Conventions

In the first part of this three-part series, I looked at the pandemic induced rescheduling of a number of tabletop…

This week, the TSR controversy continues on its bewildering path. Meanwhile, it’s awards season, as we get the nominations for…

The Skitarii Legions march upon the galaxy without fear (thanks to that codex). Everybody loves a good picture of a…

The Diana Jones Award committee have named their finalists for 2021’s annual award for “excellence in gaming” across the tabletop…

Magic: the Gathering saved roleplaying games, and that’s not even hyperbole. If not for Richard Garfield’s game, we wouldn’t have…

Sigil & Shadow, out today, joins Osprey Games’ flock of d00Lite (with Jackals, for example) and I like it now…

It’s been a decade since The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game was created by Nate French, with the…

On Friday 30th July and Sunday 1st August, one of the largest tabletop gaming conventions will try and push on…

The Death Guard are noted for their spartan attitude. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure.…

We’ve made it to the end of the week, but TSR Games (3) did not, nor did TSR Games (2),…

Straight from the Editorial Director’s snout, the Dispatch provides a sneak peek at upcoming publications and projects headed from the…

The past two weeks have been dominated by one subject: the new TSR and all the controversies surrounding it. In…

Prepare to repel boarders! Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark, to the…

The Games Manufacturers Association has been going for 44 years in the United States. It was created to protect and…

Geek Native runs an RPG, fandom and geeky events calendar. Phew, well, I try to keep up. Firstly, if you…

It’s been a saga, so here’s a quick recap. TSR Games announced their return, only to reveal they had simply…

OPA Musings Recently, I foolishly declared that because a couple of our major conventions were delayed, this summer wouldn’t be…

Ernie Gygax Jr. and Stephen Dinehart deactivated their Twitter accounts yesterday after claiming WotC was assaulting TSR Games. After a…

This week I present you with a full adventure to challenge your starship crew with. It’s a tale set during…

The TSR Games social media storm continues to brew as TSR Games invokes the Satanic Panic and Origins Games and…

Alaitoc strikes without warning! Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark, to the…

Companies and creators in the RPG community are distancing themselves from the newest TSR after the company doubles down on…

TSR Games the third is a company that swooped on the rights to use the name TSR Games after the…

With Dune heading back to the silver screen and into streaming on HBO Max via WarnerMedia (see “Warner Bros. Drops…

As the pandemic enters a new phase with the mass roll out of vaccines, a number of tabletop gaming conventions…

Paizo has selected an exclusive retailer to represent its products on the exhibit floor at Gen Con, since it will…

After a successful Kickstarter, NerdBurger Games have this month released Good Strong Hands in hardcover and PDF. In the fairytale…

Feathers? Here? Magos, I don’t see any birds? Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From…

The fandom calendar is filling up so let’s take a look at recently added events. Design an RPG webinar with…

PAX Online 2021 PAX Online is happening July 15–18, 2021 and we’re bringing Paizo Organized Play events to the convention.…

Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at the ships you can fly in Fantasy…

Attention: Zo! I’ve attached files containing the transcript of Live Audition Extreme! along with the raw footage you requested and…

In this combo-post, we’ll get an introduction to the Battle Box Kickstarter that launched today and a look at the…

Don’t worry Dominus, we’re perfectly safe across this chasm… Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure.…

A 1999 Pokémon Unlimited Base Set Booster Box containing cards from the trading card game’s original English language release is…

It’s OPP Con, the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention and it’ll run until June 13th. The virtual convention is a…

The latest board game based in Frank Herbert’s expansive sci-fi universe of Dune will see a release this autumn. Dune:…

Synthicide RPG is a post-apocalyptic RPG from Will Power Games. It’s in DriveThruRPG’s apocalypse sale right now, reduced from $9…

Synthicide RPG is a post-apocalyptic RPG from Will Power Games. It’s in DriveThruRPG’s apocalypse sale right now, reduced from $9…

Before we crack open the Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual and dig into more of its exciting contents, let’s take a…

Paizo will not be attending this year's Origins Gamefaire. The show has not announced an online component, so at this…

Zarakynel stalks the Grimdark and the Mortal Realms… beware. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure.…

Artists Sebastian Rodriguez and Mark Molnar OPA Musings I thought about writing “no musings, head empty, only PaizoCon” in this…

Hello, evolved gorillas. It’s Q again to discuss the intricacies of Modiphius’s Star Trek Adventures. Last time I teased you…

We’re back after a short break with a big issue. It’s a big week for D&D as Wizards of the…

Can you turn your hobby into a paying job? It wasn’t that long ago that a wargames magazine posted a…

A number of publishers, including some major exhibitors, have announced their anticipated physical presence at Gen Con Indy 2021 in…

As the weather begins to make a slow turn for the better here in Scotland, let’s take a second to…

Hero Forge is a leader in the world of 3d-printing for tabletop miniatures. You can design your own, tailoring the…

Welcome to an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars and live-plays running…

As the Geek Native convention calendar shows, one of the good looking online conventions vying for your attention this weekend…

We caught up with Asmodee USA Head of Distribution Andre Kieren for a Zoom interview recently, in which we discussed…

The publishers behind major board games including Pandemic, Catan, Arkham Horror and Ticket to Ride, as well as fantasy tabletop…

Drakespawn Knights patrolling a Realmgate Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure. From the Grimdark, to…

Bonjour and Güten Tag, players and GMs! We know you’re all getting ready for PaizoCon Online this weekend, but we…

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

Asmodee USA, Asmodee NA studios, and Ultra PRO Entertainment will not be physically present at Gen Con Indy 2021. The…

Greetings, Starfinders! With the launch of Year 4 just a week away, we wanted to provide our final update on…

Russ Morrissey, the owner of EN Publishing and EN World (where I freelance), has a new project on Kickstarter, the…

We’ve written about the hundreds of Paizo Organized Play games occurring at PaizoCon Online, and the Paizo Events Discord is…

Paizo, Inc. announced that they will not have a physical presence at Gen Con Indy 2021. A few days before…

Paizo will not have a physical presence at this year’s Gen Con Indy. Instead, like last year, we will focus…

In Star Trek Adventures, the crew rarely acts without amazing assistance. When the Conn Officer navigates asteroids, there are thrusters…

Comic-Con Museum has announced the D4: Tabletop Creative Conference for June 5 to 6. The creative conference is a two-day…

Stormcast Eternals: Crunchy on the outside – chewy on the inside! Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up…

As the Geek Native convention calendar reminds us, TryItCon is on right now. The purpose of TryItCon is to find…

It’s Friday, and as a friend of mine likes to say, “Welcome to the geekend!” Also, though, welcome to the…

Last March, when we shifted physical gaming to digital spaces, the Online Region Venture-Officers wrote two guest blogs focused on…

Ancestry Guide Chapter Opener, artist Victor Manuel Leza Moreno With PaizoCon coming up, the OP team is hard at work…

I’m putting my money on the Custodes on this one. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop…

Some of Alex’s first freelance work for Green Ronin was in this very book!Hello heroes! My name is Alex Thomas…

PaizoCon is nearly here! On the Organized Play front, we’ll have nearly 1000 tables of Pathfinder Society, Starfinder Society and…

Wizards of the Coast has announced that it will lift the ban on Magic: The Gathering in-store play for U.S.…

OPA Musings When Paizo hired me, there were a lot of hazards that I expected to come with the job.…

There are traitors out here Princeps  – I can feel it. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up…

For about a year now, I’ve been tracking online, offline and new hybrid (best of both) geeky conventions. As with…

In March, Zak Smith filed paperwork to sue Gen Con and its owner, ex-WotC boss, Peter Adkison. Now, a screengrab…

Guest Blog by Fenway Jones Jasper's Game DayFounder and President Jasper’s Game Week, running from April 30th-May 11th 2021, is…

Greetings Starfinders, Two weeks ago, we implemented tech that successfully fixed a number of issues with the Achievements Points system.…

Into the fighting pits Techmarine! Do you know fear now? Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop…

Last week, Games Workshop announced that all pre-orders would pause for the next couple of weeks. By May, everything will…

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

Satine Phoenix, Jamison Stone and the team has a D&D 5e setting and campaign that will take characters from level…

April 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💸 Links may earn commission Howdy, geeks and happy birthday. It seems…

With PaizoCon Online coming up and Year 3 on the horizon, we thought we’d take a moment to talk about…

This is the first of two interviews I conducted with Satine Phoenix (The Sirens, Game Master Tips, and more) and…

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This week, a few articles again reflect on the pandemic, and what the future will mean for our industry —…

TTRPGs and Mental Health Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPGs) and mental health go hand-in-hand in today’s world. TTRPGs have become a…

Greetings, all! With spring in the air and convention season on the horizon, we wanted to take a moment and…

When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11th 2020, the Game Manufacturers Association was hosting its…

When I heard about Matthew Yarro’s plans to do a deep dive into the druid class for 5e, I was…

The investigators are all on the governing body for the Buffalo Terminal Restoration Group. They sit in the boardroom as…

There are some exciting new releases & announcements this week. Kickstarter hit, Wanderhome arrives on retail. Edge Entertainment quietly (almost…

GAMA has had a rough time since the pandemic which resulted in restructures and BLM backlashes. Things are looking up…

Curious about Candlekeep? Just looking for an excuse to get out there and play some Dungeons & Dragons? Either way,…

Season Two may not come out for a while yet, but there’s no reason we can’t go back to the…

In RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons, it is often possible to create characters by assigning points or values to attributes.…

OPM Musings Tonya’s busy getting ready for her vacation, so I’ve taken over her musings for the month! Do not…

The one-week Troikafest!, running from April 5th through the 11th, invites new groups and designers to join the tabletop RPG’s…