Kickstarter Round-Up: Folk Horror RPG and 2 Games That the Create the Night Sky
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Dungeon Notes Dungeon Notes is a brand new system,…
D&D 3.5 Ed Board Game Is Very Simple, But That’s A Good Thing
Tabletop RPGs are complicated and diving right in can be too much, too fast. But what if… I’ve been playing…
Starfinder: Scoured Stars Returns with Out in the Cold!
Starfinder: Scoured Stars returns tonight with Episode 04 | “Out in the Cold,” at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official…
Eco-science fiction RPG Blue Planet: Recontact is crowdfunding a revised third edition that maintains its anticolonial themes
Sabotage corporate industrial projects and defend an adopted homeworld in Blue Planet: Recontact, an upcoming new third edition of the…
Free to Download: 6 monsters
Handimonsters is a Patreon-powered subscription service from Handiwork Games that delivers monsters. The contributors’ credits reads like a hall of…
Level Up Playtest Document #16: Combat Maneuvers
Welcome to the 16th Level Up playtest document. Last year we released the first half of the combat maneuvers as…
Zobeck Gazetteer Wallpapers
It’s a new month, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a city-tastic set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or…
First They Came is an RPG you play blindfolded
Set in Berlin in 1942, telling the story of those persecuted by the Nazi regime, First They Came is an…
Feeling Nostalgic For Spycraft? The Spy Game Blends Espionage And D&D 5E
The Spy Game brings superspy espionage action to the d20-fueled rules of 5th Edition D&D–a modern adaptation with more guns,…
Building Locations for Open World Campaigns – GM Tips & Tricks
Thumbnail art by Dominik ZdenkovićHow to create an open world campaign || How to create quests for open world campaignsGive…
We Die Young takes supernatural RPGs back to the counterculture Seattle of the 1990s
Grab a coffee, see a basement show and slay a demon in the same afternoon with We Die Young, an…
Cubicle 7 Releases More Deets on ‘Champions of Order’
Sourcebook Adds Lumineth Realm-Lords as a Playable Faction in 'Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound RPG' Cubicle 7 unveiled Champions of…
Fallout #4 – Full of Action (Points)!
Players of the Fallout videogames will be familiar with the spending of Action Points. In the earlier games, every action…
Rogue Squadron – Rebel Generals
Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy…
The Lazy Dungeon Master, Fantastic Lairs with Mike Shea
Podcast host, writer, and RPG designer, Mike Shea visits the Dicegeeks.com podcast today. Mike is the author behind The Lazy…
With Strange Aeons – How The Call Of Cthulhu Changed The Face Of Roleplaying Games – PRIME
Your favorite adventures and livestreams owe more to Sandy Petersen’s Call of Cthulhu than Gary Gygax’ Dungeons & Dragons. Here’s…
Does Love Forgive? is a two-player supplement for the Call of Cthulhu RPG
Roleplay one-to-one sessions of the Call of Cthulhu RPG with Does Love Forgive?, a set of scenarios designed to be…
SendingStone is a video chat solution for VTTs
Do you use Discord and a virtual tabletop even though the VTT has a video chat solution of its own?…
Free Chapter – Hollow Empire – Vadim
The splintering door shattered Vadim’s peaceful sleep. A booming voice ripped through the early morning tranquility. “You slept with my…
Download the All-New D&D Beyond App!
D&D Beyond is excited to announce the release of the all-new, consolidated D&D Beyond App! Gone are the days of…
The All New D&D Beyond App is Coming!
D&D Beyond is excited to announce the upcoming release of the all-new, consolidated D&D Beyond App! Gone are the days…
D&D Accessories: Let Your Characters Fly High With These Battle Risers
Battle risers are an often forgotten RPG tool, but when the closest monster takes flight, you’ll want to know exactly…
Draw Your Weapon with the Pathfinder Magic Armanents Deck!
Available in print and digital download on Wednesday, April 7! A hero collects treasure at every step of their journey,…
Reveal a randomised, scratch-off character sheet in radical RPG Scratch & Claw
Sometimes, character creation can feel like a chore, a bunch of busy work standing between the player and the game.…
Blue Planet 3e is an RPG set in humanity’s precarious future
Biohazard Games with Gallant Knight have taken the third edition of the acclaimed hard science Blue Planet RPG to Kickstarter,…
Virtual reality tabletop Demeo announces launch date
Demeo is a “virtual virtual” tabletop. That’s to say, it uses a virtual tabletop in which you can move your…
Midgard Icons: The Ghoul Emperor
The Ghoul Emperor Nicoforus the Pale is the undisputed ruler of the Dread and Endless Imperium of the Darakhul, a…
5 Tips For Outlining A TTRPG Session
If you are a new Dungeon Master or a player who is curious to try running a game, I want…
The Workshop: NPC File – Granny Horns
Original artist unknown. All rights reserved. Come in, child. Come in. I’ve got fresh sweet rolls and a cup of…
5 best digital card games that aren’t Hearthstone
Back in the heady days of 2014 when grand worldwide events were taking place - like Gangnam Style hitting two…
Vaesen: Mythic Britain announced as Free League brings nordic horror to 19th century British Isles
Vaesen is a horror RPG from the award-winning Free League Publishing. The game is based on the gothic art of…
Unlock the Eldritch Mysteries of the Galaxy with ‘Starfinder Galactic Magic’
Paizo, Inc. announced Starfinder Galactic Magic, a new rulebook for Starfinder RPG, for release in November. Galactic Magic adds arcane…
Shadow Art Finds Spring 2021 Art Sale
For all my website and social media followers… March 29th – April 30th… A HUGE dark art coupon. Buy two…
Magic: Legends – Meet The Dimir Assassin
Combining the powers of blue and black mana, the Dimir Assassin takes finesse to play–but in the right hands, a…
The latest Chivalry and Sorcery RPG on offer at the Bundle of Holding
Chivalry and Sorcery is one of the oldest fantasy RPGs still being published, and the 5th edition (that’s the C&S…
$10 bundle for over $90 worth of RPGs: Help game designer Tiago Rolim out
There’s a good cause RPG bundle on Itch.io right now, and for the next 24 days, in which you can…
Tabletop Gallery: Grimdark Extraction
Classic Stealth Suits get the job done! Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would…
Cosy critter RPG Wanderhome and its pastoral adventures are now available
Take a journey through sleepy hamlets and picturesque woodland landscapes in Wanderhome, a tabletop RPG about traveling animals and the…
The Beacon – Danger Zones: Lighthouse is available now!
Lighthouses conjure up all kinds of images of moody, Gothic stories of mystery, hauntings, and murder along isolated, lonely coastlines,…
Wizards of the Coast Unveils Early Deets on the ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Set
Wizards of the Coast unveiled early product details for the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set…
Tome Unbound: Dancing Foliage
Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a dancing foliage without modifying its challenge rating. Dance…
Indie RPG bundle packages dozens of games to pay for designer’s COVID-19 hospital treatment
A group of Latin American tabletop RPG designers have banded together to raise funds for one of their own currently…
Death in Space wows Kickstarter with its bleak blue-collar sci-fi RPG
Death in Space is two things; it’s a bleak view of life in space powered by capitalism and a work…
Roll With Me is a free virtual tabletop dice roller
I’m happy to recommend Roll With Me.xyz as a good solution for making intelligent dice rolls online. What do I…
Astral Projections – Deanna, Cyberpunk RED Solo
Antonna and Deanna, AKA “The Twins,” are a package deal. They prefer to work as bodyguards but also handle other…
Weekend Play Report – Ex Novo, and the joy of mapmaking games
Hello, Dicebreaker readers. Welcome back to another week of board game and RPG news. Let’s kick it off with a…
Goodman Games Obtains ‘Dark Tower’ Rights From Judges Guild
Goodman Games announced that they will publish a new edition of the Dark Tower module for 5E. Dark Tower is…
Rolling for Initiative — Best Month Ever
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
dScryb launches on Foundry VTT with a membership giveaway
dScryb is a subscription site, with a free tier, that provides GMs and DMs with boxed text to read to…
A Date for Monsters! Monsters! Monsters! Galore
Everything leaves a trace. That’s been my guiding principle researching the history of early wargames and role-playing games: any…
D&D: Mythos Monsters Brings Cosmic Horror To Dungeons & Dragons
The monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos are crashing headlong into the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Will they survive? Probably…
Genre Police: Player Roles
Last time, we talked about players roles, in particular the practical things your players do at a table and what…
Apocalypse 5E by Blue Phoenix Games picks up 700 years after the fall
Apocalypse 5e is an adaptable setting in which characters explore the world 700 years after humanity’s fall. How did the…
UFO Press merges into Rowan, Rook and Decard
UFO Press has been absorbed into fellow British RPG publisher Rowan, Rook and Decard with founder Minerva McJanda joining the…
Free to Download: Horror sci-fi RPG – Incoming Call
Incoming Call is a sci-fi RPG for 1 to 3 players, no GM, and it’s free to download. The game…
War Stories
Tales of the Apocalypse The Apocalypse War inferno continues to rage, even as we close in on the end of…
D&D: Pre-Order Dark Alliance Today And Unlock A Beholder-Eye Axe
The new Dark Alliance game is up for pre-order right now, along with an exclusive Beholder-based weapon set. Check it…
Starfinder Encounter: Eclipse of Prophecy
By Chris Sims The Haunter of the Dark, an aspect of the chaotic evil Outer God, Nyarlathotep, whispers to its…
BFF! Best Friends Forever: RPG Spotlight
This week we’re picking out our favorite hang-out location and having a slumber party as we take a look at…
Warlock’s Apprentice: Weird Fantasy Items
Magic is capable of so very much. Here are some potent and flavorful magic items of particular weirdness that can…
Coyote And Crow – A Native American Led Project Is The Next Million-Dollar RPG
Coyote and Crow, a Native-American-led tabletop rpg set in a future where the Americas were never colonized, has raised more…
We celebrate Dicebreaker’s one year podcast anniversary!
It’s been a whole year since we started recording the Dicebreaker podcast, can you believe it? I know I can’t!…
Outside the Box – April 2nd
Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Wargames Atlantic, Raging Heroes, Wargame Exclusive, Warcradle…
Will we find life smarter than dolphins in the unexplored depths of the oceans?
Geek Native readers have been robots chased by sharks. That’s to say, last year, this blog gave away a copy…
Finder’s Archive – Dungeon Creation (Part 4)
And once more, we head into the darkest depths of dungeon creation. 😊 Welcome to the fourth (Part 1, Part…
Wizards of the Coast Reveals a Shortage of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Draft Boosters
There will be a shortage of Draft Booster product for the upcoming Magic: The GatheringStrixhaven: School of Mages set on…
Thursday Art Assault – Our Fortress is Burning
‘Our Fortress is Burning’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Unearth more dark landscapes at:
April 2021 Organized Play Update
OPM Musings Tonya’s busy getting ready for her vacation, so I’ve taken over her musings for the month! Do not…
Level Up Playtest Document #15: Herald
What this isThis is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then answer…
Oops, We Did It Again: Foolish Monsters 2021: A Rope of Sand
With such glowing reception to last year’s April Fools’ Bestiary Blog as “None of these are canon” or “John Compton…
SIN: A sourcebook for the Spire RPG about uncaring gods and corruption in a cursed city
Spire is a tabletop RPG from Rowan, Rook and Decard about a towering city after a successful invasion that reduces…
‘Fallout: The Roleplaying Game’ Launch Details
The first products for Modiphius Entertainment’s new Fallout role playing game have been revealed: the Core Rulebook, Dice Set, Gamemaster’s…
Explore The Wasteland With The Fallout RPG – Pre-Order Now
War, war never changes–but roleplaying games do. Modiphius opens up their own Vault-Tec brand shelter for pre-orders of the Fallout…
TroikaFest! is the perfect event for those who have never played the whimsical tabletop RPG
The one-week Troikafest!, running from April 5th through the 11th, invites new groups and designers to join the tabletop RPG’s…
WizKids announce the largest D&D “mini” they’ve ever made
The five-headed dragon goddess from D&D lore, Tiamat, is coming to tabletops. Due to ship in September, WizKids has announced…
Beyond the Mountains of Madness campaign for Call of Cthulhu RPG has been reprinted after over 20 years
Two “classic” campaign books for Call of Cthulhu, Beyond the Mountains of Madness and Horror on the Orient Express, have…
NeverEnding: An Interview With Jamie VanDoren
With their new Kickstarter campaign for NeverEnding II, it felt like a good time to talk with Jamie VanDoren about…
Publishers Spotlight: May 2021 poll opens for Patrons
Geek Native’s amazing Patrons can now vote to put an RPG publisher or creator in the Spotlight. Are you a…
Monster Hunter World: The Board Game shows the right way to adapt a video game for the tabletop
Board games based on video games are a mixed bag, to say the least. There are some truly excellent ones,…
Star Trek First Contact Day and other geeky April conventions
I’m hesitant to blog anything on the morning of April 1, but here we are with a look at the…
World of Darkness: Learn the 5e Vampire clans [infographic]
The World of Darkness team at Paradox published the first development blog since taking the RPG properties in house. And…
Kickstarter Round-Up: Terminator RPG, Gorgeous Gothic Busts, and Stellaris on the Tabletop
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Encyclopedia: Lore Book & Toolbox Encyclopedia is a 360-page…
International Transgender Day of Visibility
Today, the International Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate and recognize the lives of transgender people in our gaming community.…
Starfinder: Scoured Stars Returns Tonight for Episode 3!
Join for science-fantasy high jinks and adventure in Episode 3 of Starfinder: Scoured Stars tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific on…
How To Play Vampires Like Apex Predators of the Night
“‘Vampyr’ is my new name. I still lust for life and youth, and I curse the living that took them…
Open source Mythic Table launches Kickstarter for free VTT
Partnering with the Open Gaming Network and World Anvil, Mythic Table has launched a Kickstarter to get some full-time developers…
Ruins of Symbaroum: Free League announce Symbaroum 5e
In the wake of their million Dollar Kickstarter for Lord of the Rings, Free League Publishing have announced their next…
The Ratatosk: Magical Items and Equipment of the Squirrel-Folk
I hurled the enchanted acorn to the ground. There was a terrific flash of light and an odd popping sound,…
Sentinels of the Multiverse announce an anniversary definitive edition of its comic book card game
Sentinels of the Multiverse will celebrate its ten-year anniversary with an upgraded box that puts a polish on nearly every…
Modiphius opens the Fallout 2d20 RPG for pre-order
Today, London-based Modiphius Entertainment put their Fallout 2d20 RPG on pre-order, with a GM toolkit, dice, and special editions. The…
Kickstarter RPG VP Resigns In Wake Of ‘Perfect RPG’ Controversy, Issues Apology
Luke Crane, Vice President and Community Head at Kickstarter is stepping down in the wake of a now-canceled controversial project.…
Monthly Encounter #20: The Mummies’ Secret Lore (lvls 5-10)
Thmbnail art by Akos SzaboWe finally did it! 20 different encounters, once per month, have already been written. These are…
Monster Archetypes, Golems, Typhon with The Monster Professor
The Monster Professor returns again! Josh Woods, author, professor, and monster expert, and I talk monster archetypes which leads us…
Kickstarter Korner- Stellaris: Infinite Legacy
What is this project? Stellaris: Infinite Legacy is a board game version of the popular PC 4x game Stellaris. Beyond…
Dice: The ultimate ranking, from d4 to d20
Dice. You use them in a lot of tabletop games. To the naked eye, they may appear to be nothing…
23–30 March 2021: Candlekeep Controversy
This week, the release of Dungeons & Dragons’ latest adventure anthology brings controversy, with one contributor raising concerns around how…
D&D: The Birth Of Dark Sun, A World Of Apocalypse – PRIME
Dark Sun is a world unlike any other in the D&D cosmology–full of blazing hear, apocalyptic furor, and debilitating magic,…
Paizo Unveils ‘Pathfinder Bestiary 3 Pawn Collection’
Paizo, Inc. unveiled Pathfinder Bestiary 3 Pawn Collection, a collection of creature pawns for use Pathfinder RPG, for release in…