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Awfully Cheerful Character Builder

If you have a moment, spend a minute (literally at most!) using this character builder for the Awfully Cheerful Engine….

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Rolling for Initiative — Poop and the Rise of the Offensive Game

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

D&D: Level Up’s “Advanced” Warlord

Fans have been clamoring for a 5th Edition Warlord since the beginning–and now, the makers of the “Advanced 5th Edition”…

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Where Does Inspiration Come From?

Inspiration. Hero Points. Karma. Fate Points. Momentum. Doom. Player currencies have been in RPGs since the Fortune and Fame points…

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A History of Hero Points: Fame, Fortune and Fate

"Hero Points" was the name given by James Bond 007 (1983) to a quantified resource players could expend to alter…

Playing at the World

DMs Guild Review: The Brewski Jubilee

Art by Tetyana Kovyrina, Pexels Written and designed by Kari Jo “Kage” Freudigmann DM Experience: NovicePlayer Experience: Novice Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐…

D&D: One-Shots – Burning It All To The Ground For Fun

There’s nothing quite as liberating for a DM like running a One-shot just to see what happens. Especially when you…

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Stellar Personalities

A Star-Studded Cast Our final installment in the blog for the Judge Child supplement for Judge Dredd & the Worlds…

One Page Adventures — Fool's Gold!

After a break over the holiday period, I'm back with another ONE PAGE ADVENTURE. And, let's face, it, this one…

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Now You Too Can Jump Into The Adventure Zone

It was only a matter of time before actual plays spun off games based on their worlds. Critical Role, the…

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Podcast #134: Lancer and Kill Six Billion Demons with Tom Parkinson-Morgan

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Tom Parkinson-Morgan to talk about Lancer and Kill Six Billion Demons. In…

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Age Of Sigmar: Soulbound’s Crucible Of Life Is Out Now

Age of Sigmar’s treacherous campaign of sinister secrets heats up with the next part. Order it by itself, or as…

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Dark Art Coupon – Shadow Art Finds

Friday, Jan 22nd through Sunday, Jan 24th Click on the pic below, and get $50 off any order of $100…

Press Release: Grab your free preview of Crystalpunk, a magic-fueled future for D&D 5e

Grab your free preview of Crystalpunk, a magic-fueled future for D&D 5e Plus Three Press recently announced the launch date…

RPG Spotlight: The Expanse Roleplaying Game

Are you an inner or a belter? This week we’re going into space and avoiding protomolecule as we take a…

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Danger Zone: Fast Food Restaurant Available Now!

This week we’re releasing a brand new Danger Zone, The Fast Food Restaurant! Atop a rushing subway car, trapped in…

Perfect Adventures for the New Dungeon Master

The most important thing you can prepare for your first game is an adventure that helps your players have fun. We…

Cleric 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Playing the Divine

Clerics are one of D&D's most complex and challenging classes. Learn how to build and play a low-level cleric like…

Wizard 101: A Beginner’s Guide to the Arcane Arts

Learn how to play your first wizard, how to pick out spells for your spellbook, and how to fill different…

Wildemount: Dark Star

Get a free adventure for 7th-level characters set in dangerous wastes of Xhorhas, created by one of the authors of…

Savage Pathfinder's Wizard Gets An Update!

Morrus is the owner of EN World and EN Publishing, creator of the ENnies, creator of the What's OLD is…

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Expand your RPG art library with Vampire: The Masquerade, Symbaroum and more during DriveThruComics’ book sale

Digital purveyor DriveThruComics is currently hosting a sale on art and making-of books across the site for comics and many…

What would make a good Monopoly? We answer the impossible question on this week's Dicebreaker Podcast

On this week's podcast, Matt, Meehan and Wheels navigate their way around poop jokes and Gwyneth Paltrow’s unfortunate candle mishaps…

Tome of Beasts 2: Lairs Now Available on Fantasy Grounds

MONSTERS ON THE PROWL Tome of Beasts 2: Lairs is now available on Fantasy Grounds! Savage beasts mauling a mountaintop…

AEG Revisits 'Warlord CCG' for the 20th Anniversary of its Launch

Alderac Entertainment Group announced Warlord CCG 20th Anniversary Celebration Pack, a direct sale pack, for release this summer. Over a…

Outside the Box – January 22nd

Here we go again, this week with news about Frostgrave, Para Bellum Wargames, Artel W Miniatures, Wargames Atlantic, Mantic Games,…

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Worlds of Design: What Defines a RPG?

It’s a daunting task to try to define and characterize a segment as large and diverse as tabletop role-playing games…

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Finder’s Archive – Bojuka Bog

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

D&D 5e Guide – How To Be A Fighter

Fighters are the most popular class in D&D 5e, and after reading through this guide, you’ll understand why–and how to…

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News Digest for the Week of January 22

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. News on the D&D television series, Pathfinder for Savage Worlds Kickstarter…

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Introduce Critical Role monsters and allies to your D&D campaigns with upcoming miniatures collection

Enemies and allies from the world of hugely popular D&D actual play series Critical Role are being recreated in plastic…

WizKids Unveils 'Critical Role' Monster Miniatures Sets

WizKids unveiled two new Critical Role: Monsters of Wildemount miniatures boxed sets for release in April. Critical Role features several…

Level Up Survey: Warlord

Earlier we released the playtest candidate for our Warlord class. This is the accompanying survey….

Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition

Level Up Advanced 5E Playtest Document #9: Warlord

Welcome to the 9th Level Up: Advanced 5E playtest document. This playtest contains a candidate for the game’s warlord class….

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Level Up Playtest Document #9: Warlord

What this is This is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then…

Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition

Magic: The Gathering Arena – Mobile Early Access January 28th

Coming to Android this month is Magic: The Gathering Arena Mobile Early Access and it’s about time. Magic: The Gathering…

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The Best D&D Starter Sets of All Time

If you’re new to a tabletop roleplaying game or are trying to bring a new player into the game, starter…

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Organized Play Scenario Previews

'Sorah Ka' artist Mark Molnar Starfinder: This month, we’re releasing the exciting continuations of two Year 3 series, Frozen Ambitions…

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Critical Role & WizKids Reveal New Exandria Figures

WizKids and Critical Role have revealed a new line of figures on the way as they bring more characters from…

BOOM! Gets 'Magic: The Gathering'

BOOM! Studios has licensed powerhouse game property Magic: The Gathering for comics in a deal with Wizards of the Coast…

Critical Role Miniatures Coming Soon

Fans of Critical Role will be excited to hear that WizKids will be bringing you a range of pre-painted miniatures…

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Gun&Slinger lets you play a sentient, magical gun in the RPG’s weird and dangerous world

New tabletop roleplaying game Gun&Slinger tasks players with seeking answers to important questions. How was the world killed? What manner…

Pathfinder 2E Playtest: Two Weeks Left For Gunslingers

Pathfinder has opened up a playtest that features two new classes: an old familiar face and a new star: check…

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Dragon Reflections #38

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon issue 38 in June 1980. It is 74 pages long and has a cover price…

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Thursday Art Assault – Solemnity

‘Solemnity’ – J Edward Neill – 2020 Find more surreal artwork at:…

Steve Jackson Games’ GURPS Pyramid Scheme: An Interview With Steven Marsh and Sean Punch

Steve Jackson Games (SJG) is bringing back their magazine, Pyramid, through this Kickstarter. The editors behind it, Steven Marsh and…

WizKids Reveals Three New 'Critical Role: Factions of Wildemount' Miniatures Boxed Sets

WizkKids revealed three new Critical Role: Factions of Wildemount miniatures boxed sets for release in April. Critical Role and WizKids…

Best new board games in January 2021: latest tabletop release dates

The start of the year is often a quieter period for new board games, after the traditional rush of launches…

Lasombra Clan Will Appear in a Future 'Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals' Expansion

Renegade Game Studios announced that the Lasombra clan will be in a future expansion of Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals. Renegade…

Gale Force Nine Unveils Four New 'ALIENS' Miniatures Sets

'Heroes of Hadley's Hope', 'Sulaco Survivors', 'Alien Warriors', and 'Alien Queen' Gale Force Nine unveiled four new 'ALIENS' miniature sets…

It’s popular! Pathfinder for Savage Worlds

This Kickstarter uses the Savage Worlds engine for Pathfinder's Golarion setting. You can back the project at the pitch page….

Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: January 20, 2021

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Cloisters Cloisters is a simple but surprisingly deep two-player…

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Check Out How Savage Pathfinder Makes A Wizard!

One question that has come up a number of times regarding the upcoming Pathfinder for Savage Worlds (currently on Kickstarter…

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No-Prep Character: Eleukas

As The Shroud of Four Silences, the new serialized Pathfinder novella from Liane Merciel, comes to a close, we’re presenting…

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Let’s Play D&D In The Matrix

Grab your darkest sunglasses and trenchcoat, this week we’re jumping into the internet of 1999 as we play D&D in…

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D&D: Five Games To Play While You Wait For More Baldur’s Gate 3

Have you finished all of Baldur’s Gate 3, Act I? Waiting for early access to end so you can get…

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Pathfinder For Savage Worlds Is Here

Golarion comes crashing into Savage Worlds this week, with the launch of a new Kickstarter for this amazing RPG crossover…

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Midgard Chronicles: A New Branch on the Old World Tree

Something new has appeared on the Kobold Press store. It went up without a lot of fanfare, and I didn’t…

ZEITGEIST: Death of the Author

Coming soon is a brand new ZEITGEIST adventure by Ryan Nock! This adventure is set in 522 AOV, two decades…

My experience with The Wretched (Why you should play it!)

It’s been some time since I last did one of these! This has mostly been because I haven’t been able…

Cleric dice set lets you roll a chalice, war hammer and potion bottle

Embrace the caring and protective nature of the Cleric character class by rolling a set of dice shaped like blessed…

Symbaroum starter set invites new players into the RPG’s dark woods of Davokar

Swedish tabletop RPG Symbaroum has announced a new beginner’s bundle – Treasure Hunts of Davokar – that includes rulebooks, maps…

RPG Crowdfunding News – Dangerous Destinations, Out of the Ashes, Babes in the Woods, and more

This week I get into RPG crowdfunding projects that end in early February; however, there are a few late January…

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RPG Print News – Troll Lord Games, Legendary Games, and More

New adventures and a book of NPCs for D&D and Pathfinder. Pathfinder also gets a player’s guide and D&D a…

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Rogue Champion- Marvel’s Voltron…?

With all of the IP’s that Disney has bought up in recent years, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that…

Poor Heroes, Rich Heroes, and Fly Free or Die with Jason Tondro (Starfinder)

Starfinder developer Jason Tondro drops in on the podcast today. The discussion ranges from gamemaster advice to poor heroes and…

HeroQuest: The Card Game seemingly leaked for spring release

An Amazon listing for HeroQuest: The Card Game suggests a distilled, card-based version of the classic dungeon-crawler will launch sometime…

New Year’s Resolutions and the Easy Button

Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay A new year and a chance to start over fresh. Make your resolutions on how…

AoS: The Crucible Of Life

The Shadows in the Mist deepen with the release of Part 3 of the first Soulbound campaign: Crucible of Live….

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Free League to publish the Symbaroum Starter Set: Treasure Hunts in Davokar

ALIEN and Vaesen publisher Free League is taking pre-orders on the Symbaroum Starter Set: Treasure Hunts in Davokar….

Gore, nudity and sexuality: Dungeon Bitches carve into Kickstarter

Dying Stylishly Games’ crew of Emily Allen, Sarah CaraPace and Mxtress Khan have a Powered by the Apocalypse Kickstarter success…

December 2020 Compatible Products

Check out the new Pathfinder- and Starfinder-compatible products—all PDFs—recently posted on paizo.com in the last month of 2020. Marvelous Merfolk…

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RPG Accessories: Let’s Make A D&D Room

This week we’re going to put together an entire dungeons and dragons themed room so you can have a fun…

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Pathfinder for Savage Worlds Is Live!

The Kickstarter for Pathfinder for Savage Worlds is live! It includes two boxed sets — the Rise of the Runelords…

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Our Shores designers want their Kickstarter to be the first wave of Southeast Asian RPGs going mainstream

The creative force behind the #RPGSEA hashtag has been swelling for years. Tabletop designers across Southeast Asia use it as…

Join the Mickey Mastermind Club! with our Official Patreon

Art by Jeff Carlisle. Green Ronin have launched our first official Patreon, providing new game material for Mutants & Masterminds…

Competition: Win Aramini Circus

In Aramini Circus, players are trying to load up trains with animals, providing the colours and numbers match. Published by…

Using Monsters Beyond Their Stat Blocks: Mind Flayers

Today we’ll tackle the infamous inter-planer menace: Mind Flayers. Let’s take a look at how a DM could incorporate these…

VTT Tips: Sharing Kobold Press Content with Your Players

You’ve purchased content on Roll 20 and now you want to share it with your players so they can access…

Forbidden Lands, fantasy RPG from the studio behind Alien and Tales from the Loop, is under $8

For less than $8 players can begin a campaign in the world of Forbidden Lands, the throwback fantasy RPG by…

Review Roundup: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

Now that Tasha's Cauldron of Everything has been out a bit, we wanted to take a look at the overall…

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The PC Factory: Sabah

This week, I’m making a character for the excellent space-fantasy RPG, Coriolis. Think of Coriolis like Firefly if it was…

5–18 January 2021: Pogchamp, Candlekeep, Scouts

Quest RPG gets two official adventures: a light-hearted murder-mystery and skeleton cook-off

Two official adventures for the roleplaying game Quest, featuring a train murder-mystery and undead cooking, have been announced. The adventures…

Free League Publishing Reveals 'Symbaroum Starter Set'

Free League Publishing reveals Symbaroum Starter Set: Treasure Hunts in Davokar, a new entry-level set for Symbaroum RPG, for release…

Tabletop Gallery: The Grimdark Hurts So Good

“Watch where you stick that!” Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…

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Wizkids releasing Hand and Eye of Vecna collectible this February

If you ever wanted the Hand and Eye of Vecna on your mantelpiece, now's your chance! You can pre-order it…

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DriveThruRPG and OBS lose saddle-stitch printing

Lightning Source, the print-on-demand company used by OneBookShelf (OBS), will discontinue saddle-stitch printing on the 1st of March….

The Forbidden Lands retro-fantasy RPG comes to The Bundle of Holding

Free League Publishing’s multiple award-winning fantasy RPG Forbidden Lands is now available at the Bundle of Holding. In the Forbidden…

Mythroll Armory’s TileFormers: Magnetic scenery clicks on Kickstarter

There’s been no shortage of innovation in the world of tabletop terrain and scenery in recent years. Kickstarter is usually…

Become Legends in “The Adventure Zone” Board Game

Whether your battling an evil cult on a train or wrestling a ring from a dragon, one thing’s for certain;…

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The Psychedelic Fantasy of Troika! Is As Weird As You Want It

Most fantasy RPGs fall somewhere on the spectrum between high fantasy and low fantasy. Different editions of Dungeons & Dragons…

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EN5ider #373 – Intriguing Organizations: The Powder Gang

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Epic Monsters: Four Horsemen – Famine

With the lands already suffering from Strife and War it was only a matter of time before Epic Monsters made…

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Remix Monopoly, Cluedo and other classics into better games with hack collection A Fine Mend

Breathe new life into the stuffy boxes in the back of your closet with A Fine Mend, a printed set…

John Wick writer developing live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series

The creator of action movie franchise John Wick is working on a live-action Dungeons & Dragons series for television, it’s…

Boy Problems, The Carly Rae Jepsen RPG, Gets B-Side

Boy Problems isn’t just a great Carly Rae Jepsen song, it’s also a Carly Rae Jepsen Sci-Fi Heist RPG, and…

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Rogue’s Gallery: Wraithstrider

Living Shadow. While seeking an end to their indenture, Wraithstrider’s dreams were haunted by an unknown being of liquid darkness….

Lighthearted is an RPG that mixes The Breakfast Club with magic and vampires

Attend community magic college and face the many challenges of growing up in Lighthearted, an upcoming roleplaying game inspired by…

Astral Projections – Fated Duel SA (Guardian Career)

“Force Wizard” is my series on the Force & Destiny Careers’ Signature Abilities. Today, we look at the first of…

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