Rogues supplement brings Blackguards and foul play to Tombpunk RPG
There’s only a few days left on the clock to back Outland’s Rogues Kickstarter for Tombpunk. Why so short? Tombpunk…
Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Is Getting Four New Items In 2021
Renegade Game Studios revealed today that Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition will be getting four new additions this year. The…
11 impressive bundles released for OPP Con 2021
It’s OPP Con, the Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention and it’ll run until June 13th. The virtual convention is a…
Fangs for Everything!
ACE!s In Our Sleeves It’s been a few weeks. After a sneak peek at a new Rogue Trooper supplement and…
League of Infamy – Mantic’s New Nefarious Dungeon Crawler Available Now
The team behind Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf’s Kings Quest are back with a new board game with plenty of backstabbing…
Dungeons & Dragons Unveils D&D Celebration 2021 Plus DM’s Challenge
Today during the 300th Episode of Dragon Talk, Dungeons & Dragons revealed their plans for D&D Celebration 2021, including a…
Pathfinder: RPG Spotlight
Pathfinder is one of the most popular games on the market and the only RPG to ever dethrone D&D as…
PaizoCon 2021: The Art of Paizo and the Mwangi Expanse
The PaizoCon Online 2021 panels are going up on YouTube, so you can watch them again or see what you…
Outside the Box – June 11th
Welcome back to another issue of Outside the Box – this week with news from Infinity, Para Bellum Wargames, Wargame…
Join the Dark Father with ‘Sabbat: The Black Hand’
Renegade Game Studios will release Sabbat: The Black Hand, sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade RPG, in August or September. This…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #104
Well, now, that was strange. I started putting together this issue of the RPG newsletter, the weekly Routinely Itemised summary,…
Warlock’s Apprentice: Intrigues of the Mharoti
Perpetual war, the interminable policy of the Dragon Empire. Conquest in the name of the Dread Sultan. The endless machinations…
D&D Goes International – New Localized Books Launching Soon
Dungeons & Dragons is the biggest tabletop RPG in North America, but in the coming years, WotC wants to take…
Finder’s Archive – Branchloft Pathway
Copyright Wizards of the Coast.Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives. In this column, we take some of…
Dune: House Secrets, the story-driven board game based on the upcoming movie, gets a release date
The latest board game based in Frank Herbert’s expansive sci-fi universe of Dune will see a release this autumn. Dune:…
2nd Edition Saved D&D And Changed Everything – PRIME
There is no edition of D&D more nostalgified than 2nd Edition. It’s at the root of 5th Edition, and in…
Competition: Off Duty Gamemaster notebook
Often Geek Native is lucky enough to work with a publisher on competitions. Prizes help raise awareness. Not always, for…
Fallout Friday – June 21
By Jon Webb Welcome to another #FalloutFriday Wastlanders. I wanted to start this month with some major news. Sadly, Wasteland…
MTG: Time Warp Banned In Historic
Good news for people who are fans of actually getting to take their turn in Magic: the Gathering, Time Warp…
Thursday Art Assault – Six Spirit Animals
‘Nine Lives’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 ‘Nectar of the Night’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 ‘Black Number…
Community Blog: Celebrating Father’s Day
In today’s blog we celebrate the fathers and father figures in our community. As we pause to honor and reflect…
Humble’s Virtual Tabletop maps deal: Pay £12.69 for £258.26 ($366) worth of VTT maps
It seems like Virtual Tabletop Maps: Digital Fantasy & Dungeons has had a great, a hundred downloads going in the…
Pathfinder Society: Year 3 Announcement
Artist: Maurice Risulmi With the Pathfinder Society’s attention focused on distant lands as of late, new threats have arisen closer…
D&D: Critical Role Announces Exandria Unlimited – New Show, New Cast
Hot off the internet–Critical Role has announced their next show: Exandria Unlimited, an eight-episode mini campaign featuring a new cast…
Critical Role Announces Summer Miniseries Exandria Unlimited
This morning during their "State Of The Role" livestream, Critical Role announced a new miniseries for the summer called Exandria…
Mantic Games Unveils Five Gothic-Themed ‘Terrain Crates’
Mantic Games unveiled five new gothic-themed Terrain Crates for release into retail on June 21. The new Terrain Crates are…
Level Up Survey: Combat & Turn-Based Action
Earlier we released the Combat & Turn-Based Action chapter. This is the accompanying survey.
Unearthed Arcana 2021: Mages of Strixhaven Breakdown
Last weekend, Amazon leaked the titles of the next two D&D hardbacks: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight and Strixhaven: A…
Free to Download: Synthicide – Sharpers in the Dark
Synthicide RPG is a post-apocalyptic RPG from Will Power Games. It’s in DriveThruRPG’s apocalypse sale right now, reduced from $9…
Free to Download: Synthicide – Shapers in the Dark
Synthicide RPG is a post-apocalyptic RPG from Will Power Games. It’s in DriveThruRPG’s apocalypse sale right now, reduced from $9…
Druids: Secrets of the Primal Circle Part 2: An Interview With Shamus Williams (Home Brewed Games)
In the first interview, I talked with Matthew Yarro of Home Brewed Games about this Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition…
Return to Dark Tower is being made into a roleplaying game
The sequel to the classic board game Dark Tower is getting its very own RPG based on its world and…
Original Manuscript for Classic ‘Advanced Dungeons & Dragons’ Sourcebook Ends Up on eBay (Correction 6.10.2021)
The original manuscript for Deities & Demigods, an AdvancedDungeons & Dragons sourcebook, has bid up over $12,000 on eBay (Correction…
Original Manuscript for Classic ‘Advanced Dungeons & Dragons’ Sourcebook Ends Up on eBay
The original manuscript for Deities & Demigods, an AdvancedDungeons & Dragons sourcebook, has bid up over $12,000 on eBay. Deities…
GameStop Closes Stores, Increases Sales, Cuts Loss
GameStop had a productive fiscal Q1 (ended May 1), both in its operations and strategically, continuing its store "de-densification" program,…
MTG: Leggo My Eggo There’s A Stranger Things Secret Lair Coming
A new Secret Lair drop has been unveiled, and this time things are going to be stranger because it’s a…
Shooting Stars: Authors of the Galaxy Exploration Manual
Before we crack open the Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual and dig into more of its exciting contents, let’s take a…
Feels like 1979, Plays like 2021: Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying Reforged
In Mazes, you pick a die to represent your character and only ever roll that. For example, pick a d4,…
Review: Godtear: Eternal Glade Starter Set, By Steamforged Games
Tabletop wargames and board games have always been a passion of ours. From Games Workshop's massively epic wargames to the small-scope…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Post-Apocalyptic RPG, Fantasy Skirmish, & Cute Battle Robots
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Altirvun Core Set – STL This set of miniatures…
PaizoCon 2021: Secrets of Magic
The PaizoCon Online 2021 panels are going up on Youtube, so you can watch them again or see what you…
D&D’s Week Of Legend Lore Unveils A New Pride Special And Dark Alliance Gameplay Trailer
The Week of Legend Lore continues, this time unearthing a brand new trailer for D&D Dark Alliance and a special…
eBay bidding for an original TSR AD&D manuscript breaks the $10,000 mark
The original manuscript for AD&D’s Deities & Demigods is live on eBay and bids have taken the price beyond $10,000.…
Feywild 101: Factions of the Feywild, From the Eladrin to Fomorians
With the upcoming release of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, now is a good time to brush up on your Feywild…
WEG Star Wars Style Guide 1994
I discovered WEG Star Wars RPG in 1987 with its first printing and was blown away. The rules were simple…
Dungeon Tables: Random Encounters in Jungles
Crafting your party’s travel to their next plot point can be tiring work. We’re here to make things easy and…
Review: ‘Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound – Starter Set’ (RPG)
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound – Starter SetPublisher: Cubicle 7 EntertainmentRelease Date: May, 2021MSRP: $29.99Editor: Christopher WalzNumber of Players: 2…
GMs shouldn’t always break the rules in tabletop RPGs
Crack open the rules for your favourite roleplaying game and you’ll invariably find a paragraph or two, perhaps in a…
Brief description of Ravenloft’s Races & Subraces (Ideal to Show to your Players)
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Loke Battle Mats announce new Box of Adventures range
Loke Battle Mats has announced and is open for pre-orders on Box of Adventure – Valley of Peril. Geek Native…
The original manuscript for AD&D supplement Deities & Demigods is being auctioned on eBay
Someone with a fair bit of cash could be the new owner of the manuscript for Deities & Demigods, a…
If you’ve got something serious or silly to say about games, Rezzed Digital wants to hear your panel ideas
Have you got something to say about games that the whole world should hear? Here’s your chance to shout it…
Rogue Squadron- Skystrike Academy
Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy…
D&D One-On-One Adventures, Novel Writing with Beth Ball
RPG adventure designer and novelist Beth Ball drops in on the podcast today. Beth and I have a wide-ranging conversation…
Wizards of the Coast Announces ‘Secret Lair: Stranger Things’ for ‘Magic: The Gathering’
Wizards of the Coast announced Secret Lair: Stranger Things, a Netflix collaboration set that is part of Universes Beyond, which…
1–9 June 2021: Feywild, Magic, Marvel & Pride
This week brings a lot to look forward to: Wizards announces two new D&D books; we get our first look…
King of Tokyo creator’s next board game turns its players into vampires
Stalk the cities in search of unsuspecting victims in The Hunger, an upcoming board game from the designer behind King…
Free Short – Til the Last Candle Flickers
From the Machina Obscurum Anthology: Image by Myriam Zilles from Pixabay Til the Last Candle Flickers John McGuire Dave Simms…
Everybody knows there are flaws in the alignment grid… Why haven’t we changed it?
What’s your view on D&D 5e’s alignment system? Most people have one and many times it’s strongly held. In this…
Be gay. Pilot mechs. Kill Nazis: Extreme Meatpunks Forever RPG
Sinister Beard Games have hit the funding goal for the Powered by the Apocalypse roleplaying game about found family, queerness…
Free to Download: OSRIC 1e (400+ pages of AD&D retro-clone)
OSRIC, Old School Reference and Index Compilation, is a recreation of AD&D 1e published in 2006. It’s one of the…
PaizoCon 2021: Fists of the Ruby Phoenix
The PazioCon Online 2021 panels are going up on Youtube, so you can watch them again or see what you…
Once More Into the Void tells emotionally fraught RPG stories in a Mass Effect 2, Picard framework
Jamila Nedjadi is always thinking about games. The Philippines-based tabletop designer admits they find it difficult to watch a movie…
Level Up Playtest Document: #18: Combat
This is a big one, folks. If any playtest document needed playing rather than just reading, this is it. What…
Origins Update
Paizo will not be attending this year's Origins Gamefaire. The show has not announced an online component, so at this…
D&D Accessories: Dice Towers For Every Adventure
Whether you’re looking for a table statement piece or a compact tower you can fold away and bring on your…
D&D: Official Reveal For Curriculum Of Chaos – The Upcoming Strixhaven Book
The Week of Legend Lore continues, this time opening the doors to the magical college of Strixhaven with Curriculum of Chaos,…
Grim and Perilous to remove a half dozen Zweihander products from DriveThruRPG
Tomorrow, Grim and Perilous will remove seven Zweihander supplements from DriveThruRPG. A bundle deal currently offers all seven, at a…
Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: A D&D 5e supplement is heading to the $1m Kickstarter club
Loot Tavern’s Kickstarter for the 5e-powered Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting asked for $15,000 to fund. At the time of…
Strixhaven University: Which Magical College Will You Attend?
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Redoubt in the Mists
I don’t know about you, but from the very start of my career as a Game Master, I would steal…
Expanding Dungeons & Dragons
Our vision for Dungeons & Dragons as a global brand Ray Winninger, Executive Producer – D&D TRPG Studio In North…
Wizards Rethinks Their Approach to ‘Magic: The Gathering’ ‘Universes Beyond’ Releases
Wizards of the Coast released some of their thoughts on how to handle potential card availability issues with the mechanically…
Finding a Big Bad: Fey
Today we are going to take a look at what is perhaps my favorite group of monsters: Fey. They are…
The Workshop – The Survivor’s Canteen
Art copyright Bethesda Game StudiosOne of the various “pillars of play” that is present within Dungeons and Dragons is that…
Swoon into a romantic fantasy setting with The Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide for D&D
The romantic fantasy world of the Blue Rose RPG has been adapted for Dungeons & Dragons 5E in a brand…
Risus RPG sold to Big Dice Games
Risus, one of the first RPGs to push away large rulebooks favouring a single sheet, was bought by Dave LeCompte…
Our Minerva is an RPG inspired by legacy games, dating sims and sports
Become the sports-playing children of undead gods in Our Minerva, an upcoming roleplaying game that takes inspiration from dating sims…
A Brand-New Faerie Adventure is Coming to ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
Wizards of the Coast announced The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, a new adventure book for Dungeons &…
Warhammer 40K: How To Differentiate Xenos Races
Let’s talk about how GW is working to make the different races stand out. Perhaps Orks are only the beginning.…
Alderac launches the World’s Largest Bundle on the Bundle of Holding
“World’s Largest Bundle” is a collection of d20 RPG supplements from Alderac, including The World’s Largest Dungeon and Largest CIty.…
Tabletop Gallery: The Dark Prince Thirsts
Zarakynel stalks the Grimdark and the Mortal Realms… beware. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up tabletop adventure.…
Four LGBT Friendly Board Games to Play All Year ‘Round
Representation matters! Everyone should be able to see themselves in the games they play. Happy Pride Month! 💗🧡💛💚💙💜 Board games…
Welcome to the Feywild: A Beginner’s Guide to the Plane of Faeries
Dungeons & Dragons' upcoming adventure book, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, takes player characters into the Feywild, the Plane of…
Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos will be the next MTG setting for Dungeons & Dragons
Publisher Wizards of the Coast has announced that it will be bringing another plane from Magic: The Gathering's trading card…
D&D: Official Details Drop For Beyond The Witchlight Amid A Week Of ‘Legend Lore’
The official announcement for The Wild Beyond the Witchlight is here, kicking off a week of announcements from WotC. Check…
PaizoCon Liveplays
PaizoCon 2021 saw the release of two brand new adventures, plus two more shows by 2 Perception and QueueTimes. Check…
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos is an upcoming D&D release set in the Magic: The Gathering world of Strixhaven. Tune…
Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms bundles save up to £150 on its Skyrim sets
If you’re looking for a way to explore the world of Skyrim on the tabletop without coughing up quite as…
Wizards of the Coast tee up more news and confirm leaked Witchlight cover with G4 D&D Live announcement
A Tweet from D&D has confirmed not only the leaked cover for The Wild Beyond The Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure,…
‘Conan The Adventurer’ Journeys to Retail Stores
Modiphius Entertainment will release Conan the Aventurer, a new RPG sourcebook for Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, into…
Thirsty Sword Lesbians RPG now available in print and PDF internationally
It was a runaway success, and I wanted a copy. Still, I didn’t back Evil Hat Production’s Powered by the…
Dungeons & Dragons’ next adventure Wild Beyond the Witchlight sends players into the Fey
The next campaign book to be released for tabletop titan Dungeons & Dragons 5E is Wild Beyond the Witchlight, due…
Ships of the Expanse: The Ships and Deck Plans
Although they come in the final chapter, the deck plans are very much the centerpiece in Ships of the Expanse.…
Preparing for Empire of the Ghouls
A year ago, we released Empire of the Ghouls, and after some gentle prodding from my players, I started up…
D&D: WotC’s Pride Celebration Raises Funds For LGBTQ+ Youth Center
Wizards of the Coast’s fundraiser to benefit the Lambert House LGBTQ+ Youth Center features pride-ful shirts and special event streams.…
We design the worst/best RPG character for Tony Vasinda from +1 EXP! in the Dicebreaker Podcast
This week, Dicebreaker is joined by roleplaying game aficionado and beard oil creator Tony Vasinda from +1 EXP!, to chat…
PRESS RELEASE: Battle Box Dice Roller: Reclaiming Time in Tabletop RPGs
Kickstarter coming soon for dice-rolling aid Coming soon to Kickstarter is the Battle Box Dice Roller, the biggest improvement to…