Month: August 2020

Wyrmwood Gaming is a small company that has built up a big reputation among tabletop gamers.

The hosts will are Chris Doyle and Rick Maffei, designers who have been playing D&D since the 80s, and who…

The D&D vampire adventure that sparked a debate about inconsistent standards in fantasy art goes back on sale.

Pop over to Dark World Studios and you can download the alpha/beta of their gritty 1930s RPG Acheron. Check your…

When Paizo adds more monsters to a game, they go big–as we see in this preview of a beastly new…

The RPG & Wargame Supply Sourcebook is a new and free monthly digital magazine that collates commercial messages from tabletop…

Trollhalla Press' founder, Ken St Andre, wrote the second traditional tabletop RPG. Tunnels & Trolls came out a year after…

This week we’re shaking the dust off of a classic flat world from the other side of the pond… But it’s…

Wizards of the Coast hired game designer Kate Welch in 2018 to work on Dungeons & Dragons. Welch’s credits include…

Earlier this week, EN World announced that they’d be developing an “Advanced” take on the 5th Edition rules we all…

The party finds themselves in a strange new place with some memory loss, a small new friend, and more questions…

We received thousands of votes on our first survey, which addressed the broader outlines of Level Up. Thank you to…

Frostgrave Pre-Orders are up and Frostgrave Second Edition sets to release for August 20th, 2020. Osprey Games shared a few…

Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are introducing a new…

The Return of Rogue Heading back to our eagerly anticipated Rogue Trooper supplement for Judge Dredd & the Worlds of…

Fandom’s D&D Beyond has turned three. To mark the anniversary, the digital marketplace and growing toolset have tweeted out some…

​ The Ark Is Coming Friday, August 14, 2020 From the vast reaches of space comes an unusual sight: the…

In the post-post apocalypse there are gargoyles in Germany, techno-wizardry can make anything possible and if you don’t like it,…

The hit Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role is getting their own wave of collectibles from Funko. Vox Machina…

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August 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💶 Links may earn ad money Phew, what a busy week; another…

In an especially summery (in other words, we’re all boiling in the heat), Matt, Lolies, Johnny and Meehan take refuge…

With a new book on the way, and eight new Funko Pop! figurines recently unveiled, Critical Role is serving up…

Welcome back to Outside the Box – this week with news from Atomic Mass Games, Wargames Atlantic, Fantasy Flight Games,…

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic:…

There’s some Thing familiar about a recently revealed crashed Netherese city in the frozen reaches of Icewind Dale… somebody better…

Jump straight into two different roleplaying adventures with Epic Encounters, a new series of all-in-one boxed scenarios designed for Dungeons…

Escape a haunted manor occupied by tortured ghosts in Original Adventures Reincarnated #5: Castle Amber, a revised version of a…

You could not call such bloodshed a victory. Dwarven pike had met draconic spear wall, neither buckling until lines were…

16 full volumes of RPG material and adventures make up the giant download.

Robert J Schwalb’s Shadow of the Demon Lord is a dark and dangerous RPG. It’s not family-friendly. This week, Schwalb…

​ Organized Play Online Convention Updates Thursday, August 13, 2020 Janira shuffles the papers in front of her, smiling as…

This week, let’s take a look at how Faerûn and the adventurers who visit are making it a world anyone…

A blast tore through Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut last week, it was so strong that it reduced the struggling…

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Definitive Edition comes to consoles on Tuesday, August 18! The new edition will take adventurers to the Stolen…

The Feywild is a plane of high magic that exists near the material plane in D&D.

Through the Veil: Tales of the Feywild is an adventure supplement now available at the DM’s Guild. The Feywild is…

Tableplop is a free browser-based virtual tabletop for D&D and other roleplayers. Users can share encounter maps, roll dice, track…

The numbers are in, and according to data collected by ICv2 there are two big names in RPGs right now–and…

If you’re a blogger or an indie publisher, then you think long and hard about trying to turn whatever content…

Wizards of the Coast have put out a new survey hinting at possible new setting materials and some kind of…

Crowdfunding a tabletop RPG on IndieGoGo is not always an easy task, but Griffon Lore Games is building an audience…

‘The Sea and the Shadow’ – J Edward Neill – 2020 Satisfy your art fix at  Share this: Like this:…

A new card game set in the violent Fightdrome of sci-fi series Altered Carbon is releasing later this year. The…

Ultra PRO announced Dungeon's & Dragons: Icewind Dale Heavy Metal Dice for release in November 2020. This time Ultra PRO…

Ultra PRO announced Dungeon's & Dragons: Icewind Dale Heavy Metal Dice for release in November 2020. This time Ultra PRO…

Paizo, Inc. revealed Pathfinder Bestiary 3, a rulebook for use with Pathfinder RPG 2E, for release in Q2 of 2021.…

The majestic cities in the Mortal Realms are triumphant bastions of gleaming artifice–and as a new Soulbound supplement reveals: rotten…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Kordran Conflict – 3D Printable Strategy Game On the distant planet…

​ Tales from the Drift: Making Waves Wednesday, August 12, 2020 I smile encouragingly at the wounded dragonkin. Trinek stares…

If you’ve been following Mutants & Masterminds news the last few months, you’ve probably heard me talk way too much…

Felix Isaacs has released The Wildsea Free Playtest Guide (PDF Link) and it absolutely worth your time. I don’t know…

The 2020 ENnies Publisher of the Year, Free League Publishing, has launched their next Kickstarter. It's for the fourth edition…

Free League Publishing – Aug 12, 2020 14:19 BST The Kickstarter for the edition of the classic roleplaying game Twilight: 2000 was launched…

Thumbnail image from MtG’s Gift of Immortality card by Matthew Stewart So… We finally got the Eberron official release we…

Worker-placement board games offer extremely strategic play experiences, pushing players to devise complex tactics to make the most out of…

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

Low-level adventures are the most popular out there right now. Want a monster to shake things up? We’ve got you…

Writer and game designer Jason Brick drops in on the podcast to discuss running tabletop role-playing games. Jason has written…

Wave that Kobold flag! Kobold Press is teaming up with TeePublic to bring you the coolest Kobold swag available. These…

Flash Gordon is getting a tabletop card game adaptation, announced to mark the cult sci-fi film’s 40th anniversary. Flash Gordon:…

When you die in this game, you won’t die in real life–but your computer might. Come on a journey back…

'Epic Encounters: Shrine of the Kobold Queen' and 'Epic Encounters: Lair of the Red Dragon' Steamforged Games unveiled Epic Encounters:…

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This chart of the Top 5 Roleplaying Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.  The charts are based on…

This chart of the Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Lines (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.  The charts are based…

This chart of the Top 5 Non-Collectible Miniature Lines (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.  The charts are based…

This chart of the Top 10 Card/Dice Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.  The charts are based on…

This chart of the Top 10 Card/Dice Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.  The charts are based on…

This chart of the Top 10 Board Games (hobby channel) reflects sales in Spring 2020.  The charts are based on…

These charts of the Top 10 Hobby Channel Collectible Games, Top 3 Mass Market Channel Collectible Games and ​Top 5…

The hobby games business started strong in the first two months of 2020, but was then brought low and transformed…

POWERED by the DREAMR, a Powered by the Apocalypse tabletop roleplaying game in a zine, is available now through DriveThruRPG and Itch.io. In POWERED…

Paizo’s Community Use Policy is a living document, and we’ve taken the opportunity to update it to make it more…

Now and then, Geek Native has Thank You gifts for site patron and thanks to Idyll Creation’s generosity there’s some…

Whether you’re looking for something straight forward and simple or a one of a kind piece of art just for…

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 | Questions to Consider So, you’re organizing an event, starting a club, hosting a drop-in…

Cult movie The Princess Bride is being turned into a new co-op board game out later this year. The Princess…

Over the years, LoreSmyth has built a reputation as a Kickstarter overperformer. How do I know? The Eindhoven based company…

Last week, we looked at how to create a single pantheon for a particular culture or race in your setting.…

Fria Ligan’s reboot of the beloved Twilight 2000 franchise, a game about WWIII from 1984, is right around the corner.…

Like the rest of the UK we are slowly melting into buckets, and dreaming of a winter that we will…

I imagine almost anyone who reads this article has had experience with the d20 system and/or similar single-die task resolution…

With its dungeons, entrails and metal-inspired hellscapes like The Hall of Cacophonous Screams, this Swedish game has hoovered up awards…

Wield the Sword of Power in protection of Eternia or scheme to bring about its demise in Legends of Grayskull:…

Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part eight of this ongoing mini-series. The characters have just explored…

WizKids will unleash the Pathfinder Foam Replica: Life Sized Goblin into retail in November. Goblins can be helpful little guys…

Now who’s out for blood? Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…

Playing a high Int character and not able to lug around as much magical armour and equipment as everyone? What…

The Call of Cthulhu setting of Ancient Rome brought to horrible life by Golden Goblin Press and Oscar Rios is…

Help shape future D&D products by taking this survey! We want to hear about the reasons you play, the reasons…

We’re back from Gen Con Online! We hope you enjoyed the various online panels we had. If you are wanting…

We are recruiting an elite team of diverse 5E designers to join us on this journey. We pay well, and…

Green Ronin’s Chronicle System powers the now out-of-license Game of Thrones RPG and the soon-to-be-launched Sword Chronicle. Today, the publisher…

As Sword Chronicle undergoes the final sprint toward release we’ve fielded questions from social media, the GRAAD fan Discord server…

It’s time to grab your magic sword, hold it aloft and get ready to wield fabulous secret powers–a Masters of…

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Absolute Tabletop have released the beta version of the Harbinger roleplaying game for free. You can download a PDF version…

D&D has a combat wheelchair now, much to the delight disabled gamers, WotC Staff, and Matt Mercer–but not everyone is…

“Force Wizard” is my series on the Force powers in Fantasy Flight Games’ Star Wars RPG lines. It is primarily…