Month: December 2020

As we close 2020, on this last night of the year, each of us took a moment to reflect back…

Aliens Among Us–Alien Archive 4 Unveiled, Part 4 Thursday, December 31, 2020 The new Starfinder Alien Archive 4 brings nearly…

2020 has been a long and difficult year. For our writers (and many of you out there too) tabletop RPGs…

2020 has been a long and difficult year. For our writers (and many of you out there too) tabletop RPGs…

The Bundle of Holding is ending the year with two Traveller RPG deals. One is Traveller LBBS 1 which first…

This gorgeous wraparound cover art is by Alba Palacio. It features four of our ‘iconic’ characters engaging in an exploration…

Do you hear that belching sound coming from the warrens? No, that’s not the kobolds making rude noises—it’s the marker…

It feels like three years, but as 2020 comes to a close, let’s look back at the year in RPGs.…

2020 was a hard year for so many as we, as a planet, dealt with untold tragedies throughout the world.…

The City of the White Wolf has opened up–Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay has released a new massive city supplement for Power…

“An older halfling woman in bright clothes quickly approaches, a large golden wolfhound at her side. She places herself before…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Cat Knights – 54mm Minis Welcome, dear friends! Blood Carrot Knights…

GM's Toolbox: Lost In The warrens Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Mazes are sometimes just the thing a story needs, but…

We’ve shown you several draft Level Up classes (and we’re busy revising those based on the extensive survey feedback we…

There’s a free demo of James Lennox-Gordon’s lo-fi heist-fantasy 1400 Sneak RPG on Itch.io. If you like the game, the…

The Mandalorian may be gone until 2021 and Grogu may have flown off to continue his Jedi training, but we…

There are several things to keep in mind when you are using these formulas for your campaign or for making…

Thumbnail art by HyunJoon Kim Oath of Justice The Oath of Justice has paladins settle on being the law, or…

A year ago, my family went on a big trip to Disney World. The first reports of Coronavirus were coming…

The host of the Making a Monster podcast Lucas Zellers joins me on the podcast today. We discuss his monster’s…

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Creating new rules and expansions for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game takes a lot of work. Over the past year, the…

Respawn Entertainment has released a brand new Stories From The Outlands video for Apex Legends for Season 7. The video…

To the City of Brass is a free 21-paged PDF for D&D on DriveThruRPG from Wizards of the Coast. The…

Roll initiative on the new year with these dice that will feel like a tiny New Year’s Eve party every…

I know I promised to discuss Orcs in last week’s article, but I had a realization that I missed something…

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Okay, so I may have cheated a little by using an acronym that’s not, strictly speaking, a game mechanic. But…

Nightfall Games have released a 44-page Quick Start for their forthcoming The Terminator RPG. You can download it from DriveThruRPG.…

The Paizo offices (or our home offices, I guess) may be closed for the holidays, but that doesn’t mean we…

Wizards of the Coast added Three-Dragon Ante to DriveThruRPG in November. It’s a free download. Three-Dragon Ante is a card…

You can download and install a free Savage Worlds Adventure Edition for Foundry. However, you can also visit PEG’s store…

Titan Effect is a tactical espionage and science fiction RPG powered by Savage Worlds. Right now, you can grab a…

Arcane Anthems is a Patreon that creates free music for your tabletop RPGs. The sound files here are neither background…

So far, we’ve looked primarily at simple traps, but often you want an entire set piece to be a deadly…

Once you know all the ins and outs of a mission-based game, it can get stale. But with these expansions,…

In honor of The Mandalorian‘s Clan (of Two) Mudhorn, I have been making stats for some cool gear from Season…

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

We're hard at work on the rest of the game. Here's some quick-fix insights! These are quotes from the text.…

There’s nothing unusual about mixing the life as an adventurer and as a pet owner. D&D rangers have animal companions,…

In a special episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast to finish up 2020, the whole team - Matt, Johnny, Lolies, Wheels…

The bearfolk of the Northlands, the Rothenian Plains, and Dornig are renowned for their love of honey. No other race…

Copyright Wizards of the Coast. Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.In this column, we take some of…

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Sen-Foong Lim is the co-designer behind beloved party games Junk Art and Rock, Paper, Wizard, as well as fantasy village…

It’s Christmas, so mix it up with some holiday themed adventures: Dungeons & Dragons 5e D&D 5e Holiday Adventure –…

Come and walk the streets of Brightspear with a new sourcebook for Soulbound, the Age of Sigmar Roleplaying Game. Brightspear…

We decked the halls, lit the candles, hung the holly, and partook of so many sugarplums! But before we settle…

The Forgotten Realms are a well-explored piece of D&D lore… but here’s where it all began, the original Faerun, as…

Karl Nicolas’ Kickstarter to publish a compendium of over 100 unique and fully-illustrated magical tattoo for 5e is doing well.…

Little Feet: The Legend of Gimcrack Jack is an all-ages adventure designed for the Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition ruleset.…

Spenser Starke is the designer behind mutiple roleplaying games such as the unique civilisation building RPG Icarus and this year's…

Judging the Galaxy After last week’s Grand Galactic Tour, the final Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD blog…

In the fall of 2020, the cast of Critical Role made what, at the time to them, was a geek…

The restless dead sometimes wander the world as skeletons or zombies, but necromancers are as innovative as they are evil.…

By Chris Birch It was 2012 when we first set out with members of Section M to confront the forces…

The Starfinder Roleplaying Game is both weird and wonderful. So, even though the Holiday season is upon us—or perhaps because…

It was around this time last year that we got our first glimpse of the new D&D Dark Alliance. It’s…

Anna Blackwell is a writer, journalist and game designer. She is the creator of storytelling RPG Those Who Play and…

Xavier Deschenes has created environments in computer games for companies like EA and Ubisoft. Now they’re on Kickstarter with Ultimate…

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Dear readers, we’ve collected our much-loved Expanding Codex series from designer Mike Welham! It’s now available in PDF. At a…

A new freeform tabletop roleplaying game gives players the chance to right some cosmic wrongs while dealing with escalating consequences…

Forged in the Dark RPGs are going in number and they’re powered by Blades in the Dark by One Seven.…

Thumbnail art by Anato Finnstark How to create an open world campaign || How to create quests for open world…

Cat Tobin, co-owner and CEO of Pelgrane Press, returns to the podcast. We discuss the future of tabletop role-playing games…

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

WizKids unveiled D&D Icons of the Realms: Adult Blue Dragon Premium Figure for release in April. The blue dragon is…

From the Final Frontier to the Inner Sphere, with a stop in the Shadows along the way, here's a look…

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Calo’s Book of Monsters Calo’s Book of Monsters is designed as…

  Four years ago, I created a homemade book for my wife with all these quotes about Love from our……

When trouble brews in the Mortal Realms, and year-end festivities come to Brightspear, it’s all fun and games–until someone steels…

Released today is the latest Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD adventure and sourcebook.More

Hello Pathfinders! You may have heard Pinnacle Entertainment Group is converting some of Paizo’s legendary Adventure Paths to the Savage…

If you have been reading my Monthly Encounters for some time, you may recall Encounter #4: The Oni that Ruined…

Fly Free or Die is the newest Adventure Path for the Starfinder RPG. It’s a story about working class heroes.…

Christmas is right around the corner and now is your last chance to get extra festive for your last few…

What do you get the adventurer who has everything? Why not try one of these common magic items–items so plain…

Recently, I’ve been feeling a little stuck in my encounter building. So, I decided to take a big picture look…

That’s right, soon you’ll be able to adventure across Golarion using Savage World’s rules–your favorite adventure path is getting a…

Come check out the new Barbarian, renamed the Berserker. All the rage, none of the baggage. Check out the latest…

No, not that type of fumble...Fumbles, AKA Crit Fails and – in some cases – Nat 1s, are a game…

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Asmodee USA will release Cantaloop Book 1: Breaking into Prison, story game by Lookout Games, into U.S. trade on January…

Wizards of the Coast revealed Elven Empire and Phantom Premonition, two new Kaldheim Commander Decks for Magic: The Gathering, which…

Today’s the last day to grab all the Only War books under one single humble bundle. Join the Imperial Guard…

This time of year, everyone gets along. Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would…

My friends and supporters, I first want to first thank you for reading this, for supporting Paizo, and most of…

We’re giving away one of our amazing T-shirts from TeePublic and you could win it! All you have to do…

We’re just a few days from the most magical day of the year, but for Pathfinder players, every day is…

I haven’t blogged about Modern AGE in a while. As we’ve mentioned before, COVID prompted us to change how and…

Pathfinder 2nd Edition has a new pocket sized Bestiary out, as long as your pockets can hang with holding more…

This is the final article in our series all about improving your games in a way that both your players…

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Guy Sclanders, the host of YouTuBe series How To Be A Great Game Master, has teamed up with Dungeon Fog…

A|State is a chilling dystopian sci-fi RPG set in a city you can never leave. Handiwork Games picked up the…

(Rankin-Bass, ABC) We in the Northern Hemisphere tend to forget this Fun Fact – Christmas and the rest of the…

Two months later and the Dragonlance lawsuit has been “dismissed without prejudice.” Here’s what that means for WotC, Dragonlance, and…

Banana Chan has written for RPGs such as Kids on Bikes and multiple releases of The Golden Cobra Anthology, as…

Warcradle Studios announced Hunt for the Promentheus, a two-player starter set for Dystopian Wars 3E steampunk-themed naval battle game, for…