Conventions

The intersection of theater, interactive technology, and tabletop gaming reached its absolute pinnacle at Gen Con 2026 during the final…

Paizo launches its first standalone horror roleplaying game on Kickstarter. Explore the shared dice bag mechanics, guest authors, and reward…

Hasbro confirms 587 redundancies in Pawtucket effective Christmas Eve as the firm prepares to move its corporate headquarters to Boston…

Four years after an insurance crisis halted operations, RPG Research closes its physical Spokane venue to rebuild via mobile trailers…

Critical Role and hololive team up for Shattered Legends, a canonical Exandria Daggerheart miniseries led by Matthew Mercer premiering mid-November…

Wizards of the Coast staff move to unionise, Adrian Tchaikovsky pens a 5e setting, and The One Ring breaks Free…

Field testing the Krafted Connex multi-cable adaptor hub across Edinburgh. We assess real-world durability, charging limitations, and overall pocket utility.

Goodman Games celebrates 25 years with a crowdfunding campaign featuring two retro hardcovers by Stu Horvath and Philip Reed alongside…

London RPG convention Dragonmeet has publicly rejected a job pitch from an AI receptionist, citing the Terminator franchise as a…

Pinnacle Entertainment Group opens registration for Hollerween 5, an online convention featuring over 30 roleplaying games, alongside physical Deadlands anniversary…

At RuneFest 2026, Jagex revealed a new Unreal Engine MMO, an animated adaptation of Gielinor, and major updates for Old…

Anjuli Smith launches Tabletop Growth Partners to connect tabletop roleplaying games with recurring 3D print revenue and an anti-AI creator…

White Wolf and Renegade Game Studios are parting ways, bringing World of Darkness tabletop roleplaying games development back in-house from…

UK Games Expo bans generative AI content, Chaosium backs QuestXR's augmented reality system, and D&D sets a new course under…

Lucca Comics & Games celebrates 60 years with Daggerheart's Hope & Fear, Joe Manganiello's D&D Icons, and Marko Djurdjevic's new…

O2 has turned Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders into a 36-month loan, reflecting shifting ISP business models and cultural weight…

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring…

Roll20Con 2026 runs this weekend with a 25 percent off sale across DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild alongside a charity…

What Can Twelve People and Tabletop Games Teach a Distracted Culture? The independent publisher behind Tales of the Valiant will…

Son of Oak Game Studio launches MacDaire's Journal on Patreon, offering weekly roleplaying game material, solo campaigns, and Mist Engine…

Independent tabletop news site EN World faces severe slowdowns as 90,000 automated bots scrape its archives, highlighting the hosting toll…

Chinese manufacturer Golden Maple is selling budget Kolinsky sable brushes directly to painters, exposing the reality of wild trapping for…

The hit Edinburgh Fringe comedy Dungeons & Shakespeare broadcasts live from Los Angeles to launch its first tabletop roleplaying game…

Studio SIXMOREVODKA and artist Marko Djurdjevic will debut fantasy universe Orken at Lucca Comics & Games 2026, featuring physical books…

John Dodd outlines the operational realities behind Dragonmeet, covering trade hall expansion, RPG booking logistics, and managing venue overheads at…

Read our exclusive interview with Tavern Publishing on funding One Night Adventures, single-session fifth edition modules built for the 2024…

Gamehole Publishing will bring its fifth-edition D&D organized play campaign, Wardens of the Eastern Marches, across the Atlantic to UK…

Tabletop Scotland 2026 takes centre stage alongside a Steamforged Games scare, Warhammer Fantasy RPG updates, and the Red Ruin Publishing…

Taking a look at the roadmap ahead for the next year of D&D reveals one big question: why are campaign…

Pinnacle Entertainment Group is releasing free previews of the Petersen Asylum as the Deadlands: Mysterious Maze Kickstarter enters its final…

Paradox Interactive wraps up its initial Vampire: The Masquerade alpha playtest today, dropping the Drama mechanic ahead of Alpha 2.0.

Chaosium has released a free 62-page quickstart for its upcoming post-apocalyptic game Time Without Tide ahead of the 1 September…

A new acoustic study reveals why tracks from Minecraft and Animal Crossing provide the optimal tempo and sound profile for…

Read our review of Extra Lives at Edinburgh Fringe 2026. A live-scored audience RPG blending retro chiptunes, video game music,…

Catch up on the latest tabletop RPG news in Routinely Itemised: Warhammer FRPG 5 updates, Cypher Advanced, Dark Conspiracy, and…

Monte Cook Games has launched the Cypher—Advanced flash campaign on BackerKit, introducing new modular rules, genres, and over 100 creatures…

Should players be allowed to talk tactics during RPG combat? This post dives into the debate over in-game communication, GM…

Get the full scoop on DM Scene Prep, Custom Uploads, the new game platform, mobile play, revamped search, and more…

At Gen Con this year, Steve Jackson Games’ Lead Game Designer, Jay Dragon, sat down to talk about 7-Part Pact…

In a recent interview, D&D Executive Producer Greg Bilsland went into detail on the ‘darkness’ of Dark Sun, and D&D’s…

See these 4 killer places to find inspiration for your homebrew campaign! The post Writing a Better Homebrew Campaign: 4…

One last bit of information worth chewing on: D&D Beyond is developing an all-new mobile app version of its online…

Viltrumites, androids, and a whole lot more await you in the Invincible RPG, available now on DriveThruRPG. Coinciding with Gen…

Search volume analysis reveals how tabletop conventions like UK Games Expo and pop culture events match major traditional UK trade…

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Green Ronin releases Mastermind Maker, an official character creation tool for Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition with automated point tracking…

This year’s Gen Con was packed full of all sorts of RPGs, from big names to indie experiments; here’s a…

Mantic Games and Modiphius Entertainment have a host of products for sale and pre-order that you should check out. The…

Dungeons & Dragons is heading to the world of Azeroth in D&D: World of Warcraft, a book absolutely packed with…

At Gen Con 2026, Wizards of the Coast revealed that Dungeons & Dragons will cross over into the Star Wars…

It may come as no surprise, dear reader, that my American cousin (distant cousin) Jimothy is coming for a European…

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Fan admins clarify that Edge Studio keeps its Star Wars roleplaying game licence following the new D&D crossover announcement.

Dramatic footage captures flash flooding at Gen Con in Indianapolis, highlighting a sharp divide between climate-aware tabletop gamers and their…

Popular D&D actual play Dungeons & Daddies has a popular BackerKit for a book that says right on the cover…

The world of Dark Sun is a blasted, brutal desert wasteland dotted by bastions of civilization ruled by nigh-immortal sorcerer-kings.…

Plus One Exp brought several TTRPG titles with them to Gen Con 2026 as they showcase some of the unique…

Modiphius releases the Discworld Adventures in Ankh-Morpork TTRPG PDF. Explore the Narrativium system and start playing today.

Hello friends, and thank you for your support. This month we have Table Cat Games in the Spotlight as a…

At Gen Con 2026, Wizards of the Coast revealed that Dungeons & Dragons will cross over into the Star Wars…

Wizards of the Coast announced at Gen Con 2026 that Dark Sun will return to Dungeons & Dragons in February…

From WotC deputising Kobold Press and Ghostfire Gaming to Paizo's new horror RPG 13 Omens, here is the biggest TTRPG…

Big news from Gen Con: White Wolf officially announced Vampire: the Masquerade 6th Edition and also launched a big playtest,…

Wizards of the Coast announces an official Star Wars crossover for Dungeons & Dragons coming in 2027 under the Universes…

Wizards of the Coast revives Dark Sun for D&D 5.5e with an explicit 18+ age rating, shrink-wrapped physical books, and…

WotC Licenses 'World of Warcraft' and 'Star Wars' for 'D&D' Gameplay Expansion Books

D&D’s big Gen Con panel was surprisingly exciting, marking the start of what feels like a bold new era for…

Wizards of the Coast presented their grand plans for Dungeons & Dragons over the course of 2027 this evening during…

White Wolf has announced Vampire: The Masquerade 6th Edition at Gen Con 2026, launching a free open alpha playtest on…

R. Talsorian Games launches Fossilized Violence, a brutal new prehistoric RPG from James Hutt where players fight dinosaurs using hand…

Anjali Bhimani (Critical Role, Ms. Marvel) spoke to us about her annual Gen Con charity event, Puppy Roll, Petco Love…

Explore the brilliant and bizarre sights of San Diego Comic Con 2026, from illegal building wraps and an intergalactic nightclub…

By Jim Johnson, Project ManagerArt by Michele Frigo   Here we are in late July 2026! We’re in the middle…

John Hight will step down as President of Wizards of the Coast on September 1, concluding a brief two-year stint…

Get ready to step into the Dark Ages of the Masquerade with the D&D/V:tM Crossover, Bound By Blood, available now…

Tabletop publishers gather at Gen Con 2026. Discover the latest new roleplaying games, exclusive miniatures, shipping delays, and community memorials.

Black Armada Games launches Advent Adventures on Kickstarter, bringing solo roleplaying games to daily physical advent calendars.

A premature Roll20 marketplace listing reveals an official World of Warcraft crossover for Dungeons & Dragons ahead of Gen Con…

It seems that D&D and World of Warcraft are on a collision course for a crossover come Gen Con next…

Kobold Press heads to Gen Con 2026 with an unforgettable weekend of exclusive products, world premiere game experiences, and can't-miss…

Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan discusses Merryshire Detective Club, a new cozy fantasy investigative roleplaying game from Pelgrane Press now live on BackerKit.

  Hoy Captains, It’s been a while since I’ve written a RRT, but today I’ve got some great Expanse RPG…

By Jim Johnson, Project ManagerArt by Nicola Silvani   One of the most endearing elements of Star Trek™ over the…

Midnight Tower returns with an 80-page, Frankenstein-inspired Gothic murder mystery adventure for fifth edition featuring scalable encounters and deep investigation…

Ahea dof Gen Con 2026 taking place at the end of July, Wizards of the Coast revealed the plans for…

This week's RPG news: Chaosium reveals a new original game, Paizo shakes up the Archives of Nethys licence, and an…

Mike Shea launches a Kickstarter for Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster, offering system-agnostic tools to slash tabletop prep time and…

Get over 100 new sci-fi creatures and modular lore for D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, and Starfinder 2e with Snowy's Maps'…

After years of doing basically nothing at Gen Con, D&D is back in a big way with a whole ‘Tower…

D&D superfan and werewolf actor Joe Manganiello will unveil a new D&D live play show set in the world of…

For the first time ever, D&D is taking over the Indiana Repertory Theater for Gen Con with the massive six-floor D&D…

The latest roleplaying games news features a Count Binface tabletop miniature, Simon Lucas joining PEG as COO, and the BackerKit…

Events Planned at historic Indiana Repertory Theater

Discover how independent roleplaying game creators are uniting for the ENNIEs Emporium 2026 on BackerKit to streamline international shipping and…

The ENNIES Emporium 2026 is a collaboration between BackerKit and the ENNIE Awards, highlighting nominees’ projects all in one place.…

Earlier this year, Kobold Press held a Q&A for the release of our Northlands Worldbook on the D&D Discord server.…

Iron Crown Enterprises releases HARP Steampunk by Phil Masters. Read our independent journalistic review on the new High Adventure Role…

Following their major win at the Origins Awards, Ben Costa and James Parks discuss transitioning Land of Eem from graphic…

Discover the new Invincible tabletop roleplaying game powered by the Year Zero Engine as Free League launches pre-orders alongside their…

Organisers have postponed the O2 Arena Dungeons & Dragons Fan Expo until 2027 amid shifting convention line-ups and growing local…