D&D: Tal’Dorei’s Oath Of The Open Sea – A Pirate’s Life For Me
Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn‘s Oath of the Open Sea will have your Paladin shouting “drink up me hearties, yo ho!”…
Fighter 101: A Guide to the Echo Knight From Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
Ever wanted to be in two places at once? Hate when you've just killed an enemy and the next one is…
MTG: WotC Bans Alrund’s Epiphany, Divide By Zero, And More
WotC brought out the big banhammer for their latest list of banned and restricted cards. Heavy hitters are on the…
Iconic Encounter: Returning Home – Part One
THE WIND BENEATH THE PEAKS The sky was scabbed over with ominous looking clouds, but Amiri refused to take them…
Iconic Encounters: Returning Home
PART I—THE WIND BENEATH THE PEAKS The sky was scabbed over with ominous looking clouds, but Amiri refused to take…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Fantasy Minis, 5e Disability Compendium, and More
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! The Oracle: Issue 19 The magazine is chock full…
Let’s Play D&D With Peacemaker
This week we’re going to ruin every bit of planning our DM put in…. for peace, when we play D&D…
Now Available: Starfinder Galactic Magic, Quest for the Frozen Flame, and more!
From the new Starfinder Galactic Magic hardcover to the first volume of the Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path,…
D&D: Awaken– Make Your Own Friends With These Five Creatures
From Tyrannosauruses to weird monsters from the appendices of adventures, here are five monsters you won’t believe you can Awaken…
D&D: Mordenkainen’s Multiverse Makes Magic Monsters Manageable
Monsters of the Multiverse makes managing magic monsters easier than ever. Spell slots are gone, but not forgotten. Take a…
Star Trek Adventures Mission Briefs Pack 004: Trade Ledgers
By Michael Dismuke, STA Contributing Writer Art by Vincent Laik I can’t tell you how many players have reached out…
Musings from an Empty Tankard: Ghostbaiters
Being an odd collection of random miscellany that would be delighted to find a place in your game… Revenants, poltergeists,…
D&D: Tal’Dorei’s Circle Of The Blighted – What If A Druid Was An Eco-Villain?
Circle of the Blighted Druids spread corruption and defile nature wherever they go. Like if an eco-villain were a druid.…
Rogue Review- Arboretum
Do you need to unwind? Does a nice stroll through the woods sound like a good way to relax? Aren’t…
RPG Character Backstories, Dreams with Luke CJ Smith and Chris Sagovac
Two guests join the podcast today. Luke CJ Smith is a D&D adventure writer and Chris Sagovac is an artist…
BoLS PRIME: How D&D Invented The Boss Fight
If you've ever had a harrowing boss fight in a video game, you owe the experience to a little game…
Tales from the Cubicle – Part 4
You work long enough, you’re going to have weird interactions with your jobs, your fellow co-workers, or just strange days…
RuneScape Is Coming To Tabletop With A New RPG From Steamforged Games
Jagex and Steamforged Games are teaming up to produce two different tabletop games for the classic MMORPG RuneScape. In an…
Quest For The Frozen Flame: Eiwa's Lesson
I remember the years of struggle. Long, stretching seasons where sunlight was sparse, and the hungry night arrived all too…
D&D: ‘Vox Machina’ Early Access– Start Today With A New Clip
The Legend of Vox Machina starts early access today. While you’re waiting, here’s Vox Machina in a new clip getting…
Wizards of the Coast Bans Four 'Magic: The Gathering' Cards
Wizards of the Coast banned four Magic cards in two different IRL competitive formats on January 25, 2022. The following…
The Alien RPG Reveals Latest Expansion Heart Of Darkness
Free League Publishing revealed a brand new expansion coming to Alien: The Roleplaying Game in the form of Heart Of…
The Cthulhu Awakens FAQ, Version 0.5
As we recently announced, we’re making a new standalone AGE System game, Cthulhu Awakens, which will start crowdfunding over at…
8 tabletop RPGs to play after finishing The Expanse
After six years, 62 episodes and two different networks, The Expanse came to a close earlier this month. The television…
D&D Rules Expansion Gift Set Releases Today
Dungeons & Dragons fans can now level up their libraries with the D&D Rules Expansion Gift Set – available everywhere…
D&D: Make Your Own Monsters With ‘Tome Of Beasts 3’ Kickstarter
The Tome of Beasts 3 Kickstarter is live! More than 400 monsters lurk in Kobold Press’ final Tome of Beasts.…
'D&D' Fan-Favorites Minsc & Boo Return to 'Baldur's Gate'
IDW Publishing previewed Dungeons & Dragons: Best of Minsc & Boo, a new comic book, for release in April 13,…
'ALIEN RPG' Delves Into a 'Heart of Darkness'
Free League Publishing announced ALIEN RPG: Heart of Darkness, a new standalone RPG adventure, for release into retail in summer…
11 January–24 January 2022: Vox Machina Incoming
This week: Critical Role’s The Legend of Vox Machina reveals its all-star cast; D&D teases coming changes in Monsters of…
D&D: ‘Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters Of The Multiverse’– First Impressions
Check out the future of D&D in Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, here are our first impressions of the…
The Workshop – Sentinels of the Multiverse Definitive Edition Initial Review
Author’s Note: Sorry in advance mobile users. This is going to be an image heavy post. Further apologies for any…
Dungeons & Dragons meets Rugrats in tabletop RPG Babies and Broadswords
A new RPG is offering a different perspective on D&D-style fantasy by putting players in the nappies of adventuring babies.…
Fall Guys Monopoly board features an actual obstacle course
A new edition of Monopoly based on the popular video game Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout has been released. Featuring imagery…
Add Dimension to Your Encounters!
There’s just something about an epic horde of enemies on the table that brings the sense of danger to the…
Steamforged Announces 'Runescape' for Tabletop
Based on the MMORPG by Jagex Ltd. Steamforged announced that they have inked a deal with Jagex Ltd. to bring…
D&D Monster Spotlight: Githyanki
Today we visit everyone’s favorite astral carpetbaggers, traders, and doodle dandies…the Yankees of Gith. Oops, wait– the D&D Githyanki. That’s…
D&D: ‘Tal’Dorei Reborn’– The Five Best Magic Items From ‘Critical Role’s’ New Book
Tal’Dorei Reborn‘s magical items abound– the book is chock full of ’em. It’s enough to make a dragon envious. These…
RuneScape Will Be Getting Made Into A Tabletop RPG
During the London Toy Fair, Jagex revealed they have partnered with Steamfoged Games to create a TTRPG for RuneScape. According…
Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-No!? We test our TCG monster knowledge on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
It’s time to p-p-p-p-podcast! Matt challenges Liv and Meehan to tell their Yu-Gi-Oh! from their Yu-Gi-No! in this week’s utterly…
RPG: Dune – Sand And Dust Brings Arrakis To Your Table
Arrakis. Dune. Desert planet. Not one drop of water falls there– now you can visit in Sand & Dust: The…
Tome of Beasts 3: Now Live on Kickstarter
Challenge, delight, and terrify your layers with over 400 monsters! Tome of Beasts 3 brings over 400 monsters to your…
Classic MMO RuneScape is getting a board game and tabletop RPG
Long-running PC MMORPG RuneScape is being adapted into a board game and tabletop RPG. The popular online multiplayer game, which…
Portal Games Licenses 'Batman' Characters from Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Portal Games has landed a license from Warner Bros. Consumer Products to use Batman characters in their tabletop games set…
How to make an RPG character you won't get bored of
Carrying on with a video format we started last week on the subject of the problem with combat in RPGs,…
D&D: Tal’Dorei Blood Magic– A Wizard So Creepy Everyone Will Think You’re A Warlock
Tal’Dorei Blood Magic is a new Wizard Subclass all about using your life force to deplete the life force of…
Astral Projections – Dog-Bears and Bear-Dogs! Oh my! (Genesys)
The Bear-Dog A. ingens Your friendly neighborhood Xenobiologist just got back from a jaunt to the Miocene epoch, with The…
7 best Forged in the Dark RPGs to play after Blades in the Dark
Blades in the Dark is the gritty, atmospheric RPG by John Harper that can be summarised as a Victorian heist…
Resist Cthulhu in punk rock inspired RPG, No Future, available at 50% off next month
Fight against Cthulhu and the state in the punk rock inspired RPG No Future, which will be available at a…
Rolling for Initiative — Wizards of the Coast's Supply Chain Delay and 'D&D' Release Plan
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
40K Chapter Approved, D&D Does Emo, Jean Grey Cosplay, Imperial TIE/SF, LotR Worries
Check out 40K’s new Chapter Approved rules shakeups, D&D’s new College of Tragedy, Jean Grey Cosplay, the TIE/SF, and some…
D&D Accessories: Let’s Critically Fail With These Nat One Accessories
We’ve all encountered the dreaded nat one, but these D&D accessories will help us all laugh about our critical failures…
Warhammer 40K Next Week – Here Come The T’au
The T’au Empire is here for the Greater Good. And they’ve brought a new codex and tons of minis with…
In The Now
Modern Times If you’ve been following our blog in recent weeks, you should be well aware of the imminent release…
Townbuilder App finds thousands of backers organising 3d-printed tabletop terrain
Are we in a 3d-printing boom? The scale of ambition from some tabletop gamers is clear as a desktop app…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Strahd
Strahd von Zarovich is the brooding Darklord of Barovia. But who is he, really? And why does this well-dressed dracula…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Baldur’s Gate
In the shadow of Amn, you’ll find the largest metropolis on the Sword Coast. Home to gods and heroes, welcome…
D&D Beyond Announces ‘Monsters Of The Multiverse’ Won’t Overwrite Existing Content
In a dev update earlier this week, D&D Beyond clarified how they’ll be approaching Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse.…
MTG: Two More Kamigawa Leaks – Dragons AND Ninjas
Two new leaks for Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty have surfaced, and they’ll have you wondering: dragons? AND ninjas? In THIS economy?…
Join Us Today for Moons and Magic in Paizo LIVE!
Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and…
GW, Warhammer, 40K & Fantasy Minis Trivia Challenge
It’s Friday! Kick-off your weekend with this retro challenge for the old-schoolers out there. What ancient Games Workshop, 40K, and…
Outside the Box– January 21st
Welcome back to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Knight Models, GCT Studios, Artel W…
5 Amazing DnD Artists and How to Commission Them
Today we have a guest post from The Everhearth Inn profiling some artists available for commissions.The world is brimming with…
Hexcrawl across sand and sea with a pair of bookless RPG settings geared towards exploration
It’s commonplace within tabletop RPGs to assume settings and worlds are contained to books - bound pages full of descriptions…
Fallout Friday January 2022
By Jon Webb Welcome Wastelanders once more to #FalloutFriday. The earth has again completed another rotation around the sun, days…
Deep Magic: Pestilent Magic Style
In the spirit of Deep Magic, your caster can now explore the putrid and primal terror of plague and pestilence:…
Toy Vault Announces New 'Labyrinth' and 'The Dark Crystal' Puzzles
Toy Vault, Inc. announced new Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal puzzles as well as the return of the LabyrinthMini Worm…
The Hundred Kingdoms' Reinforcements Ride Toward 'Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings'
Para Bellum announced the Neophyte, Mounted Squires, and Tactical Retinue miniatures sets, for Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings miniatures…
Tidbits From the Q Continuum Consequences of a Crew
In Star Trek Adventures, when a player attempts a roll, and a d20 comes up a natural 20, bad things…
Dungeons & Dragons’ creative campaigns are making up for its boring sourcebooks
A new sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons 5E called Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse was revealed earlier this week.…
D&D: The College Of Tragedy Makes Being Emo Intensely Powerful
What if you could wield sorrow itself to make your party better? Here’s why the new College of Tragedy subclass…
Wizards of the Coast Pushes Back 'Magic's' 'Unfinity'
Wizards of the Coast has pushed back the release of the Unfinity set, for Magic: The Gathering, due to ongoing…
Archon Studio Announces New Dragon for 'Dungeons and Lasers'
Archon Studio announced the Dragon of Schmargonrog and Torture Chambers kits, for Dungeons and Lasers, which will release on January…
Stonewall 1969 – A War Story is an RPG about the history of LGBTQIA+ rights
Tell stories in the run-up to the historical riots that made LGBTQIA+ rights heard in Stonewall 1969 - A War…
Battle Royal and PUBG inspired this horror sci-fi tabletop RPG
Fight for survival in a dystopian future world where people are made to hunt one another in the upcoming tabletop…
IDW's G.I. Joe and Transformers Licenses to Conclude at End of Year
Two of IDW Publishing's Hasbro licenses, G.I. Joe and Transformers, will conclude at the end of 2022, the company told…
Venture Village: 9th Level Games ready an RPG for kids with a focus social-emotional learning
9th Level Games have a Kickstarter alert page live for Venture Village. The Polymorph powered RPG is intended therapeutic and…
January Scenario Previews
Hello, Starfinders! It’s January, and that means it’s a new month, a new year, and new… lessons? That’s right! We’re…
Modiphius Will Release Two New 'Dune RPG' Dice Sets
Modiphius Entertainment will release two new Dune RPG Dice Sets and a Fallout RPG GM's Toolkit into retail on February…
'Simon's Cat' Stalks the Tabletop
Polish game publisher MDR is launching a trio of games based on the web cartoon Simon’s Cat. The games will…
The Legend of Vox Machina: Tennant, Payton, Day, Hale & More Join Cast
With Amazon Prime Video & Critical Role's highly-anticipated The Legend of Vox Machina set to hit the streaming service on…
D&D: The Five Best Sorcerer Subclasses
Sorcerers are fonts of power…unlimited power–as long as they’ve got the spell slots. Here are the five best Sorcerer subclasses.…
Wanderhome studio’s next game dumps Kickstarter to crowdfund on Indiegogo
Possum Creek Games, the indie design studio behind Wanderhome, Sleepaway and Wickedness announced it will no longer use Kickstarter due…
'North Africa: Mid-war Forces' Muster for 'Flames of War'
Battlefront Miniatures and Gale Force Nine will release the North Africa: Mid-war Forces book for the Flames of War tabletop…
Green Ronin’s new RPG Cthulhu Awakens will attempt to transcend cosmic horror’s baked-in bigotry
Seattle-based outfit Green Ronin Publishing announced Jan 19th that it is developing a tabletop RPG steeped in the cosmic horror…
Japanime Games Places 'Tokyo Sidekick' on Preorder
Japanime Games has placed Tokyo Sidekick, a cooperative card game inspired by comics and Japanese pop culture, on preorder. This…
D&D: Another Dragon Book Spotted On The Horizon ‘The Game Master’s Book Of Legendary Dragons’
Spotted on Amazon, The Game Master’s Book of Legendary Dragons promises epic encounters from some interesting names. A new 5th…
MACE 25 – MORE Attendee Reactions To North Carolina’s Legendary Tabletop Gaming Convention
At d20 Radio, I talked about my experience as a publisher attending MACE 25, November 12 to 14, 2021 at…
Survive a brutal campaign for Mörk Borg inspired miniatures game
Attempt to survive the brutality of Forbidden Psalm: Regicide, a campaign for the miniatures game inspired by tabletop RPG Mörk…
Play as adorable goblin bakers and hamster wranglers in this storytelling game
Play an upcoming board game featuring adorable goblin characters that fits entirely inside a mint tin box. A storytelling game…
We Played A Total War: Warhammer 3 Demo And It’s Daemonically Delicious
We got our hands on the Chaos Undivided/Cathay demo and played around with the build-a-daemon prince. Plus we talked to…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Fantasy Warrior STLs, Sci-Fi RPG Adventures, and More
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! The Willing Sleepers: Betrayal – STL Welcome to our…
Let’s Play D&D With Moon Knight
Before he gets too recognizable, let’s figure out how to sneak Moon Knight into your next Dungeons and Dragons adventure.…
Cosplay: Terra and Kefka’s Epic Final Fantasy VI Dance Battle
In the epic dance to save humanity, who will win? We’re solving the mystery with these Terra and Kefka Cosplays.…
Business 3×3: David Wheeler at Dragon's Lair
Winning with a Diverse Product Line, Being Proud of What you Sell, Firing Toxic Customers, and MoreIn Business 3x3, a…
D&D: Five Reasons Spears Are Better Than Swords
Choosing a weapon isn’t always easy. But if you’re playing D&D and it’s spears vs. swords, the superior choice is…
Wizards of the Coast Will Release 'D&D Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse'
Wizards of the Coast will release D&D Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse into retail, as a solo rulebook offering,…
Protected: Green Ronin Publishing Announces Cthulhu Awakens RPG Kickstarter
Troy Hewitt lives in Seattle, WA, and is a 20-year veteran of online community management and digital communications in the…