Conventions

It’s Our 25th Anniversary!2025 is Green Ronin’s 25th anniversary! We’ll be celebrating all year long with special events, sales, and…

Wizards of the Coast has expanded MagicCon: Chicago, an Magic: The Gathering convention, to include Dungeons & Dragons events. In…

Greetings, Pathfinders and Starfinders! Following on our previous call for GMs, we’re now recruiting GMs for PaizoCon Online! PaizoCon Online…

Advertisement Darth Vader and Ahsoka Tano square off in a brand new Duel Pack coming to Star Wars: Shatterpoint. I Am…

Advertisement Dimension 20 packed almost 20,000 people into Madison Square Garden for a livestreamed D&D show where the audience could…

On Thursday, we received the tragic news of the passing of author Howard Andrew Jones, who contributed four titles to…

It’s New Gamemaster Month! All month, every Tuesday and Thursday, visit newgamemastermonth.com to read specially tailored articles to take you…

It’s New Gamemaster Month! All month, every Tuesday and Thursday, visit newgamemastermonth.com to read specially tailored articles to take you…

Posted in: Board Games, Games, Portal Games, Tabletop | Tagged: Age of Galaxy, Bohemians, Neuroshima Hex, Race to BerlinPortal Games…

As we've previously announced, Legends of Greyhawk–D&D's newest organized play campaign–will be previewed at MagicCon: Chicago in February. Questions from…

MagicCon is the place for fans of one of the most popular trading card games to come together to share…

Hello Pathfinders and Starfinders! 2025 is going to be an incredibly exciting year for Paizo. This year we’re releasing major…

Advertisement WotC shows off some of the new undead in the new monster manual in a preview of all the…

While one big aspect of Malediction is that you can use 3d printing for the minis, you don't need to.…

We debuted Monster Vault 2 on Kickstarter on Tuesday this week, and we already have so much to be excited…

Advertisement WotC recently took a deep dive into the dragons of the new Monster Manual. With buffs and new abilities,…

Advertisement Demogorgon! Who (or what) is it? A two-headed demon lord? A Lovecraftian monster with a flower for a face?…

Advertisement Halo: Flashpoint might be my most anticipated game for 2025. Good thing I snagged the Spartan Edition to get…

Posted in: Interview, Nerd Food, Pop Culture | Tagged: horror, Macabre Spirits, Matthew Lillard, tequilaWe chatted with Matthew Lillard recently…

  The 50th anniversary year of Dungeons & Dragons is drawing to a close. A number of projects I’d been…

Advertisement When your local Warhammer Store has their “birthday” in 2025 swing by for your chance to score these exclusive…

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

Greetings, Starfinders!Thank you all so much for your participation in the Starfinder Second Edition playtest. We’ve had an immense number…

Paizo will release Starfinder RPG 2E: Galaxy Guide, revealing the first big-picture look at the Starfinder 2E campaign setting, in…

Faith is an important aspect of the Lost Omens setting, as deities of all kind make their mark upon Golarion.…

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

Advertisement PAX Unplugged was this past weekend and after a whirlwind of a trip I’m back with a boat load…

As Second Largest U.S. Game Show A large crowd in a well-organized queuing area (take note, Gen Con) waited for…

Paizo began playtesting for two new Pathfinder 2E classes, Necromancer and Runesmith, at Pax Unplugged last weekend, with broad playtesting…

Posted in: eSports, Games, Video Games | Tagged: DreamHack, ESL FACEIT GroupESL FACEIT Group confirmed last week that DreamHack Dallas…

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Advertisement Critical Role’s Darrington Press has officially revealed the Cover Art for its upcoming fantasy RPG, Daggerheart. Come take a…

Free League Publishing has partnered with Two Little Mice to publish Outgunned RPG, under their Free League Workshop sub-label. Two…

OPC Musings Happy December! By the time you read this, I’ll be on the ground in Philadelphia, getting set up…

For the first time, Dungeons & Dragons will be featured at MagicCon! We’re excited to bring awesome D&D experiences to…

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

Join us in-person at PAX Unplugged as we continue celebrating D&D’s 50th anniversary! The convention takes place from Friday, December…

Advertisement Atomic Mass Games has updated the Timeline Event rules and Timeline List for Marvel: Crisis Protocol. Marvel: Crisis Protocol…

Greetings, ‘Finders! We’re about a month out from PAX Unplugged, and we’re excited to give you a sneak peek at…

On the Early Days of Retail and Distribution, the Evolution of Chessex, and the Strategy Going Forward We recently had…

Magic: The Gathering Foundations - Collector Booster Display took the top spot on the TCGplayer Top 25 Sealed Products chart…

Digital Adventure Releases These adventures will be available on November 27, 2024. Pathfinder Society Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-06: Rotten Apples*…

Over the last decade, one of the sub-categories within the gaming accessories space that been on the rise has been…

On Product Configuration, Rarity Scheme, Printer, Organized Play, Distribution, More Lazarus Rising Games team at NYCC booth, l-r: Art Director…

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…

Advertisement Take the new ruleset for a spin with a free D&D Beyond adventure: Scions of Elemental Evil. But it’s…

Advertisement Confluence: The Living Archive is a worldbuilding RPG that throws characters, genres, even worlds into a blender and lets…

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

Advertisement The adventure doesn’t stop at Gloomhaven! Head to the frozen north with Frosthaven, the follow-up to the wildly successful…

Advertisement Wizards of the Coast pulled back the curtain on adventure building in the upcoming Dungeon Master’s Guide. Here’s what…

Advertisement Critical Role turns 10 next year, and they’re celebrating with some stunning new live shows, including a game of…

Advertisement Rhaenyra’s unconventional succession caused one of the deadliest wars in history and nearly brought Westeros to its knees. The…

Advertisement ALIEN Romulus is getting added to the new 2nd Edition ALIEN RPG, but its Kickstarter is getting delayed just…

OPC Musings I’m sorry, you mean to tell me it’s October already? I’m pretty sure I just got back from…

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

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…

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…

Advertisement Yesterday D&D Beyond released a free rules update, and in the update, a small but meaningful number of fixes…

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…

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…

[embedded content] The Internet heaps tons of pressure on dungeon masters. The chatter is all about balancing encounters, creating massive…

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…

Advertisement One spell, right from the jump, shows you just what WotC has in store for D&D 5.5E as we…

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…

Advertisement Only available in beta testing so far, Daggerheart is a TTRPG for players who like to commit to their…

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…

Advertisement Larian Studios celebrates Baldur’s Gate 3 with a lovely Thank You/Anniversary video teasing “something new, something shiny, something big.”…

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.…

Advertisement There’s a new edition brewing, and that means it’s time to dream about new characters. Here’s what we’re excited…

Advertisement Want to see D&D’s virtual tabletop in action for yourself? How about Astarion and Karlach discovering that Love is…

Advertisement Shadowdark won big at this year’s ENnies, but who else took home that sweet sweet tabletop gold? Find out…

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