, held from August 29 to September 2 in Atlanta, is one of the biggest pop culture conventions…

Wizards of the Coast announced its 2025 Dungeons & Dragons releases via a D&D Direct video presentation. WotC had previously…

Late summer in Atlanta means some level of reprieve from the blistering summer heat (not that it is really gone…

Advertisement Mark your calendars and set your alarms. There’s a Warhammer Preview This week from Games Workshop at the NOVA…

Hello, Starfinders!Big news across the Pact Worlds this month as the River Between—a rushing waterway that winds throughout the Diaspora—is…

During Gen Con, we were finally able to reveal our newest Pathfinder setting book, Pathfinder Lost Omens Rival Academies! This…

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Join us in-person at PAX West as we continue celebrating D&D’s 50th anniversary! The convention runs from Friday, August 30,…

The nominations for the 2024 Harvey Awards have been announced, and the number of categories has increased from six to…

By April Hill This year if flying by faster than a Cazador in the Mojave! Fallout: Factions- ‘Battle for Nuka-World’…

Digital Adventure Releases These adventures will be available on August 28, 2024. Pathfinder Society Pathfinder Society Intro: Year of Immortal…

Advertisement It’s been out for a year, and Baldur’s Gate 3 just can’t stop winning awards, taking home a 2024…

By Rookery PublicationsArt by Mark Gibbons In addition to being game developers, Rookery Publications presents Inside The Rookery, a live…

Flashback to Thursday (Day 1) If you missed Part one, you can find it here. In writing this blog, I…

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Wow! What a Gen Con! Hello everyone! It’s been over a week since Gen Con wrapped up and the Starfinder…

You’ve probably seen an enormous amount of coverage of the new Player’s Handbook all across your Usenets and your BBSes,…

Renegade Game Studios announced Welcome to Night Vale RPG, which will be coming to BackerKit on October 1, 2024. Welcome…

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Image: Image by WotCWizards of the Coast unveiled a new Festival in a Box: Las Vegas, for Magic: The Gathering,…

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

Advertisement The LEGO Group and Asmodee are collaborating on a new Board Game studio. Say hello to Dotted Games and…

WizKids offered ICv2 a tour of their booth at Gen Con 2024, so we took them up on it and…

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We're back from Gen Con, and at this point we’re just about caught up on sleep! [editor’s note: okay, at…

Penguin Random House will release Dragonlance Chronicles, which collects the first three books of the series, into retail on February…

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Goliath Coins unveiled new Dice Coins, which will hit the streets in the latter half of 2024. The new Dice…

One of the most talked about companies at Gen Con 2024 was clearly Renegade Game Studios. To see what all…

I went to Gen Con for the first time in my life, and apparently, I’ve lived to tell about it.…

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Advertisement See if you can find the stars in the Starfinder 2E Playtest, which went live at Gen Con this…

Free League Publishing announced ALIEN RPG 2E, which will be headed to Kickstarter in Fall 2024. The new edition includes…

Advertisement D&D’s new virtual tabletop, Project Sigil, was on display at the D&D Live event at Gen Con 2024. Here’s…

Wizards of the Coast released 3,000 copies of their Dungeons & Dragons: 2024 Player's Handbook into the world at Gen…

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

Posted in: Dungeons & Dragons, Games, Tabletop, Wizards of the Coast | Tagged: d&d, Gen Con 2024, Project SigilDuring Gen…

Gen Con Sale!Although most Ronin are currently at Gen Con in Indianapolis, hanging out with 70,000+ gamers, cosplayers, and other…

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It’s time again for the Kobold Press advice column, Pack Tactics! Our expert this month is Ben Eastman. He’s got…

Wizards of the Coast announced Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary' Secret Lair drop sets, for Magic: The Gathering, which will be…

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Advertisement The review embargo date has lifted, and your favorite D&D YouTubers have opinions about the new 5.5E Player’s Handbook.…

Advertisement Fantasy Flight Games held their Gen Con In-Flight report and announced some new products coming to their LCG lines.…

Posted in: Conventions, Events, Games, Gen Con, Paizo, Pathfinder, Role Playing Games, Starfinder, Tabletop | Tagged: Gen Con 2024Paizo took…

Greetings, Starfinders and Pathfinders, and welcome to Gen Con 2024! Whether you’re joining us at the show or following along…

The Diana Jones Award committee announced the winner of the 2024 Diana Jones Award on Wednesday July 29, 2024. The…

Hail and well met, Finders! The dawn of Gen Con heralds a host of our best releases, including the final…

Publisher and Kobold-in-Chief, Wolfgang Baur, is here to give you some insight on the state of the industry and the…

Another year, and another chance to go up to Indianapolis and play games with 1.5 million of our friends (ok,…

Hello, ‘Finders! Gen Con opens in two short days, and we’ve got a host of exciting announcements about what we’ve…

Posted in: Board Games, Darrington Press, Games, Tabletop | Tagged: Queen By MidnightDarrington Press has announced a new expansion for…

Summer is traditionally convention season. Conventions are kind of a big deal nowadays, and they run year ’round. But the…

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Everyone on the Starfinder team agrees that the setting is our favorite part of the game. As stewards of Starfinder,…

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Hello, Starfinders!This month we’re dispatching agents to Tabrid Minor, home of the copaxis! During our last visit, a team of…

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With Gen Con right around the corner, we’d like to shine a spotlight on one of the recipients of funds…

The Starfinder Playtest and the Starfinder Second Edition Playtest Rulebook are coming soon! On behalf of the entire Starfinder team,…

Today, we’re excited to launch a new landing page featuring all the information fans, content creators, and other publishers need…

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It's that time of the year again, folks. For those of you coming to San Diego to do business, network…

Hello, Starfinders! The Starfinder Second Edition Playtest is ready for launch—but before we begin the countdown (t-minus two weeks and…

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Wizards of the Coast announced a Gen Con 2024 special edition of the Dungeons & Dragons: 2024 Player's Handbook, which…