D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Corellon Larethian
The game might be called Dungeons & Dragons, but it’s full of elves. And today we’re talking about their creator…
Free to Download: The Shrike RPG (Early Access Edition)
Sad Press’ The Shrike is available from Itcho but, for now, author Jo Lindsay Walton has made the early access…
D&D: The Fan-Made Final Episode Of The D&D Cartoon Is Heart-Melting
Of all the things to not expect in 2020–here’s something wonderful. Almost forty years later, the D&D cartoon finally gets…
Meet the Draxolotl
The Draxolotl, complete with D&D 5e stat block, is free to download from artist Shmeckerel. I’d previously offered up some…
D&D: Roll20 Presents Rime of the Frostmaiden – Episode 0
Join these intrepid adventurers as they attempt to survive and thwart Auril’s endless winter! Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden…
AoS: Get Your Hands On The Soulbound Starter Set Today
The Mortal Realms are beckoning–and today you can pre-order the Soulbound Starter Set. Find out what awaits you in the…
Fading Embers brings even more ice to 5e
“This is not how the world ends” is the prophecy that brings some hope to the snowy realm of Nyth.…
Terrain Review – Monster Scenery Trees and Mat
Monster Fight Club is killing it on Kickstarter with their campaign, Monster Scenery: Ice Wilds. Recently I got my hands…
New Releases Coming October 2020
Halloween may be hampered by this year, but we will help keep your imagination alive with a plethora of tricks…
Starfinder Playtest Wrap-Up!
Now that the dust has settled from our months-long public playtest of Starfinder’s upcoming nanocyte class and mech system, we’d…
RPG Spotlight: Horror Movie World
Don’t just watch a scarry movie this Halloween season, write the horror movie of your dreams and bring it to…
Tools for Survival
Equipped for the Worst Judge Cal’s reign over Mega-City One was certainly a torturous one for its citizens during the…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #68
It’s a new month, and that means the end of 2020 is getting that closer. What plans do you have…
Warhammer 40K: Physical Codex With Digital Rules
The new codexes are on the way and that means your Physical Codex will have a code to the digital…
Origins Awards 2020 Winners Unveiled
The Academy of Adventure Game Arts & Design announced the winners of the 46th annual Origins Awards. The winners are…
Midgard Ley Magic: Ley Transportation and Shadow Roads
Welcome back to this blog series where we dive into ley lines, the magical lifeblood of Midgard, and the casters…
Escape the Dark Castle, relive Groundhog Day and roleplay with the Wu-Tang Clan, Kate Bush and BTS on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
A busy week for team Dicebreaker means it’s just Matt and Meehan in the virtual booth this week, but there’s…
D&D updates errata for 5e
Wizards of the Coat’s Sage Advice Compendium has been updated. This section of the D&D website brings together all the…
Power Rangers RPG In The Works, G.I. Joe/Transformers/MLP To Follow
It’s morphin’ time folks, according to a recent announcement, Renegade games is working on a Power Rangers RPG, with more…
Free to Download: Void Empires – 2750 (alpha)
Void Empires – 2750 doesn’t have a website or even a Facebook page that I can find. Despite that stealth,…
Outside the Box – October 2nd
Here we go again, this week with news from Para Bellum Wargames, Artel W Miniatures, Mantic Games, Raging Heroes, Mierce…
Finder’s Archives – Halloween Special Part 1 (of 5)
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.Today we start a small mini-series for Halloween, where we take a…
Dead, not Dread: Rest in Pieces is a ridiculous deadbeat RPG on Kickstarter
The original roleplaying game that used Jenga blocks as a mechanic is the infamous 2006 Dread. Your character dies if…
Wizards of Coast Pushes Back Entire Launch Schedule For 'Magic the Gathering Commander Legends'
Wizards of the Coast announced that they have pushed back the entire launch schedule for Magic: The Gathering Commander Legends…
Leaked new Descent game Legends of the Dark will be officially revealed later this month
The next board game in the Descent series, Legends of the Dark, will be fully unveiled later this month, publisher…
Playtest Document #3: Rogue
What this is This is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then…
How to update PFS characters to Year 2 format
Last week, we updated the Guide to Organized Play: Pathfinder Society. While we understand the timing of the update was…
Season 10 Goodies Giveaway Winners
Community Manager at Adventurers League Ma’at (ma ought) Crook serves as an Adventurers League Community Manager. She’s a writer and…
PRESS RELEASE: Introducing ‘SHIVER’ by Parable Games
PARABLE GAMES MEDIA ALERT Introducing ‘SHIVER’ by Parable Games WHO: Parable Games, a newly established publisher established by brothers Charlie…
Sage Advice Update | October 2020
Community Manager at D&D Adventurers League Amy is an obsessive baker and avid gamer who thrives when herding cats and…
October Update – New Boons, Guides, Stars and Conventions
OPM Musings A little over six months ago, I joined the Paizo team as the new (and first!) Organized Play…
Patreon Homebrew Preview: The Pleasure Cleric
This is the first of the new patron content incentives that will be offered every month. The incentives will range…
Sage Advice Compendium
The Sage Advice Compendium is the official D&D rules FAQ (download the PDF here), gathering some of the most frequent…
Grimdark 30s era RPG Acheron launches on Kickstarter
Dark World Studios have taken their grimdark Acheron to Kickstarter. Geek Native has been tracking the project since the free…
Kobold Dispatch: October Edition
Straight from the Editorial Director’s snout, this monthly blog series provides a peek at current publications and projects headed from…
Thursday Art Assault – Eternity
‘Eternity’ – J Edward Neill – 2020 Find more intense original art and prints at: Share this: Like this: Like…
Boy Problems creator’s beginner-friendly RPG Tales’ End sparks memory and conversation
Reminisce on past journeys in Tales’ End, a new roleplaying game from the creator of Carly Rae Jepsen RPG Boy…
Publisher Spotlight: November poll opens for Patrons
Thank you to Geek Native’s Patrons. You make a difference. One of the perks of being a Patron is that…
Book of Creatures (5e): An Interview With Iris (Studio Agate)
With the Kickstarter for Creatures: Complete Monster Compendium for 5E from Studio Agate (Fateforge, Shadows of Esteren) nearing its end,…
'D&D meets Jumanji' comic book Die is under £1 on Humble Bundle
Pick up the first volume of Dungeons & Dragons-inspired comic book Die for under a pound in a new Humble…
PC giant Steam’s Digital Tabletop Festival features Warhammer, Wingspan, Call of Cthulhu and Munchkin creators
PC game marketplace Steam has announced a new online event showcasing digital tabletop games set to take place at the…
Steam hosts a digital tabletop games festival
Steam will host the Digital Tabletop Fest from October 21st to the 26th. You can find this and other online…
Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: September 30, 2020
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Creatures: Complete Compendium for 5e Designed by the creators of Shadows…
New Release: The Echo Effect
The Echo Effect is released today! And for this release week, it is only $0.99! In the world before, Aaron…
Looking To Get Into The Star Trek RPG? Now’s Your Chance
Now is the perfect opportunity to explore the final frontier–the Star Trek Adventures core set is part of a special…
Power Ranger D&D 5e RPG confirmed; G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony games planned
Tabletop & RPGs Power Ranger D&D 5e RPG confirmed; G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony games planned time to…
10 Encounters for your Tundra Adventures
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Power Rangers is morphin’ into a new RPG and deckbuilding game
A new Power Rangers tabletop RPG is on the way from the studio behind mighty morphin’ board game Heroes of…
D&D: Baldur’s Gate 3 Heats Up With Romance And Sex
Baldur’s Gate 3 might be delayed, but the early access details are heating up with their latest look at love,…
Rogue Review – Stuffed Fables
While searching for some kind of gateway RPG for my son we came across Stuff Fables from Plaid Hat Games.…
Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda with Ethan Maestri and Ryan Mazzocco
The hosts of the Drive Back the Night podcast Ethan Maestri and Ryan Mazzocco join me on the Dicegeeks.com podcast…
A look inside: Star Wars The Mandalorian – The Art & Imagery Collector’s Edition
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Survey Results: Fighter
Thank you to the many, many people who provided survey feedback for our proposed advanced fighter class. Here’s a quick…
Abrams Books Will Release A New 'Magic: The Gathering' Art Book
'Magic: The Gathering: Legends: A Visual History' by Jay Annelli and Wizards of the Coast Abrams Books will release Magic:…
Renegade Game Studios Licenses More Hasbro Brands For Games
Adds 'G.I. Joe', 'Transformers', and 'My Little Pony'; Announces New 'Power Rangers' Games Renegade Game Studios announced that it has…
Goatboy Interviews Kieron Gillen – Marvel’s Marneus Calgar Comic Writer
Today I sit down and talk to the Marvel writer behind the new Marneus Calgar comic – Kieran Gillen. Some…
Never published before PDF scans of Hero Magazines in the Bundle of Holding
The Bundle of Holding is giving away a host of old Hero Magazines in PDF form, and some of them…
Thunder Rift Setting for D&D 5e
There has been lots of talk about old settings lately. This week, we have a guest post from Mark Compton…
Gaming for the One Percenters
What do you get the person with way too much money and everything but the basic board game collection? Not…
Terrors and Tommyguns merges John Wick, noir and cosmic horror
Drinking Horn Games as a Kickstarter pitch video for Terrors and Tommyguns that doesn’t take itself too seriously but as…
Improvising and Adjusting to Character Decisions
In any campaign that I have DM’d the players came up with some solution or go off toward some blank…
The Batman RPG Cooks Up New Art
Holy Rogues Gallery, Batman! The new Batman RPG has a veritable treasure trove of new bat-artwork on dispaly for the…
The creepy occult horrors of Flames of Freedom
Flames of Freedom is a Powered by Zweihander RPG due for Kickstarter. You can click the notify me on launch…
Para Bellum Wargames Announces New Retailer Promotion
Para Bellum Wargames announced a new retailer promotion for Path of Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings. The new promotion…
Book Club: Aching God (Iconoclasts #1)
I love dungeon crawls. I find the idea of a party of adventurers delving into deep, dark places and searching…
D&D: Make Friends And Influence Social Encounters With These Tricks
Roleplaying should be an important part of any D&D game, but it can be hard to stick the landing. Here are…
RPG Publisher Spotlight: Legendary Games
In a close-run vote, Geek Native’s patrons voted Legendary Games into the RPG Publisher Spotlight. In just about an equally…
Magic the Gathering: WotC To Release A Walking Dead Set
If you saw WotC trending earlier today, it’s because they announced a Walking Dead crossover Secret Lair set, just in…
Tabletop Gallery: Vampiric Temptations
“Aim for the crotch Brother!” Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…
Clever spellcasting: A review of Tattered Magicks
Tattered Magicks is an urban fantasy tabletop RPG from Brian Fitzpatrick, Moebius Adventures and Gallant Knight Games. It uses the…
D&D Forgotten Realms Drizzt & Guenhwyvar
Fans and collectors can finally add one of the most popular and recognizable Dungeons & Dragons characters to their action…
This Week on Twitch, Sep 28 – Oct 4
Check out what we have in store this week on Twitch! Also if you’re interested in running your own Pathfinder…
Monk 101: Way of Shadows
Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry…
All New Dark Art Prints by J Edward Neill
Six intense new canvas paintings. Six lustrous new art prints. ‘Eternity’ – J Edward Neill ‘Even Gods Die Alone’ –…
Trapmaster: Enough Rope to Hang Themselves
What is the philosophy of traps in your game? Answering this question helps you design the types of traps that…
WizKids Bares 'Fangs and Talons' for 'Icons of the Realms'
D&D Icons of the Realms: Fangs and Talons will be the fifteenth set in the popular series of pre-painted miniatures…
RPG: Getting Metal With Mork Borg
Are you in the mood for some doom metal fantasy? How about apocalyptic tales of lost souls in a dying…
Abomination: Heir of Frankenstein’s free companion app is given life, stars Borderlands 2 and DBZ actor
Get immersed in the world of Abomination: Heir of Frankenstein with a new companion app featuring voiceover for the horror…
Reasons a site might be abandoned P6
(Author’s note, I’ll be picking up where I left off numerically) One of the classic D&D tropes is a party…
Astral Projections – “The Mandalorian” Gear: Clan Signet
© 2019 Disney/LucasFilm Ltd. The Mandalorian Season 2 is just over a month away! In honor of Clan Mudhorn, I…
Free to Download: Ex-Lumine quickstart
Ex-Lumine is an upcoming dark-fantasy tabletop roleplaying game with dieselpunk influences. Characters in the game are Soul Binders. Equipped with…
Wizards of the Coast Unveils 'Secret Lair X The Walking Dead'
Wizards of the Coast unveiled Secret Lair X The Walking Dead, a direct sale drop set featuring AMC's The Walking…
Wizards of the Coast Bans A Card Only A Few Days After A Major 'Magic: The Gathering' Set Release
Wizards of the Coast updated its Magic: The Gathering Banned and Restricted Lists on September 28 by banning Uro, Titan…
Here’s how to brew your own Potion of Invulnerability
We last visited cosplayer Hendo back in May with this Fire Breath cocktail. Did you pick up the series then?…
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer made real
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A Beginner’s Guide to Character Creation in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
If you’re new to DnD 5e or playing with someone who is, making a character can seem overwhelming. The existing…
Girl Genius – Adventures in Castle Heterodyne computer game Kickstarter
Norwegian indie computer game developer Rain has teamed up with Phil and Kaja Foglio to begin the madcap world of…
52 free and stunning battle maps from Cze and Peku
Cze and Peku are a couple who make RPG battle maps together for virtual tabletops or printing out. The pair…
Rolling for Initiative — Package design for Fun and Profit (Mostly Profit)
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
Site Update: New Patreon things and a content schedule
Good day, Awesomsticks readers! 2020 has been an utter dumpster fire for pretty much everyone, including yours truly. I wanted…
Early bird deal alert: Broken Compass the adventure RPG
Inspired by the likes of Indiana Jones, Uncharted and the Mummy and boosted by success in Italy, Broken Compass is…
D&D: Check Out This Fully Articulated Drizzt Action Figure
Hasbro unveiled a new Drizzt action figure earlier this week as a part of the ongoing Hasbro Pulse virtual event.…
Free to Download: Fading Embers Setting Primer
Valiant Fox Gaming’s Fading Embers Setting Primer is now a Pay-What-You-Want with a recommended price of $0.00. Fading Embers cover…
Storm Edge Campaign Setting 16: Gods of Eight Isles ‐ Part 2
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Genre Police: Elsa Was Right
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Band of Bravos Podcast!
Paizo’s official Pathfinder Second Edition live-play show, Band of Bravos, is coming to your ears as an audio podcast! Listen…
Ex-D&D designer Kate Welch’s new job is for a mysterious games company with impressive origins
Former Wizards of the Coast employee Kate Welch announced she had a new job at Secret Door. Secret Door is…