Month: September 2021

Birth of a Jackal is a free 7-page adventure by John-Matthew DeFoggi for Osprey’s RPG Jackals: Bronze Age Fantasy. Geek…

Award-winning tabletop RPG Mothership has announced a first edition boxed set to be crowdfunded on Kickstarter beginning November 2nd. It…

Hello, Pathfinders and Starfinders! I wanted to take a moment here to discuss our current sanctioning status for both programs.…

Because sometimes, you really really need everyone’s attention to be somewhere else. Here are five ways to create a diversion…

Critical Role has announced the start of their long-awaited Campaign 3 on October 21st. Here’s what we know so far!…

This morning during a special "State Of The Role" video, the cast of Critical Role confirmed they will be back…

WizKids will release Wave 2 of Critical Role Unpainted Miniatures into retail in February 2022. Critical Role Unpainted Miniatures are…

We don’t get Honey Badgers here in Scotland. We get the friendly Wind in the Willows types with black and…

The music video for When The Summer Dies, an electronic beat and single from deadmau5 was made using Core. Manticore’s…

An official tabletop roleplaying game based on sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner was announced last week, simultaneously igniting both excitement and…

Origins Game Fair, GAMA’s tabletop gaming convention, returns September 30th to October 3rd, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. This gathering is…

Multiclassing in Dungeons & Dragons adds versatility to any character. But what do you do if you’re playing the already…

The Wanderer’s Tome has funded and did so in hours, a tabletop RPG inspired by stories like Jeeves and Wooster.…

Gen Con 2022 will return to its traditional summer timing next year, the announcement of the US board game event’s…

Tackle a zombie apocalypse as a party of disabled characters living in 14th century Europe in the upcoming roleplaying game,…

Wizards of the Coast added new details about Double Feature, a new draft set for Magic: The Gathering. The release…

Over the last few weeks, Magic: the Gathering games have quietly been delisted from the Xbox Store, leading many to…

Anjali Bhimani — known for portraying fire genasi Fy’ra Rai on Exandria Unlimited and Symmetra in the first-person shooter Overwatch —…

A fortnight back, Rupture’s lead designer, Keeny Francis contributed a piece on using RPGs for self-discovery. I liked the idea…

The Reserved List for Magic: The Gathering, which lists cards that Wizards of the Coast has committed never to reprint, will…

Nhalmika Ironsight honors dwarven tradition, even as she wanders the surface world far from home. With her wide build, mane…

  The above model, drawn from the narrative of Game Wizards, shows roughly how many people TSR had on staff between…

All art belongs to MCDMThis month I come to wake you up before September ends (I’m a 90s kid! I…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! The Ancestors – Voljaryk Introducing Voljaryk, the First Skoldungar!…

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Would you not play D&D with this character, even if they were the last man on earth? Let’s fine out…

Artificers are the newest class in D&D. Looming large in Tasha’s Cauldron with some changes, here are five tricks to…

The Battlezoo Bestiary Kickstarter has been a massive success to date, including three huge books not only fully compatible with…

So much more than bats, rats, and spiders lurks beneath the surface of the world. Present your players with a…

As a quick catch up, Wizards of the Coast have announced a new edition of Dungeons & Dragons for 2024.…

A new set of dice, cards, and yet another opportunity to have a Witchlight Carnival Map has appeared. Check out…

What board game would you play if your life depended on it - literally? That’s the question I started asking…

Embark on a delicious adventure into a world of sweets and treats in Just Dessert, a supplement for Dungeons &…

Last week AMG updated the points in preparation for the release of three new ships. If you were expecting something…

Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons is coming in three weeks, and with it a host of dragons the likes of which…

Writer and editor, Jonathan Oliver, joins me on the podcast today. The conversation spans writing, editing, publishing, and Jon’s love…

A tabletop RPG adaptation of Kieron Gillen’s award-winning comic DIE comes to Kickstarter in November, courtesy of Rowan, Rook and…

In every sense of the word, Descent: Legends of the Dark is the biggest board game release of the summer.…

Become the members of The Goonies squad in an escape room game inspired by the original film created by the…

Athelen Publishing is running a Kickstarter for a new d20 RPG. Described as a dark and gritty tabletop roleplaying game,…

Fandom owns D&D Beyond, Fanatical and hundreds of fan wikis. It’s a company that reach a vast number of geeks…

Dust settled, leaving two figures behind in the carnage. One a looming mass of hulking muscle and teeth. The other…

I’m certainly dating myself, but long ago, I loved to haunt the aisles of the games auction at Gen Con…

Welcome back to this series on side quests. Today we’re going to take a look at how to up the…

The Zhentarim are one among the most infamous mercenary companies and “mercantile organizations” in Faerun. But who are these nefarious…

The next major iteration of Dungeons & Dragons is planned to launch in 2024, publisher Wizards of the Coast has…

Brazilian tabletop RPG designer Cezar Capacle works within a system that he believes weighs creators on a faulty scale and…

Photographer unknown In a move that shows that sections of the fandom will argue about anything, the latest rumbling within…

Wizards of the Coast announced that two all-new settings were in development at this year’s D&D Celebration. Here’s what we…

The Mass Effect universe is a masterclass in world-building. The video game series might be an amalgamation of many science-fiction…

In the next image, you can see how initiative is introduced. While you probably know how initiative works in 5E,…

At D&D Celebration on the weekend, Wizards of the Coast lit up the tabletop community by announcing the 50th-anniversary D&D…

Chronicle your attempts to escape a dinosaur theme park or your ambitions for raptor-based revenge in Clever Girl, a roleplaying…

Guts & Glory is a tabletop RPG mashup of the raid dynamics of games like Monster Hunter with OSR hexcrawl…

The publisher behind the Zombicide franchise, Cmon, has acquired the studio known for releasing roleplaying games such as the Broken…

CMON acquired Two Little Mice, an Italian tabletop roleplaying game studio. Two Little Mice was founded by Riccardo "Rico" Sirignano…

Geppi Family Enterprises released sales comparisons to 2019 for its two distribution companies, Diamond Comic Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors,…

Wizards of the Coast will release the D&D Rules Expansion Gift Set in January. The D&D Rules Expansion Gift Set…

This week, it’s all about big paintings… …and big ideas. How big? Smack the picture below and find out!

Over the weekend during the Fall version of D&D Celebration 2021, Dungeons & Dragons announced the Rules Expansion Gift Set.…

The Bundle of Holding has a rare and significant deal on, launched just tonight is the 5e Platinum Showcase. The…

🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.Fanatical is running Killer Bundle 19 for…

We have a new release date from WizKids for their Pathfinder Battles: Bestiary Unleashed pre-painted plastic miniatures—October 6. You can…

That withered old crone may have your next adventure, may be a normal townsperson, or may just be a Hag,…

If you’re looking for a way to add the Halloween spirit to your next D&D session these treats will have…

Gallant Knight Games’ TinyD6 RPG Mecha & Monsters was the publishers second game. It’s back on Kickstarter with Mecha &…

Tabletop RPG giant Dungeons & Dragons announced - and then promptly delayed - a new rulebook during a recent livestream.…

On this week's Dicebreaker Podcast, it's time to sit down with Wheels, Meehan and Liv to discuss the latest and…

Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a brain hood without modifying its challenge rating. Improved…

🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.Readers will know that I’ve been lamenting…

Even the dragons have gods in Faerun, and Astilabor is an illusive one indeed. Revered by all, but worshipped by…

This press release (see below) just arrived in my inbox. A new book called Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse,…

With all the old favorites you know and love, plus over 200 new items, Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition is…

WotC announced a new book yesterday that will rewrite the rules for monsters. Releasing in January, check out Mordenkainen’s Monsters…

“Try Before You Buy” is an occasional segment of Astral Projections. It spotlights free (or nearly free) supplements, quick-start rules,…

An upcoming roleplaying game inspired by the likes of the anime Free and cult classic film Bring it On is…

Explore Central Europe in the 15th century in the upcoming tabletop adaptation of the video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Announced…

Today Warhammer 40K fans, we are going way, way back to the mid-1980s to look at the Games Worshop minis…

Check out everything from WotC talking D&D’s upcoming “evolution”,  Stranger Things latest trailer, Underworld’s Selene Cosplay, 40K Marines we should…

As Gen Con 2021 began its second day on Friday, ICv2 went on a search for the hidden gems of…

In a panel on the Future of D&D, WotC announced that they’ve been working on a “New Evolution” of the…

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

At Wizard of the Coast’s D&D Celebration tonight, during The Future of D&D, a panel issues with Ray Winninger, Liz…

I never played Dungeons & Dragons, but I have always appreciated the foundation is laid down and the imagination it…

Are you planning to run some scary D&D this Halloween? What about a Pay What You Want adventure that the…

Want to get your questions about D&D rules answered live? Check out Ask The Sage or get a glimpse at…

Campaigns & Companions: The Complete Role-Playing Guide for Pets is 100-pages long, but is so good it feels like only…

🐙Sponsored Post paid for by Geek Native. We may earn a commission on sales.British parents might be wise to be…

Moonstone Dragons are a shiny new dragon type coming in Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons. Come and take a look at…

Gnome Made Games’ Demiverse funded on Kickstarter in less than two days. It’s a campaign setting of up to 50…

It’s D&D Celebration this weekend, and an Amazon listing suggests we’ll be getting a prominent announcement as part of the…

Arcane, Riot's first TV series, will premiere on Saturday, November 6 at 7 PM PT. The show will premiere on…

A new race and a new subclass revealed, and we’re only on Day 2 of D&D Celebration! Check out the…

By Brian Saliba and Craig Schaffer, Rackham Vale is an OSR setting zine based on the artwork of Arthur Rackham.…

D&D Celebration Day 2 is underway. Coming this afternoon: previews of the new Strixhaven and Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons books.…

Gloomhaven, the popular board-game-turned-tactical-RPG is getting ready to leave early access–it’s headed to a PC near you coming next month!…

It’s Friday! Kick-off your weekend with this retro challenge for the old-schoolers out there. What ancient Games Workshop, 40K, and…

The next time your campaign calls for a hot bath/springs scene, why not use one of these five magical tubs,…

Roleplaying Game fans get ready! Free RPG Day works with top RPG publishers to create the can’t-miss RPG event of…

Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box – this week with news from Knight Models , Wargames Atlantic, Mierce…