D&D: In A Tavern? Five Things To Do
Taverns are as much a part of D&D as d20s, but what should you actually do while you’re there? We’ve…
Solo But Not Alone – An Awesome 87-RPG Bundle
Solo But Not Alone is an amazing bundle of RPGs that’s raising money for suicide-prevention. Help a good cause AND…
Ratatosk: Culture and Society
Sàlve, my friends! Following in the footsteps of Heknusret the Temerarious and his Nine Chthonic Papyri, I did spend a…
The Ratatosk: Culture and Society
Sàlve, my friends! It is I, Lucano Volpe. A patrician of the city of Moredo and an explorer of modest…
Babes in the Woods 2E brings the RPG’s Halloween hijinks back to Kickstarter
Babes in the Woods, the creepy and charming RPG inspired by autumnal vibes and children’s cartoons, has launched a Kickstarter…
How to Roleplay in RPGs
Thumbnail image from Wizards of the Coast You have been invited to take part in a new RPG table. As…
Level Up’s Monsters: Ecology
In another post, I talked about the updates we’re making to monster stat blocks. Today, I want to talk about…
D&D: Candlekeep Features WotC’s First Wheelchair-Accessible Dungeon
The newest D&D book, Candlekeep Mysteries, will feature WotC’s first official wheelchair-accessible dungeon, according to recent announcements. With the recent…
Post-Apocalyptic Movie Geek Out with Ty Rucker (Part 2)
Ty Rucker from Crypt Monkey Games returns as we explore the wasteland once again. Our post-apocalyptic movie geek out continues…
Rogue Review- TIE/rb Heavy “Brute”
Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at the ships you can fly in Fantasy…
Dungeons & Dragons 5E’s first one-shot collection Candlekeep Mysteries spotlights diverse writers
Keep roleplaying short and sweet with Candlekeep Mysteries, an upcoming RPG book for Dungeons & Dragons 5E containing a collection…
Darklands Rising: From the Vaults
This week, we conclude our preview of the forthcoming Pathfinder Battles: Darklands Rising set of prepainted plastic miniatures from our…
D&D Maps – RPG Accessories
Whether you’re keeping track of all of your players or appreciating fantastical art, D&D maps are one of the oldest…
Your Character, Your Dice, Your Way
Hello friends far and wide! We are very excited to be given the opportunity to partner with Paizo, and knew…
D&D: Candlekeep Mysteries Unveiled
Well folks, the day is here. Candlekeep Mysteries has been unveiled at last: seventeen short adventures that run from levels…
D&D Announces Candlekeep Mysteries, a New Book Full of Short Adventures from Up-and-Coming Designers
No more waiting for official news, I just received a press release. Congrats to our very own Brandes Stoddard on…
Jen Kretchmer Teases Her Candlekeep Mysteries Adventure: THE CANOPIC BEING
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Candlekeep Mysteries Unveiled! Everything We Know About the New D&D Book
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Babes in the Wood RPG wanders into Kickstarter for a second edition
Adam Vaas’s tabletop RPG of lost kids and critters lost in an endless wood on Halloween is in Kickstarter to…
Sub Terra creators Kickstart an interactive story set in a post-apocalyptic wilderness
Sub Terra studio Inside the Box’s newest narrative adventure, Alba, launched a Kickstarter campaign Tuesday and reached full funding within…
Using Monsters Beyond Their Stat Blocks: Gnolls
Last week we took a look at Orcs, and the weeks before we looked at Goblinoids and tactics they might…
Fall into the weird world of Terry Pratchett-esque RPG Troika! for under $15
Including core rulebook, compendium and adventures.
D&D: What Is Candlekeep Anyway
Candlekeep is at the heart of the newest book from D&D, look for details later today, but what is Candlekeep…
The PC Factory: Yender Tenpenny
All through January, tabletop RPG fans across social media are taking part in a 31-day character creation challenge. It was…
GAMA Pushes Origins Game Fair Back Till Fall
The Game Manufacturer's Association announced that they have pushed Origins Game Fair back till the Fall due to COVID-19 pandemic…
Wizards of the Coast make two old map supplements free to download
Last month, Wizards of the Coast made two old RPG map supplements free to download on DriveThruRPG. The World of…
The psychedelic fantasy RPG Troika lists in the Bundle of Holding
Players travel by eldritch portal and non-Euclidean labyrinth and golden-sailed barge between the uncountable crystal Spheres strung delicately across the…
Episode 14 – On the Trail
Anna Prosser (Agnis Crownsilver) As a host and presenter, you may have seen Anna heading up live shows or events…
Episode 13 – Detectives & Deceptions
Type: FeaturesSubtitle: Nights of EveningstarBanner: Text: With the party's senechal, Dusk, accused of murdering the War Wizard investigating the strange Winter Fey attack the…
Tabletop Gallery: Imperial Troops Have Entered the Base
Star Wars LEGION Battle of Hoth – in real snow! In Austin TX! I can only take this shot once…
Competition: Win $50 worth of geeky coffee
Geek Native has bought a $50 Geek House Coffee voucher, which you can spend if you are in the US,…
Player Typologies, from Wargames to Role-Playing Games
One of the threads that The Elusive Shift follows is the development of typologies that sorted players, or sometimes game…
Starfinder Precog Playtest Wrap-Up!
With the close of the Starfinder precog playtest, we want to thank everyone who participated, whether by filling out a…
Candlekeep Mysteries is the Next D&D 5e Book Coming March 2021
Last week we saw multiple retail outlets post holding pages for an upcoming Dungeons & Dragons book. We also learned…
D&D BREAKING: New Book Revealed – Candlekeep Mysteries
Well the cat’s out of the bag a day early, but here we are: the March D&D book is Candlekeep…
Hiring Update: Coming Full Circle
It’s a brand new year, and there’s a brand new face wandering the warrens! I’m Thomas, the new Editorial Director…
Our Live streams are back in the new year!
Hello friends! Troy Hewitt here, community nerd for Green Ronin Publishing and the disembodied voice for our two live streams,…
Solo RPG bundle raises funds for tabletop-focused suicide prevention organisation
The Solo But Not Forgotten bundle has collected 87 single-player RPGs on Itch.io that can be purchased for $10 (£7.40),…
Candlekeep Mysteries
Great Books Hide Their Secrets Well An anthology of seventeen mystery-themed adventures for the world’s greatest roleplaying game. Candlekeep attracts…
Pathfinder: Prepare For The Abomination Vaults
It’s a new year, and that means a new adventure path is here in Golarion, and it’s set to take…
Tome Unbound: Fleshspurned
Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a fleshspurned without modifying its challenge rating. Fleshburned. If…
Privateer Reveals 'Warcaster' Empyrean Details
Privateer Press has released more details about the upcoming Empyrean Command Group Starter Set and the Collision Course Expansion for its…
Mix up D&D-inspired drinks with RPG cocktail book Mystic Libations
Create drinks inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy RPGs with Mystic Libations, a cocktail book co-created by actor…
Post-apocalyptic fantasy Out of Ashes rises on Kickstarter
Liminal author, Dr Paul Mitchener, has put his latest RPG on Kickstarter. Dr Mitch has backed over 100 projects himself,…
D&D: New Dragonlance Novel Coming In July!
Saddle up your Dragon, gather your lance, and your overwritten descriptions of stew because it looks like we’re headed to…
Astral Projections – Meteor & Tac-Nuke (Mutants & Masterminds 3e)
© 2020 Linda Whitson To warm up things a bit for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, I present…
Dragonlance leak comes weeks after a legal truce
Last year the Dragonlance authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman took Wizards of the Court to court over the games…
BASH (Basic Action Super Heroes) free character generator site relaunches
BASH! Ultimate Edition is a superhero roleplaying game from Chris Rutkowsky that’s a Platinum best-seller at DriveThruRPG and a previous…
Download for Free: 1 million square feet of forest battle maps
I guess there’s no shortage of free battle maps on the internet these days. The RPG community is full of…
Inkwell Ideas to publish a fantasy font
You might already be familiar with fonts like Wingdings that let you write in symbols rather than letters.
Watch the premiere of Dune: Adventures in the Imperium
During ModCon, Modiphius streamed the premiere of their new 2d20 game Dune: Adventures in the Imperium. Line editor Jason Durall…
Rolling for Initiative — Three Predictions for 2021
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
D&D: Psionics of Dark Sun
One of Dark Sun’s most defining characteristics is the power of the mind unleashed. The burning wastes of Athas are…
City of Mist is for people who are afraid of D&D
The roleplaying game City of Mist is perhaps closer to a TV show than an old school roleplaying game.
Svalbard introduces player respawning to tabletop RPGs
Svalbard is an RPG and adventure from the Norweigan publisher Two Starving Gnolls. The game uses a simplified system focusing…
Now Playing: Fly Free or Die
A crew of scoundrels, rogues, and misfits finds it hard to survive in a galaxy where everyone has a price.…
Introducing Cosmic Crit Podcasts
Greetings gamers and non-binary beings, and hello to the extended Paizo family and community. This is Patrick, the GM and…
RPG Spotlight: The Warren
This week we’re turning into bunnies and exploring a world heavily inspired by works like Watership Down as we take…
On Krysler’s Trail
An Epic Journey Welcome to our first blog post of the New Year, which sees us return to the insightful…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #82
January 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💰 Ads: Links may earn us money Our first full week of…
We talk Slay the Spire, traditional board games and whether the d6 is overrated in the first Dicebreaker Podcast of 2021!
The Dicebreaker Podcast is back for a brand new year, but with the same ol’ tangents as Matt, Wheels and…
Pathfinder: The Bestiary 2 Goes Pocketsized
Pathfinder 2nd Edition has a new pocket sized Bestiary 2 out, as long as your pockets are capable of holding…
Secrets of the Emerald Order: Agents and Operatives
THE APPROPRIATOR An appropriator is sent by the Emerald Order to obtain important information and items by any means necessary.…
Outside the Box – January 8th
Happy New Year – and we start it with news from Corvus Belli, Para Bellum Wargames, Atomic Mass Games, Artel…
Dungeons & Dragons 5E sourcebook and adventure bundles are on sale at D&D Beyond
Grab a collection of digital sourcebooks and adventure books for Dungeons & Dragons 5E at a discounted price with the…
Finder’s Archive – Bog Wreckage
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic: The…
D&D: New Book Spotted – Announcement Next Week
It looks like 2020 started a trend: a new D&D book is on the horizon, with details coming next week,…
World of Darkness and D&D RPG writer and designer Jackie Cassada dies of COVID-19
Veteran roleplaying game designer and author Jackie Cassada has passed away as the result of COVID-19, with her surviving collaborator…
Wizards of the Coast Releases New Information on 'Magic: The Gathering' 'Kaldheim' Packs
Wizards of the Coast released new information on the rarity configuration of Magic: The Gathering packs for the upcoming Kaldheim…
MtG: Kaldheim Livestream Spoilers
Do you hear that icy wind blowing? Kaldheim is coming, and spoilers from the new Livestream preview are at hand.…
Thursday Art Assault – The Moon Unknown
‘The Moon Unknown’ – J Edward Neill – 2020 Find more out of this world art at:
Pathfinder Encounter: Heaving Kobolds
This week in The Shroud of Four Silences, the adventurers find themselves in pitched battle in the heart of the…
D&D: Five Things We Miss About Fourth Edition
Say what you will about 4E, but its innovations are sorely missed at the tabletop even to this day. Here…
DriveThruRPG adds Brexit warning to checkout
The UK left the EU Single Market at the end of 2020 due to Brexit the year before. As a…
D&D’s Most Underrated Races And Why You Should Play Them
Next time you sit down to make a D&D character, consider one of these fun, versatile, and sometimes absolutely bonkers…
Let’s Look At Exploration
One of our primary goals with Level Up is to expand and fully flesh out the game’s exploration pillar. There…
Create the D&D Characters of your Dreams with the D&D Beyond Player Bundle!
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Pathfinder: Playtest Two New Classes – Gunslinger & Inventor
Pathfinder has opened up a playtest that features two new classes: an old familiar face and a new star: check…
John Carter of Mars RPG bundle lets you explore the galaxy for under $10
Fly through space in a Martian planetary romance with John Carter of Mars, the science-fiction roleplaying game that’s currently on…
Tales From The Magician’s Skull: An Interview With Howard Andrew Jones (Goodman Games)
Tabletop RPG publisher, Goodman Games, is home to a prose sword-and-sorcery magazine, Tales From The Magician’s Skull. Since they’re expanding…
D&D: How To Make Your Encounters More Dynamic
Tired of encounters that turn into four-mini pileups? Wanna spice up a slugfest? Here are a few ways to make…
Discover the next D&D book on Tuesday 12th
Wizards of the Coast will announce a new D&D book on the 12th of January and publish it on the…
Free to Download: Edge of the Sun preview
Monte Cook Games’ Cypher System Edge of the Sun is due out in February, but a free to download preview…
DMs Guild Review: The Deck of Multitudinous Things
Art by Amber Litke Written by Amber Litke, Sadie LowryIllustrated by Amber Litke, Tihi Luadthong DM Experience: ExpertPlayer Experience: Novice …
Dragon Talk: Tony Diterlizzi
It’s 2021 and we’re back in action! Greg & Shelly get us up to date one the latest D&D news!…
Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: January 6, 2021
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Cuticorium – RPG You are a bug. There is little time…
We Be Life-Size!
Happy New Year, Pathfinders! While it’s been nice to have a few weeks to spend with our families, we’re all…
Druid 101: Circle of Stars (from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything)
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Free to Download: Name generation tables for Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades: Wuxia Roleplaying
Osprey Publishing have shared name generation tables for their Wuxia RPG Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades. [Download Generator] The RPG by…
Bard – College of Mixology (5e)
This week on the Campaign Trail, I thought I’d share a subclass I created for one of my players who…
DUNE #6 – Illustrating Dune
By Katya Thomas Dune has been an inspiration to artists for years, but in some ways that makes it harder…
Dungeon Tables: Mildly Magical Curios
1d100 Mildly Magical Curios 1–2 A thin silver ring with a round center stone that you can change the color…
Media Release: New Gamemaster Month 2021 has commenced, and RuneQuest is one of the featured games
MEDIA RELEASE – for immediate release This month is New Gamemaster Month, and we’ve joined our friends at Monte Cook Games,……
Monthly Encounter #17: A Whitefang in the sewers (lvls 1-4)
Here at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to be added to your table. I’ll be…
Writing Star Trek Novels with Keith R. A. DeCandido
Keith R. A. DeCandido is the author of more than 50 novels. He has written for series like Star Trek,…