Class Preview: Adept
The Kickstarter has launched! Over the next month, we have plenty of fun stuff to show you. Let’s start with…
Warhammer 40K Christmas jumpers warn of logistical trouble
I dunno if it’s a sales trick but the Merchoid Warhammer 40K ugly Christmas sweaters I had bookmarked to blog…
Free to Download: Claim the Sky – a preview of Monte Cook Games’ superhero RPG
Monte Cook Games has released a 16-page Claim the Sky preview for the Cypher System. The tabletop RPG is a…
Iconic Encounter: Ominous Tides
“REAGENTS!” The goblin, Fumbus, came bounding out of the palms onto the beach with something in his hands raised triumphantly…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Gothic Horror Adventure, Undead STLs, and an Ever Changing 5e Dungeon
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Mag of Holding: Gothic Horror – 5e Mag of…
Let’s Play D&D In Hocus Pocus
Dungeons and Dragons is all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus when the Sanderson Sisters cast a spell on you…
D&D: It’s Inktober So Try A Magical Tattoo
Everyone knows the best kind of ink is a tattoo and the best tattoos are magical tattoos. Break out the…
Game Wizards: D&D Development Timeline
While Game Wizards has plenty to say about the big picture of TSR’s corporate financials, it also pays a…
Gastronomic detective comic Chew plates up a Forged in the Dark-style RPG adaptation
It’s been a big week for Image imprint comics courting roleplay groups as the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series Chew…
Call of Cthulhu: Terror Paths adapts the horror RPG into a co-op board game
A new board game based on tabletop roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu, Terror Paths, is on its way. Adapted from…
Play with Class: Summon a Super Sorcerer
Welcome to another installment of the Play with Class series where we will give you solid steps to run each…
D&D: ‘Minsc & Boo’s Journal Of Villainy’ Brings New Monsters, NPCs, And More
A journal of the legendary adventures of a legendary Ranger and his miniature Giant Space hamster brings new monsters, villains,…
Be the Big Fish in WizKids' 'Squid Inc.'
Next April, WizKids will launch Squid Inc., a game about office politics in the ocean’s largest corporation. In Squid Inc.,…
PAX Unplugged makes full vaccination and masks mandatory for December return of board game convention
PAX Unplugged has announced that masks will be mandatory and full vaccination required for entry to the Philadelphia board game…
Rogue Champions – Justice Events Review
Marvel’s Champions has grown over the years since its initial release. Each aspect now has a large pool of upgrades…
D&D 5E Guide: How To Multiclass – Rangers
Multiclassing in Dungeons & Dragons adds versatility to any character. But how do you multiclass as a wilderness-stalking ranger? Let…
No-Prep Gamemastering and Obsidian Portal with Zac Harrison
My guest today is game master and Obsidian Portal emissary, Zac Harrison. We have a wide-ranging conversation touching on a…
The Entirety Of Twitch Appears To Have Been Leaked
If you have a Twitch account you might want to run and change your password after reading this article as…
Old stories, new forms: Rewriting folklore as RPGs brings fresh perspectives and cultures to the table
Think of an old story. Not just old to you, but a story that’s old to the world; one that’s…
Introducing the IDW Star Trek Year Five Tie-in Release
By Jim Johnson, STA Project Manager Astute fans of Star Trek Adventures might note that, over the last few years,…
WizKids Reveals New 'Magic: The Gathering Premium Figures'
WizKids revealed new Magic: The Gathering Premium Figures for release into retail in December 2021. These single-count miniature packs feature…
Diamond Top 400 Graphic Novels–August 2021
Top 400 Graphic Novels – August 2021 Rank Index Title Price Pub Est.Qty 1 19.67 RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL TP…
Dress Up This October With This Month's Free Subscription Perk!
Don your masks and cast your spells for October is upon us! This month's free subscriber perk is an artful collection…
Wizards of the Coast make Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy available on Print-on-Demand for charity Extra Life
There’s a new D&D print book available today as Wizards of the Coast has made Minsc and Boo’s Journal of…
Pinnacle to launch Savage Worlds’ folk horror Holler on the October 12th
Odd Bard Games and author Tim Earley announced the Holler, a folk horror for Savage Worlds nearly a year ago.…
Tales of Lost Omens: Special Delivery
“No no no no nononoooo!” Trying frantically to keep his load of boxes and bushels more or less balanced, Hanish…
Unified Space – Transmission One
BEGIN TRANSMISSION/... Welcome to the first transmission into Unified Space. In these transmissions you will find snippets of data, current…
Unified Space – Transmission Two
BEGIN TRANSMISSION/... Welcome to the second transmission into Unified Space. In these transmissions you will find snippets of data, current…
Unified Space – Transmission Three
BEGIN TRANSMISSION/... Welcome to the third transmission into Unified Space. In these transmissions you will find snippets of data, current…
Unified Space – Transmission Four
BEGIN TRANSMISSION/... Welcome to the second transmission into Unified Space. In these transmissions you will find snippets of data, current…
D&D: Level Up Brings ‘Advanced 5th Edition’ To Kickstarter
Want crunchier rules and customizable characters? Deadlier monsters with exploration challenges? Level Up wants to change the way you play…
It's Here! It's Time To LEVEL UP Your 5E Game!
Welcome to Level Up, a standalone game which enhances the 5E ruleset which you know and love. If you love…
The AGE of Wonderful (and Misfit) Toys
So, backstage, we developers have been talking about the different properties of AGE as a system, and how they might…
The day Facebook died: Name your own price for the “You Are The Facebook Janitor” RPG
Yesterday, the Border Gateway Protocol’s for Facebook’s network vanished. As a result, it was no longer announcing its presence to…
Travelers of the Multiverse
Journey to the far corners of the multiverse as one of the playable races in today’s Unearthed Arcana! This playtest…
Plant a tree, download for free and back Ecopunk: 2044 – the cybernoir RPG
Dice Kapital are on the hunt for £12,300 to Kickstart the printing of Ecopunk: 2044. The plain text version of…
BREAKING: Final ‘Smash Bros. Ultimate’ Fighter Revealed!
The final Smash Direct has dropped and revealed the last Smash fighter to be added to the roster! Spoilers ahead.…
Join team Dicebreaker at EGX 2021 with live stage shows and online streams
Events are finally on their way back after over a year of us all desperately missing them here at Dicebreaker,…
21 September–5 October 2021: Dungeons & Dragons’ Next “Edition”
We’re back from a short break, with some very big news: D&D is getting a big revision, coming in 2024…
The Workshop – The Future of D&D, 2021
Writer’s Note: By the time this article will hit publication, the livestream of the event where this news broke will…
D&D: WotC Unveils New Rules For Monsters And Player Races
Sage Advice is back after a long hiatus, as WotC unveils “the future of monster stat blocks” as well as…
Root and Oath creator announces story-driven sci-fi board game Arcs: Collapse and Conflict in the Void
Root and Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile designer Cole Wehrle has revealed that his next release will be a…
WizKids Announces Another Gargantuan $399.99 'D&D Icons of the Realms' Figure
WizKids announced the D&D Icons of the Realms: Gargantuan Tarrasque figure for release in September 2022. The Tarrasque is one…
Preview the Drakewarden Ranger Subclass From Fizban's Treasury of Dragons!
As part of 2021's D&D Celebration, Wizards of the Coast provided a sneak peek at the Drakewarden ranger subclass coming…
Corruption, brothel trips, sexual harassment and more: Gary Con addresses lawsuit
Luke Gygax and Gary Con, the tabletop RPG convention named after D&D co-creator Gary Gygax, has issued a statement addressing…
October Horrors begin: The Cthulhu Hack bundle
Based on The Black Hat RPG, a system praised by many geeks in the know is Just Crunch Games’ Cthulhu…
Starfinder Evolutionist Playtest Wrap-Up!
With the close of the Starfinder evolutionist playtest, we want to thank everyone who participated whether by filling out a…
D&D Monster Spotlight: Werewolves, Enemy or Lupine Love Interest
Lycanthropes of all kinds exist in D&D, but today we’re taking a look at the monster movie (and teen romance)…
Creature Evolutions
Sage Advice is a series of articles in which Jeremy Crawford, one of the D&D Studio’s game design architects, talks…
D&D Accessories: Candy Dice We Wish We Could Trick-or-Treat For
Halloween means it’s time for scary RPG one shots, and candy! Or you can get the best of both worlds…
From the Deck of a Sandship: More Encounters within the Mhalmet Expanse
Despite its size, the Mhalmet Expanse remains a relatively busy territory with the Mhalmet Road connecting various settlements and sites.…
What board game would you stake your life on? We imagine our tabletop Squid Game on the Dicebreaker Podcast!
On this week's Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt, Liv and Lolies put their own spin on Squid Game by imagining which board…
RPG: VtM ‘Swansong’s Emem Is The Toreador You Wish You Could Play
A new trailer for the upcoming Vampire: the Masquerade video game, Swansong, reveals a jazzy Toreador diva that will warm…
“Why do we play games?”: DIE’s creators and Grant Howitt discuss adapting the comic into a tabletop RPG
Having just finished an award-winning run, tabletop RPG-themed comic DIE is already heading into a new medium thanks to a…
D&D: Players Push For Metric System In “New Evolution”
A “New Evolution” of Dungeons & Dragons is coming in 2024, and with it comes a push by players to…
Astral Projections – Free RPG Day 2021 Update
I just perused the Free RPG Day 2021 site again and it looks like as the weather is cooling, the…
TRPG Bundle for Afghan Support offers dozens of indie RPGs for $20 to aid those targeted by the Taliban
A new charity bundle of indie tabletop RPGs aims to support those fleeing the Talbian in Afghanistan by offering dozens…
Guy Sclanders’ The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM surges through 2,000 backers
The RPG supplement The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM pushes towards the £100,000 Kickstarter funding level as GMs,…
Armor & Materials
In Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition, equipment gets something of an overhaul, with new weapons, armor, and properties, all designed…
Call of Cthulhu publisher Chaosium acquires The Dhole’s House
The Dhole’s House is a free site for Call of Cthulhu RPG fans, players and Keepers alike. Chaosium, the publisher…
Square Enix Celebrates Five Years of 'Final Fantasy TCG: Opus'
Square Enix will release Final Fantasy TCG: Anniversary Collection Set 2022 into retail stores in May 2022. This set celebrates…
WizKids Reveals Two 'D&D Idols of the Realms' Sets
WizKids revealed two D&D Idols of the Realms: Boneyard 2D sets, Set 1 and Set 2, for release in December.…
40K Templars New Army, D&D guide to Hlal, Star Wars Visions Timelines, and Metroid Dread
Check out everything from 40K new Black Templars army, D&D guide to Hlal, plus Boo. Then take a look at…
Rolling for Initiative — Supply Chains, Postal Woes, and RIP Terry K. Amthor
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
Dungeons and Dames 2021: Is this sexy D&D done right?
Sinopa Publishing listed their 56-page illustrated Dungeons and Dames 2021 pin-up book on DriveThruRPG last month. It’s the first edition,…
Fan-made Terminator: Hunter Killer gives us hope for a wartorn future
Is there any life in the Terminator franchise? Nightfall is working on The Terminator tabletop RPG, a Kickstarter for the…
Murder and death for Progress: A review of SLA Industries 2nd edition
I nominated SLA Industries as one of my top 10 RPGs of 2020 for my local indie gamers zine. It…
Mike Shea and SlyFlourish package up RPG help with The Lazy DM’s Companion
There’s no doubting the value Mike Shea and Sly Flourish bring to the roleplaying games community. The seventh Kickstarter from…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To The Village Of Hommlet
Hommlet is a humble village situated near one of the most infamous dungeons in Greyhawk. Come tour the village near…
Free to Download: Hack100 rulebook
An old school style, percentile-based, RPG Hack100 is now available for free. The 35+ page PDF is black and white,…
$267 worth of RPGs for $20: Charity Bundle for Afghan Support
37 tabletop RPG creators have joined Librarians and Leviathans to contribute to a charity bundle. $20 will get you $267…
D&D: Lest We Forget, Boo Is Coming In 2022
One last tidbit about the future of D&D to close out your weekend. Boo, the miniature giant space hamster is…
Screaming death: A review of Vast Grimm
Vast Grimm is a MORK BORG third party RPG from Infinite Black. I backed the Gamefound for it, and the…
D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Hlal
Dragons are known for many things: their treasure, their terrifying elemental breath–but did you know that even dragons have a…
Classic D&D Villains Get the Ultimate Treatment with New Warduke and Grimsword Figs
Add these classic AD&D villains to your collection – pre0rders are up now. This pair is inspired by the iconic…
Celebrate Latinx Creators in Tabletop for National Hispanic Heritage Month!
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15. The month recognizes the history, contributions, and influences…
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…
On the Next Paizo LIVE: Treats, no Tricks!
Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about upcoming sweet…
Nearly Time…
To Level Up! So the Apocalypse War has landed and we are feverishly putting the finishing touches on our successful…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #120
October 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💰 Sales from links may earn us money The darkness is beginning…
Outside the Box – October 1st
Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box – this week with news from Para Bellum Waragmes, Knight Models ,…
You Find Yourself in a Haunted House: Spells
Some locations—the wizard’s tower, the sunken temple, the haunted house—appear repeatedly in stories and adventures. In this series, we’ll explore…
Sci-Fi Horror RPG ‘Mothership’ Gets A New Boxed Set
The award-winning sci-fi horror RPG Mothership has announced a new boxed set will be coming to Kickstarter in just over…
Steve Jackson Games Announces Price Increase
Steve Jackson Games announced a price increase on Munchkin, Zombie Dice, and Illuminati products, which will take effect on January…
Finder’s Archives – 20 Annoying NPCs
Hello everyone, Welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. This time around I’m going to give you a few NPCs for…
D&D: What Races Could WotC Put In ‘Monsters Of The Multiverse’
Mordenkainen’s Monsters of the Multiverse promises to update more than 30 player races from throughout 5E. Here’s what we might…
Steam’s Digital Tabletop Fest returns to celebrate RPGs later this month
PC gaming giant Steam’s Digital Tabletop Fest is back for a second instalment later this month, with a five-day event…
The dead have risen: Survival of the Able is a tabletop RPG about people with disabilities trying to survive the zombies
Jacob Wood’s RPG takes us to a European Almshouse, in 1347 AD, during the Black Death. The village has succumbed…
The History Of Unearthed Arcana: D&D’s Experimental Proving Ground – PRIME
Unearthed Arcana is the testing ground for new D&D rules--but at the dawn of TSR, UA was infamous for unleashing…
Which edition of Dungeons & Dragons is best? D&D edition differences from OG to 5E
From OG to 5E, each one of Dungeons & Dragons’ editions brings something unique to the tabletop. But what are…
Publisher Spotlight: November 2021 poll opens for Patrons
If you’re a Geek Native patron and want a superhero duck then please make sure your address is in the…
ReedPop Launches Online Marketplace
ReedPop is launching The Haul, a new online marketplace for third-party sellers, on October 1, the company announced. The new…
Paizo Will Release 'Pathfinder 2E's' 'Abomination Vaults Adventure Path'
Paizo, Inc. will release Pathfinder 2E: Abomination Vaults Adventure Path HC into U.S. retail in April 2022. This massive hardcover…
Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters Is Giving Off Powerful X-COM Vibes
A new gameplay reveal trailer showcases a little of what we can expect from the upcoming Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate…