TCG Market Analysis: Pikachu VMAX and Tyanitar V Partner Up to Trample the Gods of 'Kaldheim'
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Player memo kits for RPGs
I like these player memo kits from R-N-W. They’re attractive and practical at the same time. You’re getting a digital…
Monster Preview: Green Dragon
The Monstrous Menagerie contains more in-depth treatments of the O5E monsters you already know and love. We include interesting, varied…
Genre Police: Risk assessment
We’ve been discussing safety for a while now, and while it pains me to say it, it is likely that…
Coyote & Crow is a sci-fi RPG set in an America without colonisation
A team of Native American RPG creators have a roaring Kickstarter success on their hands in the shape of Coyote…
Dungeon Con Online announced with groundbreaking new technology
A partnership from Goodman Games and Dungeon Masters Guild will bring a celebration of all things D&D 5e in the…
Sundered Waves: Paizo introduce a new digital one-shot range
At the Gen Con spring showcase, Paizo gave the adventure Sundered Wave its debut. The scenario is part of a…
Introducing Paizo One-Shots!
Today’s debut of Sundered Waves marks the first appearance of a brand new type of Paizo digital adventure--the One-Shot! Written…
Awesome Witcher dice
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Let’s Take A Journey…
The Journey Rules Journeys are the heart of exploration. They’re not the only thing in the exploration pillar, but they…
Companions’ Tale: Indie Award winner now on Roll20
Companions’ Tale is a map-making storytelling game created by Laura Simpson in which one player tells the tale of an…
Starfinder Encounter: Botanical Wardens
With the release last month of the Starfinder Flip-Tiles: Alien Planet Starter Set, Game Masters now have nearly limitless options…
Gary Gygax’s own DM has finally licensed his original works
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The gang enter Crime City, check out Cosmic Frog creator’s next game and talk more D&D film news in the Dicebreaker Podcast
Plus: tips on running RPGs over Zoom and our favourite third-party creators.
Level Up Survey: Wizard
Today we released the playtest candidate for our Wizard class. This is the accompanying survey. As always, it’s OK if…
Wearing Red
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The Invention of the d4
When it comes to using Platonic solids as dice, the d4 is something of a special case. There are…
Everyone Is John: RPG Spotlight
Can you be the ultimate John? How about the ultimate voice in John’s head? This week on RPG spotlight we’re…
Watch Paizo LIVE and Pathfinder: Sundered Waves Liveplay!
The first episode of Paizo LIVE premiered on Twitch, but it’s now available on YouTube! We had a great talking…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #90
Well, now, Kickstarter’s Zine Quest was huge, and it ended with piles of stinky brown stuff hitting the whirling blades…
Level Up Playtest Document #11: Wizard
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Former D&D Beyond Founder Joins Demiplane RPG
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Art of Skirmishing: Louder than Words
“Alright boss,” said Salma, “what’s the plan?” “Should just be some gnoll outriders up there,” said Nur. “We shoot through…
Struggle against the breakdown of reality in psychedelic poster-sized RPG Aether Operations
Command the vast powers of one of four quantum realms in a doomed quest to stave off an entropic catastrophe…
Outside the Box – March 5th
Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Creature Caster, Fantasy Flight Games, Knight Models,…
The new D&D computer game comes from a surprising studio
Hidden Path Entertainment has confirmed that that they are working on a triple-A D&D computer game with Wizards of the…
The One Ring 2E becomes highest-funded tabletop RPG on Kickstarter
The Kickstarter campaign for The One Ring Roleplaying Game: Second Edition closed on March 4th having raised SEK 17,070,638, which…
Finder’s Archive – Boseiju
Copyright Wizards of the Coast. Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.In this column, we take some of…
Want to be part of Dicebreaker? We’re hiring a junior video producer!
Do you love tabletop games? Are you a natural in front of the camera? Would you like to play tabletop…
March 2021 Organized Play Update
OPM Musings I really believe we are caught in a time loop. I am absolutely certain I wrote my February…
Yen Press Licenses 'Bungo Stray Dogs Beast,' More Manga
We round up here some recent Yen Press announcements of new manga and light novel licenses for series that are…
Roll20’s annual Orr report shows D&D remains biggest draw, but smaller RPGs thrived in 2020
Digital roleplaying platform Roll20 released its annual Orr Group Industry Report on February 18th, sharing some hand-picked insights behind the…
GM’s Appreciation Day 2021
The amount of work, courage, and passion each Game Master puts into their gaming session is simply amazing. In celebration…
Speak for the trees in collaborative map-making game A Wood Heart
At the centre of the forest lies its magical heart, protected by a group of spirits. At the edges of…
One-Page Adventures Nears The End!
Thanks to all of our loyal backers, our project is off to a great start. IN fact, we're now in…
ZineQuest 3 Finishes Strong – Can’t-Miss RPGs Closing Soon
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Patreons are an important part of the monetization of RPGs. Not only for RPG news*, also many RPG publishers. Handiwork…
Sew a map to a distant friend in keepsake storytelling game A Mending
Reunite with a long-separated friend by following a map sewn by your own hand in A Mending, a solo keepsake…
Z-Man Games Reveals a 'Stuffed Fables' Expansion
Z-Man Games revealed Stuffed Fables: Oh Brother, an expansion to the Adventure Book Game by Plaid Hat Games, for release…
Kickstarter Round-Up: 3D Print Fantastic Orcs & Battle Some Necrojerks
Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Crystalpunk – 5e Setting Crystalpunk is a brand new…
Starfinder Species Survey
Illustration by Rodrigo Gonzalez Toledo One of the best things about Starfinder is being able to play as one of…
D&D BREAKING: New Open World Game In The Works From One Of The Makers Of CS: GO
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‘Hearth fantasy’ RPG Stonetop brings adventurers home to protect a simple village
Defend a home at the edge of the world in Stonetop, an upcoming RPG system of “hearth fantasy” based on…
Pathfinder’s Bestiary 3 Is Bigger And Bestier
When Paizo adds more monsters to a game, they go big–as we see in this preview of a beastly new…
Ratatosk: Planar Guides and Squirrel-Folk Names
If you find yourself tramping about the planes, you could do far, far worse than having a Ratatosk guide by…
Catalyst Game Labs Announces a New Core Magic Rulebook for 'Shadowrun' RPG
Catalyst Game Labs announced Shadowrun: Street Wyrd, a new core magic rulebook for Shadowrun RPG, for release on March 24.…
Monthly Encounter #19: The Underwater Dark Squad (lvls 1-4)
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Roleplay a new adventure every day of the year with the 2022 Quest Calendar
Embark on adventures each day of an entire year using the 2022 Quest Calendar, an upcoming roleplaying game that takes…
DMs Guild Publishing, the RPG Door Problem with Matthew Whitby
DMs Guild creator and game designer Matthew Whitby pops in on the podcast. In addition to being a creator on…
Rogue Squadron- Warthog Cluster
Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy…
How Dungeons & Dragons helped me discover my gender identity
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D&D On The Air In The 80s, The Lost Radio Play – PRIME
Before Matthew Mercer, before Acquisitions Incorporated, before anyone had streamed anything, Dungeons & Dragons had their very own radio play.…
Hugh Grant will play the villain in the Dungeons & Dragons film
The upcoming Dungeons & Dragons film has found its antagonist in Oscar-winning actor Hugh Grant, as well as an additional…
Books That Changed Me – Part 1
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D&D Accessories: Gift Sets
Picking out the perfect gift can be challenging, but with D&D themed gift sets finding an awesome present for the…
The Darkest House is an online-only RPG from the studio behind Numenera
Play and run a horror roleplaying game entirely online with The Darkest House, an upcoming RPG from the publisher responsible…
Kobold Dispatch: March Edition
Straight from the Editorial Director’s snout, the Dispatch provides a sneak peek at upcoming publications and projects headed from the…
Best Way to Design a Quick Campaign Setting
Start small When building a setting quickly keep your focus on the immediate locations your party will be. No need…
RPG: Kickstarter’s Head Of Community Cancels Campaign Amid Controversy
A Kickstarter Collection titled ‘The Perfect RPG’ has been canceled after designer Adam Koebel was revealed to be one of…
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything Breakdown, Part Five
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Custom miniatures studio Hero Forge adds option to create wheelchair users
In celebration of International Wheelchair Day, Hero Forge has announced the option to create miniatures of wheelchair users. The company,…
Wizards of the Coast Unveils SpellTable Beta
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Tabletop Gallery: I Want it Captured Alive!
Fabius does love a unique pet. Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make…
New Releases from February 2021
This month’s new releases include an experimental starship, more megadundeon, five new playable races for Starfinder, and a hardcover book…
When the Developer Plays: Threefold
There’s a stereotype among game designers and developers that you eventually get so swamped with work you don’t play. I…
Kickstarter executive cancels The Perfect RPG campaign amid backlash to Dungeon World co-creator’s involvement
Kickstarter’s VP Head of Community Luke Crane has cancelled the recently launched campaign for The Perfect RPG after receiving public…
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Two Kickstarted RPGs have breached the million dollar mark and they are both ending this week. From Twisted Taverns to…
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Good Old Plays: The throwback RPGs giving modern roleplaying “a breath of fresh air”
Garth lived for nine minutes. He was born in half that time, a trio of six-sided dice rolled six times…
Light and Shadow Art Prints from ShadowArtFinds
Vivid, lustrous art prints. A variety of sizes, colors, and styles. Lustre paper and somerset velvet giclee options. All new…
Try Before You Buy – Owlbear Rodeo Virtual Tabletop
Many modern RPGers have embraced virtual tabletops for online play, many of them full of gaming goodies. You can have…
D&D Ramping Up ‘Cadence Of Releases’ In 2021
After D&D’s big wins for Hasbro, WotC announces they’ll be increasing the cadence of releases, meaning more books and more…
Modiphius Entertainment Announces 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim the Boardgame'
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Content update
Hello, Readers! I know things here at Awesomsticks have been inconsistent content wise. There are many reasons for this, but…
Rolling for Initiative — Thoughts on Hasbro's Investor Day Announcements
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
Rolling for Initiative — More Thoughts on Hasbro's Investor Day Announcements
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
D&D: Barovia, The Cursed Lands of Strahd
With the new announcement about a new guide book, we’re taking a closer look at the lands of Barovia –…
MTG + Warhammer 40K Crossover – Questions & Answers
Wizards of the Coast is teaming up with Games Workshop to develop a 40k Magic Set. We had some questions…
Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace Gets New Teaser & Pre-Order Discount
Asmodee Digital’s new game Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is out for Pre-Order and has a new Teaser Trailer to celebrate!…
Pathfinder Encounter: Phinelli’s Miracle Elixir
Few things are more challenging for a Game Master than creating an encounter on the fly, but one of those…
Virtual Tabletop Team Revealed!
Hey friends, Troy here. You may know me from such things as the disembodied voice from Mutants & Masterminds Monday,…
Bringing It All Together
A Crime Anthology This week, we’re interrupting our ongoing breakdown of the Apocalypse War supplement to bring you breaking news…
Nobilis Is The Best Game You Can’t Play – RPG Spotlight
With a gigantic and thoughtful world and unique diceless system, Nobilis is a game that toes the line between “different”…
Possible Worlds is a subscription service that gives you a new micro-RPG to play every month
Tabletop publisher Possible Worlds Games announced it would be curating a monthly subscription of small tabletop RPGs, with a Kickstarter…
D&D’s New Movie And Magic’s New Series Get Production Update
In the wake of WotC’s big promotion at Hasbro, we also got some news about the upcoming D&D and M:tG…
How can you defuse player conflict at the table? We discuss in this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
This week’s episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast is sponsored by Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos. Visit https://store.team17.com and use code…
Friday Funny: Read or Paraphrase the Following
Something unnatural, leviathan, and invisible moves beneath and behind the hollow, brightly painted scenery of “the world.” The wind picks…
Outside the Box – February 26th
Welcome to another issue of Outside the Box, this week with news from Creature Caster, Fantasy Flight Games, Knight Models,…
Stunning story game City of Winter charts a family migration on intricate cloth scroll maps
Follow a tale of generational change across time and geography with City of Winter, the new storytelling RPG from Heart…
D&D: WotC Levels Up At Hasbro – A New Division All Their Own
After three record breaking years, Wizards of the Coast has become its own operating division within Hasbro, taking on new…
Finder’s Archive – Boros Guildgate
Copyright Wizards of the Coast. Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.In this column, we take some of…
Deep Water Brings 'Rat Queens' to the Table Top
Deep Water Games has announced a deal to produce Rat Queens: The Board Game, based on the Image Comics series…
Magic: The Gathering to explore Middle-earth, the 42nd millennium and more in Universes Beyond
Wizards of the Coast announced that collectible card game Magic: The Gathering will release future sets based in established fictional…