Conventions

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Scott Bennie, a veteran roleplaying designer with credits across tabletop titles including Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Champions and more, has…

The creator behind Lord of Waterdeep – Rodney Thompson – has designed a new Marvel board game. The upcoming game,…

Corvus Belli, maker of sci-fi miniatures game Infinity, has revealed a new fantasy universe called Warcrow. Warcrow is said to…

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Rebellion Unplugged revealed this week they will be releasing a special edition of the Dread TTRPG that centers around the…

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In the Malleus Monstrorum, several pages are dedicated to creating original deities to use in your Call of Cthulhu campaign.…

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Many more years than I care to count ago I ran a supers one shot for a number of distinguished…

Attendance at GAMA Expo in Reno last week was roughly on par with the 2020 event, which was held as…

Today we’re going to pull back the curtain on our two upcoming multi-table interactive events for the 2022 Paizo Organized…

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Well, here we are again! It’s always such a pleasure. We’re pleased to announce that volunteer signups are now open…

The new Star Trek Adventures Players Guide has rules for creating civilian PCs – characters who aren’t in Starfleet. This…

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Convention Season 2022 Last week we announced PaizoCon 2022, a four-day online event with a simultaneous three-day physical event. I…

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As we announced earlier today, PaizoCon 2022 is happening online and in-person from May 27-30, 2022! We can’t wait to…

At EN World, I talked to Jason Nelson about Legendary Games’ 2022 plans and some aspects of their 2021 experience.…

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The tabletop roleplaying game franchise Vampire: The Masquerade is getting a new board game adaptation, this time featuring an interactive…

Free League Publishing announced League of Free Agents, a new RPG organized play program for gamemasters worldwide. The League of…

When Jacob Jaskov returned to board gaming in the 2010s he found that the hobby he loved had moved on…

With the Gen Con housing block opening on Sunday, we wanted to make sure Pathfinder and Starfinder players knew what…

Take a look back at one of the biggest and most colorful cities in D&D–if you’re hungry for urban adventures,…

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OPC Musings It’s that time of year again when the convention machine begins to grind to life! We’re working hard…

Hello heroes! Hope you’re having a great day out there in gamer land. As you may know, event submission is…

February would normally herald the beginning of Zinefest, a Kickstarter-hosted event where indie tabletop designers attempt to design and crowdfund…

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Some in the zine community said no to Kickstarter moving ZineQuest from February to August to tie in with GenCon…

Fans of John Harper’s popular tabletop RPG Blades in the Dark are hosting their own convention this weekend and celebrating…

Get ready to reboot your spell caches with Starfinder Galactic Magic! This exciting new supplement dives into the most magical…

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

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.…

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…