Conventions

This week, Morrus and Peter talk about the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook Monsters of the Multiverse! In the news,…

In Star Trek Adventures, when a player attempts a roll, and a d20 comes up a natural 20, bad things…

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! More details about Monsters of the Multiverse including its solo release,…

At d20 Radio, I talked about my experience as a publisher attending MACE 25, November 12 to 14, 2021 at…

Gen Con has announced that attendee badges can now include the wearer's pronouns. New for 2022: Your pronouns can now…

This week I look at projects that end as soon as January 23rd all the way out to mid-February. One…

Predicting anything is a risky business; predicting the future of the hobby business even moreso, as the ups and downs…

MACE 25 ran from November 12 to 14, 2021 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place in Charlotte, North Carolina. As…

Kickstarter has announced that Zinequest’s yearly invitation to crowdfund short, A5 paper-sized tabletop RPGs will fall later in the year.…

Something Rotten! All Rights Reserved If you know me, it’s no secret that I’m a fan of musical theater. And…

Happy New Year! everybody. We’re back with a big update of everything that happened in the industry while we were…

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

2022 looks to be an especially exciting year for board game releases. After a number of delays last year due…

Last month, we launched the Pathfinder Second Edition Beginners Bundle to support The Trevor Project and Tabletop Gaymers. At the…

Epistolary Richard runs a Patreon to fund investigations and trends in the tabletop RPG hobby. The latest research, What’s Hot…

OPC Musings I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions. That’s not because I’m perfect—far from it!—but because inevitably I will…

With 2021 wrapping up, I reached out to Nightfall Games to discuss their 2021, their plans for 2022, and the…

Today is National Science Fiction Day in the U.S., so it feels a bit like a communal unbirthday for every…

Greetings, players! As we close out 2021, I wanted to share with you some of my favorite things: numbers and…

As a regular attendee of multiple tabletop gaming conventions, I’m writing a plea: Convention organizers, mark your calendars with the…

Jasper’s Game Day is a non-profit organization that raises money for suicide prevention and awareness. They do this through RPGs…

The Expanse Season 6 Promotional Image. By the time this article goes live, we’ll be several weeks into what will…

Greetings, friends, and happy holidays! Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, First Choices, Winterbloom, Festivus, or Christmas—whether your holidays are done…

By Gavin Dady Hello friends! 2021. Well, that was certainly a year, wasn’t it? We’ve had some amazing highs and…

This week sees the release of Assault on the Aerie, the adventure I wrote for the Modern AGE Missions series.…

Everyone knows what a session zero is, right? We’ve all become familiar with the term. If you’ve joined the RPG…

By Jon Webb Featuring Corey Broadway-Bennett As part of our ongoing exploration of 3D printing, I’ve been catching up with community…

Greetings, friends! It's that time of year again where we begin to assemble our organizing committees for our major conventions!…

Kickstarter recently revealed its plans to move the crowdfunding platform onto the blockchain in 2022, sparking a fierce wave of…

The members of Fandom Tabletop and the Cortex Prime design team seemed to expect the announcement of two new community-focused…

By John Houlihan Dragonmeet was an absolute blast earlier this month. It was so great to see everyone in real…

Forge a path into limitless fantasy adventure with this epic collection of Pathfinder Second Edition essentials! This bundle is filled…

Tomorrow is the first day of PAX Unplugged 2021, the tabletop gaming convention taking place in Philadelphia from 10th to…

Andrew Valkauskas of Fate of the Norns: Ragnarök has a new RPG project running on Kickstarter and it’s offering everything…

After going silent for many months, one of the companies known as TSR is back and looking to raise funds…

Prospero Hall, a Funko Games brand, offered up new product details on Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar, which…

We are looking to hire a part time Publishing Administrator to join the team at EN Publishing. More

OPC Musings As we approach the end of the year, it's tradition to look back on the year that was.…

Strixhaven‘s magical university is split into five colleges, and each one has its own new spell which players can learn.…

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, so the Organized Play team wanted to take a moment to give thanks…

  As much attention as Game Wizards lavishes on conventions, there was more still before the manuscript was cut down…

Upcoming board game Pathfinder Arena will adapt the popular fantasy tabletop RPG into a tile-based competition to escape a sentient…

As collectibles markets surge and retailers need increasing amounts of inventory to feed their businesses, we’re seeing a new phenomenon:…

RPG writer and streamer, Travis Legge, joins me on the podcast today. We have a wide-ranging conversation touching on a…

EN Publishing has today confirmed no more Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD products, as their license has…

We have some sad new today for fans of Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD.More

Paizo has been in the news for lots of reasons, good and bad, lately. The publisher has dropped the word…

Over the last six weeks, Paizo's Leadership Team has attempted to better listen to and understand the challenges faced by…

Penny Arcade and ReedPOP announced the return of PAX East 2022 to Boston next April, but it will come with…

Dungeons & Dragons wouldn't be what it is today without miniatures. When the game launched, these pewter figures helped put…

Jenny Jarzabski had been preparing to unionise for most of their life. The Starfinder developer grew up with a father…

Some thrilling news is spreading around the warrens! Starting today, I will be the new Sales Manager of Kobold Press,…

Greetings, Starfinders! Earlier this year we announced that Fame would be going away, and this naturally prompted a number of…

OPC Musings By the time you read this, I will have returned from my first physical convention as a Paizo…

Roll20 took time this week to reveal their plans for Roll20Con 2021, including official dates and some of their special…

Last week, Roll20 kindly suggested some spooky games to play over the Halloween season. I’ll share those in just a…

Initially, there was one God who loved His people. Over time the people turned to God and challenged Him, asking…

In the massive ecosystem of tabletop roleplaying games, lyric games occupy a special and unique place. You might not have…

Hello everyone! Wow, as of the time I’m writing this the last couple weeks have been eventful, to say the…

If you’re have been thinking about cosplay as your own character, now is the time and these shops are here…

Hero Points are a popular feature in Pathfinder Second Edition. They help player characters be more, well, heroic. Who doesn’t…

In early October, a friend messaged me about 9th Level Games’ The Excellents. The mention of that RPG started my…

Cruel giants and demons devastated the land, forcing people to use primal magic to create a safer haven and portals…

Richard Garfield, the creator of board games such as King of Tokyo, has designed a new game about dungeon-crawling called…

Tribe 8 is a post-apocalyptic RPG from Dream Pod 9 published in 1998. Designed by Phil Boulle, Josh Mosqueira and…

Hot on the heels of Avatar Legends’ record-breaking Kickstarter, another beloved animated series is headed to the tabletop as a…

A mere day after closing the book on 2021’s gathering, Essen Spiel has announced the dates for next year’s board…

The Queen’s Dilemma, the sequel to acclaimed narrative legacy game The King’s Dilemma, won’t see a release date next year,…

This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by eBay. To learn more visit ebay.com/scantolist. It’s Essen Spiel 2021! Matt,…

While the writers of our Paizo products are always credited in the front and back of the books, a simple…

The Cowboy Bebop RPG will let you play as the characters seen in the anime series, including Spike and Faye,…

In Business 3x3, a business retailer or executive will share their experience with three things they’ve done right, three things…

It's been a busy year for Anjali Bhimani as she's debuted new voices in video games, taken part in Critical…

Sticking within the licensing rules for MORK BORG third-party content, I believe, and thus meaning you need a copy of…

You can find Part One here. Day 2 We continued on with another quick stop at the Exhibit Hall and…

This week: a leak reveals that Critical Role is the highest-grossing channel on Twitch. Meanwhile, Wizards releases a new supplement…

This episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by eBay. To learn more visit ebay.com/scantolist. It’s Pre-GX time on the…

An officially licensed tabletop RPG adaptation of the Cowboy Bebop anime has been announced ahead of a Kickstarter campaign in…

Richard J Sellati of R. Sell Games Publishing has published as a Pay What You Want an 8-page Safety Tools…

OPC Musings While obviously a lot has happened in the past few weeks, I wanted to give you all a…

PAX Unplugged has announced that masks will be mandatory and full vaccination required for entry to the Philadelphia board game…

Luke Gygax and Gary Con, the tabletop RPG convention named after D&D co-creator Gary Gygax, has issued a statement addressing…

On this week's Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt, Liv and Lolies put their own spin on Squid Game by imagining which board…

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

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15. The month recognizes the history, contributions, and influences…

Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about upcoming sweet…

October 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💰 Sales from links may earn us money The darkness is beginning…

ReedPop is launching The Haul, a new online marketplace for third-party sellers, on October 1, the company announced. The new…

We don’t get Honey Badgers here in Scotland. We get the friendly Wind in the Willows types with black and…

Origins Game Fair, GAMA’s tabletop gaming convention, returns September 30th to October 3rd, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. This gathering is…

Gen Con 2022 will return to its traditional summer timing next year, the announcement of the US board game event’s…

I’m certainly dating myself, but long ago, I loved to haunt the aisles of the games auction at Gen Con…

As Gen Con 2021 began its second day on Friday, ICv2 went on a search for the hidden gems of…

It’s the week after Gen Con, and so, as predicted, there’s no shortage of RPG news and new tabletop releases…

Gen Con, the largest U.S. tabletop game show, drew 35,000 attendees, around half the nearly 70,000 that attended the last…

TCGplayer released their August data for sealed product sales and price changes. This data set shed light on some new…

Another Gen Con is in the books, and what an unusual Gen Con it was, in many regards.As folks may…

This week: Gen Con is underway, but crowd control causes some controversy. Meanwhile, stories of a toxic culture at Paizo…

Gen Con 2021 News: Catalyst Games unveiled Shadowrun: The Kechibi Code, a new plot sourcebook for Shadowrun: Sixth World RPG,…

In the month since we announced our latest class playtest, there’ve been rumors, speculation, and Pathfinder fans across the internet…