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

We’ve made it through the week together, and now it’s time to take a bullet-point look back at RPG news…

Happy Friday! I’m delighted to end the week with some very exciting news: Michael Whelan is Dicebreaker’s new Head of…

The Diana Jones Award is handed out every year for "excellence in gaming" but it's actually a remnant from one…

Mark your calendars! As we continue winding down our Pathfinder Adventure Card Game program, we’ve decided to end it with…

The band of investigators emerged from the ever-winding corridors beneath the Sphinx to find a chamber longer and wider than…

A lot of our Danger Zones offerings have been the kinds of locations you expect for superhero slugfests: the tottering…

Johnny Chiodini departs team Dicebreaker for new shores later this week. Ahead of waving a fond farewell and wishing good…

A partnership from Goodman Games and Dungeon Masters Guild will bring a celebration of all things D&D 5e in the…

At the Gen Con spring showcase, Paizo gave the adventure Sundered Wave its debut. The scenario is part of a…

The first episode of Paizo LIVE premiered on Twitch, but it’s now available on YouTube! We had a great talking…

Well, now, Kickstarter’s Zine Quest was huge, and it ended with piles of stinky brown stuff hitting the whirling blades…

OPM Musings I really believe we are caught in a time loop. I am absolutely certain I wrote my February…

If you find yourself tramping about the planes, you could do far, far worse than having a Ratatosk guide by…

Hey friends, Troy here. You may know me from such things as the disembodied voice from Mutants & Masterminds Monday,…

After years apart, four members of a doomed pirate ship gather to celebrate the life of their former captain and…

Kobold Press’ latest Kickstarter, Vault of Magic, features more than 800 new magic items for 5th Edition–come see what wonders…

Disclaimer: Barak Blackburn laid out one of my RPG projects. Barak Blackburn is one of the best zinesters in the RPG…

Back in the 80s, Palladium carved out a niche as one of the biggest producers of RPGs, and that's thanks…

I recently completed a year-long trek through the epic Call of Cthulhu campaign Masks of Nyarlathohotep. The players were from…

Original cover artwork by Michael Gaydos for Onyx Path Publishing’s The Black Hand: A Guide to the Tal’Mahe’RaFor decades, I’ve…

Dungeons & Dragons is such a behemoth in the tabletop roleplaying game scene that it’s become a synecdoche for the…

PaizoCon Online returns Memorial Day weekend (May 28-31) with four days of amazing Paizo games and events, featuring: Easy-to-join online…

As we close in on the completion of our campaign, we can't thank those who have already backed the Adventurer’s…

The card prices for several Magic: The Gathering Reserved List singles, particularly ones used in the Commander format, have experienced…

OPM Musings Wow, the month flew by. Activity the last few weeks focused on getting January scenarios out of the…

It’s here! This week marks the release of the 5e-compatible Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide, or “BRAG” as we call it…

Hi! We’re Jasper’s Game Day and we’re here to change the world, one game at a time! Our journey began…

Infiltrate the ruling powers on the planet Arrakis as rebels in Dune: House Secrets, an upcoming board game that uses…

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

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

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

Woodworking, orienteering, needlework, and… D&D? The UK Scouts shop recently updated their listing for the Scout Entertainer Activity Badge to…

Today, I’m excited to publicly welcome the newest member of the Organized Play team, Mike Kimmel. Mike’s been one of…

Creeping onto your screen February 19th through 21st.

The Game Manufacturer's Association announced that they have pushed Origins Game Fair back till the Fall due to COVID-19 pandemic…

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

Greetings gamers and non-binary beings, and hello to the extended Paizo family and community. This is Patrick, the GM and…

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

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.…

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

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

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

Tune your guitar and warm up your vocal chords, this week we’re all joining bands and seeing who rocks the…

A summary of 2020 RPG stats, a round-up of the news, lots of reviews and product releases all together in…

For Immediate Release PATHFINDER® FOR SAVAGE WORLDS COMING TO KICKSTARTER JANUARY 2021 Chandler, AZ December 17, 2020 – Pinnacle Entertainment Group, creators…

The Elusive Shift talks about around 50 games published before 1980 that we might consider role-playing games — “we might”…

A new YouTube series will adapt a Dungeons & Dragons campaign played by the founder of the RPG’s publisher Wizards…

Perhaps it's wishful thinking that, were he real, James Bond could have stopped the wild ride that 2020 has been.…

This week D&D hired a new senior game designer, an army of monsters appeared on Humble Bundle, publishers backed New…

Alphinius Goo is over the top nice! He sends me in-character emails that are a delight even as they demonstrate…

Let’s face it, sometimes you can’t get together a whole group of people for a board game. Sometimes you want…

ODCON our first virtual gaming convention was live all last weekend and a massive thanks to everyone who tuned into…

One day in 1990, a phone rang at the offices of TSR. On the other end of the line was…

And we’re back with all the news that we missed over the past three weeks! Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything disappoints…

PAX Unplugged will return in 2021 following the physical tabletop convention’s cancellation this year as the result of COVID-19. PAX…

Goodman Games’ next conference is Spawn of Cyclops Con. The online convention will use New York’s timezone (UTC -5) and…

December 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💸 Links may earn ad money Here in the North, it is…

​ Organized Play Monthly Update Thursday, December 03, 2020 OPM Musings In many ways, I’m relieved to see the home…

For the 2017 ENnie Awards at Gen Con, I won the dream date/auction to sit with Cubicle 7. It was…

Midnight is an RPG setting based on the concept "What if the baddies won?" in a Tolkien-style fantasy world. What…

The nations of the United Kingdom are still in various states of lockdown, travel between tiers is restricted (and a…

The existence of the Sovereign’s Finest in the nation of Aldis has, from the beginning, been almost entirely for the…

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, and several other countries celebrated their day of giving thanks over the past…

There are supposedly three pillars that hold up tabletop RPGs: Roleplaying, Exploration, and Combat. These pillars cover almost everything you…

December 3rd to December 6th are the dates that Modiphius' new online convention will run from.

Pimpcron gets all gushy about fellow gamers. Us nerds and gamers get a bad reputation for being smelly, socially awkward,…

Modiphius has shared the first teaser from their highly anticipated Dune RPG. Dune: Adventures in the Imperium will use Modiphius’…

The linking of the large DriveThruRPG marketplace and Astral is an important step for both companies.

Surveys are always tricky - the way you ask a question can lead people to answer a certain way, the…

Are you confident in your ability to drive through snow or a dust storm to get to a gaming convention…

This week sees the release of a Quickstart for our Blue Rose AGE roleplaying game. Green Ronin’s Quickstarts have always…

We're facing a Friday the 13th this weekend. More importantly, we also have a host of RPG charity events to…

The scan of TSR’s World of Mystara D&D expansion Wrath of the Immortals is currently free to download from DriveThruRPG.…

As we announced earlier this week, to celebrate the release of Sacred Band’s Nisaba edition, we are giving you the…

OPM Musings We’ve kinda slowed down a bit on the convention front, with PAX Online being our last big show…

As we announced earlier this week, to celebrate the release of Sacred Band’s Nisaba edition, we are giving you the…

As we announced earlier this week, to celebrate the release of Sacred Band’s Nisaba edition, we are giving you the…

As we announced yesterday, to celebrate the release of Sacred Band’s Nisaba edition, we are giving you the Mutants &…

My writing compatriots often joke with me that I write novels like a game designer: eighty thousand words into world…

OffWorld Designs teamed up with Paizo in 2013 to bring you great quality screen printed t-shirts for their games. We…

October 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💶 Links may earn commission Looking for an RPG news summary? You’re…

Nova Qualifications Update Thursday, October 29, 2020 As the campaign evolves, we often take time to review some of our…

Lenard Lakofka, an influential contributor during the early days of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away October 23 at the age…

Free League Publishing – Oct 27, 2020 14:00 GMT “I can’t lie to you about your chances, but … you…

For the next 20 days, or so, there's some $400 worth of Dungeon Crawl Classics available across three tiers. The…

The nights grow longer, and the chill in the air, more biting. Settlements increase activity in preparation for the sun’s…

A "Learn to Play Adventure" costs $4 per ticket and at the top of the list are a "Standard 4…

Roll20Con 2020 wraps at the end of the weekend and there's already been a ton of announcements.

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At the online version of Essen, Spiel.Digital, the award-winning Free League Publishing, announced Vaesen: A Wicked Secret & Mörk Borg…

The big book of battle maps company Loke today launched a brand new product at Spiel.Digital. Spiel.Digital is the online…

October 23rd through 25th Roll20 will be hosting 3 days of games and panels for charity with their 100% virtual…

I’ve mentioned Dustin DePenning’s work on the Synthicide RPG and Heroic Dark in passing (here and here). His RPG creations…

With the Lost Omens Pathfinder Society Guide now out, I wanted to delve a little further behind the scenes to…

Halloween may be all but canceled this year, but that’s no reason not to dress up as your character for…

D&D Virtual Play Weekends The success of virtual play offerings at events such as D&D Live and D&D Celebration has…

Posted on Oct 19, 2020 | The nights grow longer, and the chill in the air, more biting. Settlements increase…

GAMA is a non-profit organisation with a remit to help the hobby games industry. The group has had a tough…