News Digest for June 12, 2026
Paizo layoffs, D&D Beyond Drops can now be shared, Scion 3rd Edition announced, and more!Read more at this site
Renegade announces new editions of Transformers, GI Joe, and Power Rangers RPGs
The new editions will use 5.5E.Read more at this site
The Upcoming ‘Justice League Unlimited RPG’ Gets A Free Quickplay Preview
You can try Justice League Unlimited, the first new DC Universe RPG in almost two decades, today, thanks to a…
RPG: ‘Hell’s Destiny’ Brings High Level Adventure To Pathfinder – Available Now
The second part of Pathfinder’s Hellfire Crisis needs high-level heroes to tackle infernal problems. See if you can determine Hell’s…
Justice League Unlimited: The Roleplaying Game Drops Free Quickstart
Justice League Unlimited: The Roleplaying Game has been given a free Quickstart system to get people familiar with the game
Memoirs of a Lich: Arcane Bonds – June 12, 2026
As my imp familiar, you are the only individual other than myself even remotely likely to ever read my diary.…
Rhys Darby Will Play Dungeons & Dragons at Gen Con 2026
Rhys Darby and Steve Wrigley will be taking part in a special actual-play Dungeons & Dragons session live at Gen…
D&D Beyond enables content sharing for Drops content
Content is now available to share for Master Tier subscribers.Read more at this site
D&D Beyond Adds Master Tier Sharing To Drops Program
Not long after the big community update about the Drops program, it seems D&D Beyond is rolling out content sharing…
D&D Beyond Drops: Master Tier Content Sharing is Here
As a follow-up to our previous update on Drops, today all D&D Beyond Drops player options and monsters are now enabled for…
DriveThruRPG limits storefront rules to eliminate new executable software
DriveThruRPG institutes a strict ban on new executable software and applications, citing device safety and code validation challenges.
‘Twilight Sword,’ The Zelda-Like TTRPG Gets A Release Date
Just in time for us all to bask in the Ocarina of Time remake announcement haze, Twilight Sword, the Zelda-like…
RPG: ‘GURPS – Ring Of Fire’ Launches On BackerKit
GURPS: Ring of Fire has launched its crowdfunding campaign, hitting BackerKit like a half-ton pickup hitting the Thirty Years’ War.…
Free League Publishing Will Release 'Twilight Sword RPG Starter Set'
Entry Level Product for the New Anime-Style Inspired Fantasy RPG
D&D: Five Places To Sneak In Secret Lore
Trying to get the PCs to learn something about your campaign world? Here are some things to try instead of…
Wizards of the Coast is hiring a senior AI engineer for customer-facing features
The advertisement talks about customer facing features, AI tech in products, and systems for player assistance, tutorials, and NPC behaviours.Read…
Dos and Don’ts for 5E GMs Delving Into Shadowdark RPG – June 10, 2026
Feels like the old-school RPG experience is having a moment. You don’t have to look far to immerse yourself in…
Vampire: The Masquerade Is Back With A New Video Game RPG, ‘Eternal Whispers’
With inspiration from Revachol’s finest disco-powered detective, Vampire: The Masquerade has a new video game, Eternal Whispers, in the works.…
Live the lowlife: Save big on Acheron Games’ Brancalonia RPG double feature
Explore Brancalonia, a brawly 5E Spaghetti Fantasy world of Knaves, rogues, and folklore monsters with two massive, DRM-free Bundle of…
‘Daggerheart’ Announces A New Adventure For Free RPG Day
Daggerheart wants you to celebrate this Free RPG Day (June 27th) with a new free adventure complete with pregens and…
RPG: Modiphius Offers Free Update To ‘Star Trek: Adventures’ Player/GM Guides
Star Trek Adventures has two free new digital supplements that expand and update the guides for both players and GMs.…
Sirius Dice Unveils Images of Chonky 'D&D Themberchaud 55mm D20'
Also, Retail Release Date Updated
D&D: Five Easy Seeds For Side Quests
Side quests aren’t just for video games or the easily distracted. You can use them to great effect in D&D,…
Scion 3rd Edition coming from Onyx Path
A 3rd edition of Scion, the game where you play divine heroes, was announced, powered by the Storypath Ultra system.Read…
What's New on DDB: Shared Dice Rolls Onto Mobile
Roll together, wherever you play. Starting June 10, Shared Dice comes to the D&D Beyond mobile app on Android and…
Player’s and Gamemaster’s Guides, Revisited
By Jim Johnson, Project ManagerArt by Nicola Silvani In 2021, four years after the release of the first edition…
D&D Accessories: The Right Dice Tower For Your Table
Whether you’re looking for something straight forward, weird and fun, or a one of a kind piece of art, there’s…
RPG Print News – Traveller, Castles & Crusades, Call of Cthulhu, and More
New in print supplements for Traveller, The Codex of Aihrde, Castles & Crusades, Mothership, Call of Cthulhu RPG, and D&D…
The World of Two Moons returns as classic ElfQuest roleplaying game goes to retail
The classic 1984 ElfQuest roleplaying game returns to store shelves this July in a completely restored, error-free 40th anniversary deluxe…
RPG: Talgaad Adventures – An Anthology For ‘The Old World’
Cubicle 7’s upcoming adventure anthology for The Old World RPG, Talagaad Adventures, is a grab bag of secrets, sieges, and…
RPG: Onyx Path Announces ‘Scion’ 3rd Edition
Onyx Path Publishing announced a 3rd Edition of its RPG of modern mythology, Scion, using the Storypath Ultra system. At…
RPG: Paizo Restructures Amid Ongoing Diamond Comics Bankruptcy Fallout
Paizo announced some difficult decisions, with layoffs, live play restructures, and more in the wake of the Diamond Comics Bankruptcy…
Sirius Dice Reveals Critical Role Vox Machina Adventure Dice Sets
Sirius Dice has partnered with Critical Role to release a new set of Adventuring Dice, with eight new sets based…
Become the Monster in the Shadows with 7 Terrifying Subclasses From Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Explore the terrifying new subclasses in Ravenloft: The Horrors Within and discover the dark powers waiting for your next adventurer.
Pinnacle caps Deadlands 30th anniversary tickets as community rallies for hospitalized art director
Pinnacle Entertainment Group limits Deadlands 30th anniversary tickets to 100 as the tabletop community rallies to fund a double transplant…
D&D: Five Surprisingly Versatile NPC Stat Blocks Every DM Should Know
These five NPC stat blocks are versatile enough that they often come in handy, no matter what you might need.…
WizKids Reveals New 'D&D Icons of the Realms' Dragon
'Adult Spirit Dragon Boxed Miniature'
Paizo Reports Almost $2 Million Loss in 2025 Due to Diamond Bankruptcy
Company Undergoes Restructuring, Will Lay Off a Dozen Employees
Paizo Reports Almost $2 Million Loss in 2025
Due to Diamond Hostage Inventory; Company Undergoes Restructuring, Will Lay Off a Dozen Employees
Paizo announces restructuring and layoffs following Diamond Comics distributor deadlock
Following a devastating multi-million pound loss tied to Diamond Comics warehouse litigation, Pathfinder publisher Paizo announces redundancies and scales back…
Paizo Claims Almost $2 Million Loss in 2025
Due to Diamond Hostage Inventory; Company Undergoes Restructuring, Will Lay Off a Dozen Employees
Paizo laying off 12 due to fallout from Diamond's bankruptcy
The layoffs are due to losses sustained last year.Read more at this site
Edinburgh’s superforest debuts eco-creative vision and game pipeline at Cymera 2026
Debuting at Cymera 2026, Edinburgh's superforest studio smashes its Kickstarter goal for dark academia novel Little Bird while unveiling three…
D&D’s Design Team Talks About The Hexblade, Cut From ‘Ravenloft: The Horrors Within’
Some of the D&D design team sat down to talk about why the Hexblade ended up being cut from the…
D&D: Five Magic Items For Taking Flight
One of the signs you’re going up in the world of D&D is when you literally go up, like with…
Games Workshop breaks 38-year silence by revealing the Emperor’s true state in Warhammer 40k 11th edition
Games Workshop shatters a 38-year narrative veil in Warhammer 40k 11th edition, altering the dark satirical legacy established by John…
'Neon Odyssey TTRPG' Funding Total Passes Both 'Cosmere RPG' and 'Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG'
Takes Second on Kickstarter's Top All-Time Funded Tabletop Games List
Check out this massive 360-page hardcover of D&D 5.5 content–including 20 adventures and a new class!
A year ago, EN5ider Magazine ‘relaunched’ with monthly issues focused on D&D 2024 (5.5) content. Now, a year later, the…
Run your best actual play | Take your supplements! – June 8, 2026
Supplements, both big and small, can save you planning time for your actual play game and let you enjoy some…
RPG Evolution: Don't Get Squashed!
How does a solitary legendary monster withstand the focused fire of a small army of third-level adventurers?Read more at this…
'Neon Odyssey RRTPG' Funding Total Passes Both 'Cosmere RPG' and 'Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG'
Takes Second on Kickstarter's Top All-Time Funded Tabletop Games List
WizKids Unveils New Wave of 'D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures'
Featuring Eldritch Monsters and a Zombie Dinosaur
'Umdaar' is Fate's take on Masters of the Universe
If you’ve just seen He-Man’s latest outing in Masters of the Universe in cinemas right now, you might be wanting…
Podcast #400 livestream: D&D Drops, Hasbro's AI studio, Neon Odyssey breaks records
Livestreaming as always Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern)!Read more at this site
Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for June 7, 2026
HUGE core rules megabundle, D&D, Pathfinder, Cyberpunk, Shadowdark, Mothership, Shadowrun, indie RPGs, and a lot more!Read more at this site
Five Ways to Go to Space in D&D
Space, the final frontier. Just because you’re playing in a pseudo-medieval fantasy world doesn’t mean you can’t strap in and…
RPG: Pendragon’s ‘Noble’s Handbook’ Hit With Delays
Pendragon’s upcoming new Noble’s Handbook has been delayed to the end of the month, following global shipping disruptions. Exactly what…
D&D Accessories: Pick Up Your New Quest at These Taverns
Let’s visit the local tavern, the best place to relax and spend your gold. And then pick up a new…
Review: Synthonie – Cinematic Sci-fi & Gaming Music Live at Cymera 2026
Synthonie brings cyberpunk synthwave and the custom "Musitar" to Cymera 2026. Read our full review of Christian Freund’s live sci-fi…
Valley of Cats launched at Cymera: A new GNAT system adventure gamebook from David M Donachie
David M Donachie launches Valley of Cats, his newest fantasy adventure gamebook, at Edinburgh's Cymera Festival. Discover the fast-paced GNAT…
D&D: Five Spells For Absolutely Ruining The Vibe And Your Enemy’s Day
In D&D, it’s not enough to win. You’ve got to absolutely wreck someone’s day in the process. Fortunately there are…
RPG: Starfinder’s ‘Tech Core’ – Upgrade Your Game
Starfinder’s newly unveiled Tech Core expansion promises two new classes and a whole lot of high-tech hijinks. One of the…
News Digest for June 5, 2026
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within preview, leaked D&D release with the placeholder name "Golly", new D&D Beyond Drops, and more!Read more…
Celebrate Dungeon Masters Campaign 1 Finale with a Downloadable Background
Celebrate the Season 1 finale with a downloadable background inspired by the heroes of Dungeon Masters and their final confrontation.
Celebrate Dungeon Masters Season 1 Finale with a Downloadable Background
Celebrate the Season 1 finale with a downloadable background inspired by the heroes of Dungeon Masters and their final confrontation.
RPG: Saruman’s Fate Is Yours To Decide In Two New ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Supplements
Saruman the Wise? Or Saruman the Wicked? It’s up to you to decide in new supplements for The One Ring…
D&D Beyond’s June Drop Features 4 Biblically Accurate Horrors, 3 New Spells, And More
Biblically accurate celestial horrors, spells that summon fragments of dark stars, and a handful of new magic items in D&D…
Creature Codex Revised Changelog | What changed? – June 5, 2026
Creature Codex is one of Kobold Press's finest achievements. But what happens when 5E becomes 5.5 (and also when we…
Wizards of the Coast Announces Delays for 'Magic: The Gathering – Marvel Super Heroes' Products
Specific North American Product Releases Impacted
Titan retail push brings Forbidden Planet to Reading
The world's largest sci-fi retailer is opening a flagship store at Broad Street Mall in Reading, anchoring a major new…
Intergalactic popcorn from Joe & Seph’s turns out pink and green ahead of Supergirl launch
Premium snack makers Joe & Seph's launch an official Supergirl movie tie-in popcorn mix, but the heroic red and blue…
D&D Beyond Drops adds four new corrupted angels, three new spells
The new monsters and spells were part of a large monthly release.Read more at this site
RPG: Evil Hat’s ‘Umdaar’ Wants To Unlock Fabulous Secret Powers At Your Table
Evil Hat has a pay-what-you-want ‘Rebel Broadcast’ edition of Umdaar: Planet of Swords, Super Science, and Sorcery available now. Evil…
RPG: ‘Space 1889’ Is Back With A New Adventure Anthology And More
Space 1889: After (the latest edition) is about to launch a new campaign for an adventure anthology and swanky core…
D&D Beyond's June Drop: New Monsters, Spells, Magic Items, and More!
Discover new spells, magic items, terrifying celestial horrors, maps, and more in this month’s D&D Beyond drop.
D&D Beyond Issues Update To ‘Drops’ Program After Community Feedback
After receiving feedback from the userbase, D&D Beyond issued an update about its ‘Drops’ program, content sharing, and subscriptions. The…
D&D: Five Alternate Character Creation Rules To Mess Around With For Your Next Homebrewed Campaign
Starting a new game of D&D? One of the best ways to keep things fresh is by messing with character…
Hasbro Launches AI Studio
Sixth Wall's CharacterOS software Focuses on Behavioral Licensing; Possible Applications to 'D&D'?
Prepare For Any Kind of Adventure With These D&D Campaign Guides
These D&D adventure guides will help you take your players on quests without having to prep for every possibility yourself.…
Hasbro launches AI studio, allowing third parties to license Hasbro IP
Companies will be able to license Hasbro characters that will act within Hasbro’s guardrails.Read more at this site
D&D Beyond admits that blocking Drops sharing “was not the right decision,”
D&D Beyond is looking to the feasibility of sharing Drops content.Read more at this site
D&D Beyond Drops: Update on the Program
Learn what’s changing for D&D Beyond Drops, including content sharing updates and yearly marketplace bundles for all players.
White-collar grimdark: Mörk Org makes its retail debut
Beyond Cataclysm Books brings corporate despair to the tabletop with Mörk Org, an agile office culture parody game compatible with…
The ‘Frostpunk RPG’ From Catalyst Game Labs Heads For Wide Release
The official Frostpunk tabletop RPG from Catalyst Game Labs and 11 bit studios is headed for a retail launch at…
RPG: ‘Eternity At Sea’ – A New Call Of Cthulhu Adventure Full Of Props And ‘History’
A new Call of Cthulhu adventure from the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society promises to bring the dread of Cthulhu to…
D&D: Five Subclasses All About Keeping The Party Alive
It can be incredibly satisfying to keep the party alive despite their best efforts. And here are five subclasses that…
All aboard the Bigfoot Bus: How Parable Games is bringing Fortean horror to SHIVER this summer
From Fortean magazine pastiches to high-profile praise from Paizo design staff, here is the full post-show breakdown on British indie…
Post-apocalyptic insect RPG Tales of the Kytin Age reveals future expansions Franzia and Bluecliff
Discovered at UK Games Expo, the decades-in-the-making tabletop RPG Tales of the Kytin Age is expanding with new post-apocalyptic sourcebooks…
Stinky Potions card game could see fast-tracked crowdfunding following overwhelming Expo reception
Manchester-based indie outfit Sharkbait Games is considering bringing its debut card game Stinky Potions to Kickstarter months ahead of schedule…
Graham Walmsley unmasks The Cthulhu Conspiracy in post-UK Games Expo reveal
Independent publisher Thieves of Time quietly showcased a surprise prototype for Graham Walmsley's unannounced roleplaying game, The Cthulhu Conspiracy, at…
Creating Original Creatures
By Jim Johnson, Project ManagerArt by Riccardo Piovan In addition to providing a wealth of stat blocks for non-player…
Find that OSR Vibe with Modern Mechanics | Part 1: Carry it and use it – June 3, 2026
Examine ways you and your gaming group can recapture some of that old-school feel without changing the mechanics of the…
RPG Crowdfunding News – Outgunned, The Book of Unnumbered Worlds, The Bad Year, and more
This TTRPG crowdfunding sampler includes award winning games, sourcebooks, adventures, and more.Read more at this site
Wizards of the Coast Updates Deets on 'Magic: The Gathering – Marvel Super Heroes'
Card Treatments, Images, and More
From farmers markets to UK Games Expo: How Blurrb bridged the gap into the tabletop hobby
Discover how a professional marketer with zero gaming background took a carbon-balanced party game from local community farmers markets straight…
How a strategic booth placement and eco-punk rebellion powered Why We Fight to a near sellout
Independent publisher Stop Drop & Roll nearly cleared its shelves at UK Games Expo with Why We Fight, a GMless,…
Deadly Destiny: The Tarokka Deck as an Encounter Creation Tool
The Taroka deck isn’t just a stunning Dungeons & Dragons prop, but also a valuable tool for Dungeon Masters. Learn…
D&D Introduces ‘Community Advisory Group’ To Challenge WoTC & Bring New Ideas
Over on D&D Beyond, Dan Ayoub unveiled the ‘D&D Community Advisory Group’ a panel that has been helping D&D course…