Month: August 2020

In the Dice Throne universe, the Mad King has been sitting on his throne for a thousand years. Immortal reign…

The second edition of movie-inspired RPG Fiasco is coming to retail stores later this week following the game’s successful Kickstarter…

Thank you for taking the time for this survey about the upcoming game, codenamed 'Level Up'. Your responses in this…

Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a gloomflower without modifying its challenge rating. Focused Scream.…

Fandom, Inc., under license from Mattel, unveiled Legends of Grayskull, a MOTU roleplaying game that uses the Cortex RPG engine…

Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital are teaming up to release Dune: Imperium, a new deck-building game, coming soon.…

Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital are teaming up to release Dune: Imperium, a new deck-building game, coming soon.…

This weekend had it all, from 40k’s new starter sets, to Eldar Exodites, and Firestrike Turrets to new minis for…

A new WFRP Adventure, It’s Your Funeral, is at hand. Come get lost in a maze of shattered alliances, forgotten…

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

Are you ready to level up your 5E game? Level Up, the standalone 'advanced 5E' backwards compatible tabletop RPG! Kickstarter…

Courts of the Shadow Fey! The stand-out adventure of shadowy fey and courtly intrigue, Courts of the Shadow Fey is…

Level Up is the working title or codename for an upcoming standalone tabletop roleplaying game. This game is conceptualized as…

You know how it goes, one minute you’re exploring milennia old ruins, the next you’ve accidentally unleashed an aeons old…

The After is a Savage Worlds Adventure Edition campaign setting. The post-apocalyptic setting was successfully Kickstarted last year and is…

Star & Flame Games have published Land of Eem RPG as a “Pay What You Want” product with a suggested…

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

In a break from the scheduled post we promised in our previous blog, this week seemed a prudent point to…

There are a host of great looking RPGs in this charity supporting Itch.io bundle.

Mage Hand Press has a flying Kickstarter success on their hands with the Dark Matter Starter Set. The current tally…

The original Death in Freeport is 20 years old and was the first adventure published under the new Open Game…

Suit up, pick out your team and jump into the twelve meter tall mech of your choice, this week we’re…

While the writers of our Paizo products are always credited in the front and back of the books, a simple…

Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry…

Twenty years ago, at Gen Con in August of 2000, Green Ronin Publishing released one of the very first adventures…

August 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💶 Ads: Links may earn commission It’s the start of the month,…

On this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt is joined by consulting detective Wheels and street urchin Meehan to talk about Wheels’…

If you enjoyed Remedy’s Control released last year, or if you’re a fan of the SCP Wiki, you’ll love In…

Thought Police Interactive make storytelling games and tabletop RPGs.

All images were taken from Mythic Oddyseys of Theros. Thumbnail image from the reviewed product’s cover After being one of…

Get a look at the character sheet for the upcoming RPG! Mantic did a large amount of research when they…

I've played a short demo of Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest and loved it. The full game…

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

It’s August, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a magical set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic…

Dire Wolf, the co-maker of deckbuilding card game Clank!, has revealed that it’s currently working on Dune: Imperium - the…

By Gavin Dady In this update we will give you some target dates for the forthcoming releases. COVID-19 and the…

Bully Pulpit Games will release Fiasco: Boxed Edition, a new version of the classic roleplaying caper-gone-wrong game, on August 12.…

​ August Update— Release Schedule, Sanctioning, Spotlights and Conventions! Thursday, August 6, 2020 OPM Musings Wow. Eleven weeks. That is…

Jay Dragon picked up a Judges Spotlight in the ENnies for their game Sleepaway. A little publicity and a lot…

​ Iconic Encounter: Interesting Times At Okira Station Thursday, August 06, 2020 When the explosions started, Navasi’s first thought was,…

Court Rules, WotC Moves

Take a trip back to the Labyrinth and Eberron before becoming a Witcher and visitng the Feywild this month on…

Knowledge is power, but for a Mind Flayer, knowledge is also a seasoning that will make your brain even more…

Focus Home Interactive has announced a release date for the upcoming video game Necromunda: Underhive Wars – Mark your calendars!…

Entromancy is an agile cyberpunk fantasy. It feels more D&D than Shadowrun, despite the obvious parallels. In my review, I…

From creator of Carly Rae Jepsen RPG Boy Problems.

Eclipse Phase is an RPG from Posthuman Studios, set after World War III and 90% of the planet’s inhabitants have…

Undead creatures and spirits are at the heart of the latest Unearthed Arcana, with two new subclasses for the Bard…

A friend shared the Kickstarter of Jack Rosetree’s Tales of Pride, an adventure anthology for the Pretty Fairy Princesses RPG,…

Watch the Dicebreaker team attempt to steal a powerful magical artefact from a terrifying foe in a special Blades in…

Surprise! Is werewolf. No, sorry, I meant that it is a new Unearthed Arcana release, bringing us a new bardic…

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D&D Beyond subscribers rejoice! It's a brand-new, free set of digital dice for you to celebrate our third anniversary! Not…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Brass Rings Pocket RPG Brass Rings is a game of adventure…

Want new monsters? Come and get ‘em! Let Theros and Icewind Dale combine with the frigid cryohydra—plus two other many-headed…

Two spooky subclasses manifest in today’s Unearthed Arcana: the College of Spirits for bards and the Undead patron for warlocks.…

Starfinder has an interactive audio adventure out featuring the voices of Nathan Fillion, Laura Bailey, and more–available now on…Alexa? RPGs…

Thumbnail art from Grady Frederick Here at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to be added…

Step into a world of swaying grass and shaded creeks in Wanderhome, an upcoming roleplaying game that turns players into…

Baldur’s Gate 3 will be missing their August deadline for their Early Access release–but it looks like the game is…

Last week saw a lot of updates coming out of Fantasy Flight Games. First the points update on Tuesday and…

Patrick Kanouse is a longtime gamemaster and novelist. He joins me on the podcast to discuss running tabletop role-playing games.…

The first three episodes of sci-fi RPG Starfinder’s interactive game for smart home speaker Amazon Alexa have launched, starring Laura…

A thread on Onyx Path’s forums brings together public allegations based by RPG designer Khaldoun Khelil against Matt McElroy and…

A GM’s work is never done, so to make things easier on you, we’re providing a series of tables to…

It will come as little surprise, but playing tabletop RPGs online using the virtual tabletop Roll20 has never been more…

If you have an Alexa or the Amazon Alexa app on your Android or Apple iOS device you can now…

Fields of Victory is a sourcebook for Legend of the Five Rings and Blood of the Lioness is an adventure.…

Matt Colville’s company, MCDM, is working on a new D&D magazine. James Introcaso, who was a co-author on Critical Role’s…

Let’s talk T’au, 9th Edition points changes, and a few key units you want to pay attention to. Let’s begin…

Announcing Starfinder, a new interactive Alexa game, featuring voice talent Laura Bailey, Nathan Fillion, and many more! Your browser does…

Space: 1889 is a steampunk-themed RPG in which some of the pop-science that the Victorians believed in turns out to…

The Great Dalmuti is a card game that was published way back in 1995 by Wizards of the Coast. It…

Fish and duckies and bears, oh my! These dice will feel like your bringing your character’s familiar or your favorite…

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When I sought to create a blog that featured news about tabletop role-playing games, I discovered some things that have…

Today we start a new series in worldbuilding focusing on a heavenly subject: creating pantheons for your tabletop roleplaying game.…

An RPG designer has created a combat wheelchair for Dungeons & Dragons 5E, allowing characters with disabilities to more comfortably…

A new roleplaying game set in the Hellboy universe is in the works–soon you’ll be able to join the BPRD…

It’s awards season in gaming and oh boy do we have a lot to go through: the Diana Jones Award…

Cover Art by Eric Lofgren© 2016 Bill Edmunds. All rights reserved.As you may have read in previous articles of mine,…

Midnight, the popular 3rd edition D&D setting where the Dark Lord won the great war and conquered the world, is…

Comic book series Hellboy is being turned into a tabletop RPG with a Kickstarter campaign launching later this summer. Hellboy:…

Compete in a game of wits and luck with a fantastical twist in The Great Dalmuti: Dungeons & Dragons, a…

Games Workshop has unveiled Blood Bowl: Second Season Edition for release during the Holiday Season. COVID-19 may have cast doubts…

Cleaning Up the Standard and Pioneer Formats Before the Release 'Zendikar Rising' Wizards of the Coast issued a surprise update…

Wizards of the Coast has announced The Great Dalmuti: Dungeons & Dragons, ahead of the original The Great Dalmuti’s 25th…

Mantic Games, who make the Hellboy board game and Dark Horse Comics today announced a new Hellboy RPG. The RPG…

A D&D product that didn’t leak in advance? Not quite. The Great Dalmuti is a 25-year old card game from…

Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD use EN Publishing's WOIN system (What's Old is New), and Strontium Dog…

Gen Con was cancelled this year due to public safety concerns over a rampaging virus. At short notice, the convention…

New RPG Source Book, Adventure Book, and LCG Card Cycle or 'L5R'

A funny thing happened on the way to making Sword Chronicle. Sword Chronicle was based on the simplest of ideas:…

Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part seven of this ongoing mini-series. The characters have journeyed through…

Richard Garfield’s other other card game, The Great Dalmuti, is back with a Dungeons and Dragons twist for its 25th…

A Face-Paced Card Game of One-Upsmanship Sometimes you roll a 1... … and sometimes you roll a 20 and crush…

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Ships of the Galactic Republic and the Separatist Alliance will be joining Fantasy Flight Games’ Star Wars:  Armada tabletop miniatures…

Gen Con was this past weekend–and though the convention was totally virtual, the games are all real. Today we’re looking…

For Tom Hanks, it was hardly the most auspicious start to a movie career. Before Forrest Gump, before Turner &…