Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…

Even in a sleepy village on the quiet corner of a fantasy map, it need not be the case that…

Mutant Year Zero is a tabletop RPG from Free League Publishing that has gone on to spawn computer games and…

If you’re wondering how D&D measures up in real life, you’re not alone. Presenting the unsung hero of RPGs, the…

Special guest Professor Meg joins Lolies, Meehan and Matt to chat Gloomhaven, Oath, Unmatched, Keyforge and Lolies’ newfound love of…

Consistent readers of this column might remember my ‘dials series‘. I identified some elements of roleplaying games we took for…

If you’re publishing RPG content via sites like DriveThruRPG or the DMs Guild, you might be using the open source…

Owlcat Games, the video game developer behind Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, has announced that the game's finalized iteration will launch…

The Slovenian boutique La Muci Design has two weeks left on their Kickstarter, and €160,000 pledged for their augmented reality…

It’s the final day of Warhammer Fest, and we have Games Workshop’s mystery announcement. The wargame maker is releasing a…

Shadows Over Sol is a dark sci-f RPG published by Tab Creations in 2016. Since then, the game has had…

Stopping at a tavern is an iconic part of any adventure–here are some great dishes that you can serve up…

R. Talsorian Games today posted free DLC for the tabletop Cyberpunk RED RPG. Hardened Mooks are optional rules to let…

Have you seen Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone by Monster Fight Club yet? It’s taking over Kickstarter. This 35mm Cyberpunk miniatures…

Civilization has collapsed and the Frost Shepherds are coming, but you have fifty two weeks to prepare when you play…

PaizoCon is nearly here! On the Organized Play front, we’ll have nearly 1000 tables of Pathfinder Society, Starfinder Society and…

The tavern is an iconic location to kick-start an adventure and get player characters to meet one another. As a…

Hello again! Last week’ s issue apparently got lost in the Warp, so let’s get straight in and catch up!Wargame…

We’re into May, we’re through Star Wars Day, and although it’s summer here in Scotland, we’ve had snow. At least…

The Midgard Worldbook already details a score of saints dedicated to the war god Mavros, but the other deities have…

Wizards of the Coast revealed new spoilers for Modern Horizons 2, which included Counterspell, as well as more product details…

Odd as it is that publisher Wizards of the Coast waited nearly three decades to smash its two biggest games…

Welcome to the Finder’s Archive and a review is what we have in store for you this week. 😊 We…

Beam Me Up! If you’ve been following our blog closely, you’ll know that we’re really excited about our all-new tabletop…

Investigate malicious mysteries in a modern manner with Crimes & Capers, an upcoming tabletop series based on the classic murder…

Announced earlier this year, ambitious roleplaying app One More Multiverse wants to combine the versatile toolset of virtual RPG tabletops…

Alexandra Clinton’s Powered by the Apocalypse game of psychics and investigators researching the mysterious and sometimes dangerous world of the…

We sat down with Fallout: Wasteland Warfare’s designer, James Sheahan, to talk about the Caesar’s Legion Units to understand why…

We sat down with Fallout: Wasteland Warfare’s designer, James Sheahan, to talk about the Caesar’s Legion Units to understand why…

Wizards of the Coast has announced that it will lift the ban on Magic: The Gathering in-store play for U.S.…

Wizards of the Coast revealed product line details for Magic: The Gathering- Dungeons & Dragons Adventures in Forgotten Realms, scheduled…

Wizards of the Coast previewed their upcoming Magic: the Gathering crossover, set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Check…

‘His Highness’ – J Edward Neill – 2021 Find more dark, surreal art at…

DriveThruRPG and the DMs Guild are to change the printer technology used for print-on-demand books. The essential move is due…

OPA Musings When Paizo hired me, there were a lot of hazards that I expected to come with the job.…

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Soulbound is the tabletop roleplaying game from Cubicle 7 set in Games Workshop’s Warhammer Age of Sigmar world. Out of…

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The D&D Live Streams keep getting bigger and bigger and now they’re bringing in G4–which is somehow back? In 2021?…

Travel across a fictional version of 18th century Europe in search of twisted fairy tale characters in Broken Tales, an…

Broken Compass, a tabletop RPG inspired by the pulp adventures of Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider Lara Croft and Uncharted’s Nathan…

One of the biggest inspirations for Dark Alliance is the driving aesthetic behind the frosty reaches of Icewind Dale: heavy…

System designer, Leland Andercheck, and setting creator and artist, Patrice Gehman, have a Kickstarter for their scifi RPG, ChangedStars. In…

G4-TV announced that they have teamed up with Wizards of the Coast to stream the D&D Live 2021 two-day event…

As with the universe it draws from, the tabletop RPG adaptation of Dune is richly detailed and operates on a…

WizKids unveiled new Dungeons & Dragons Phunny Plush toys, by Kidrobot, for release in September. Last year, WizKids released a…

CMON's Marvel United: X-Men, which completed its Kickstarter campaign Tuesday evening, raised a record amount for a CMON game, enough…

Monte Cook’s Ptolus: City by the Spire is a $150 RPG but the Player’s Guide is free. At least, the…

The Starfinder Society is whole once more, but must contend with the newly revealed Jinsul threat. The battle is far…

Oldhammer has dug up and remastered TV footage of author Ben Elton introduce the British public to Dungeons & Dragons…

Come check out this week’s batch of Kickstarter and crowdfunding highlights! Transmissions Based on the lovely illustrated world of Matt…

Two of the biggest names in gaming team up for the annual star-studded adventure streaming on all G4 and Dungeons…

The volunteer community at the Fantasy Grounds College is hosting classes with a Starfinder ruleset focus for the month of…

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It usually starts as a passing fancy – a look at an interesting art piece or hearing someone talk about…

Welcome to another installment of the Play with Class series where we will give you solid steps to run each…

It’s not unusual to read tabletop roleplaying games suggest that you think of a game as a cooperative writing project…

All art is by Jose David Cifuentes UlloaHere at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to…

Are you new to D&D? Know someone who is? Here are five of the best adventures for any newbie to…

Co-designer of 13th Age and lead designer D&D 4e Rob Heinsoo is my guest on the podcast today. We dive…

Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series, we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy…

Attempt to escape a small town that traps its inhabitants in Nowhereville, an upcoming roleplaying game with some key horror…

In the magical year of 1994, Ravenloft debuted as a campaign set but the real horror was that TSR sued…

Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Normally I take the week between Christmas and New Years’ off and use it to…

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Two of the biggest names in gaming team up for the annual star-studded adventure streaming on all G4 and Dungeons…

In today’s blog we honor and acknowledge all of the mothers who enrich our community with their presence. The journey…

Galactic 2E is a new tabletop roleplaying game inspired by the Star Wars universe and focusing on the ties that…

This week we’re getting galactic as we pick out some of our favorite space-themed accessories to take our D&D sessions…

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D&D Beyond subscribers, rejoice! You now get free monthly perks with your active Hero- or Master-tier D&D Beyond subscription! Our current pool…

Treasures of the Troll King, a new adventure module for black metal RPG system Mörk Borg now on Kickstarter, doesn’t…

Back in 2018, Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens made a statement that still guides us today: “Our plans are to continue…

An upcoming tabletop RPG plans to teach players real-life sign language as they adventure through a Celtic-inspired fantasy world. Inspirisles…

Welcome to a new series I’ll be putting out over the next few weeks showcasing monsters from each of the…

Brandon Sanderson, the author behind The Stormlight Archive series of fantasy novels, has confirmed that they’re working on another tabletop…

Preservation is an important thing across all mediums, whether it’s films, books or games. Your favourite MMO might lose its…

Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft is full of dozens of new Domains of Dread, and today we’re getting a preview…

Diablo III Game Over Screen. All rights reserved.Something that I see brought up on various forums and discussion groups is…

This week: Hasbro’s Q1 report brings big news (and bad news); Jeff Goldblum will appear in an RPG actual play;…

Roll the dice in a post-apocalyptic casino with the latest expansion for the miniatures game Fallout: Wasteland Warfare. Based on…

Q-Workshop will release nine different The Witcher: Dice Sets into retail stores on May 19. These dice sets are inspired…

Patrick Kindlon is the lead singer of the rock band Self Defense Family, and Z2 will publish his Run the…

There are traitors out here Princeps  – I can feel it. Everybody loves a good picture of a fully painted-up…

In cataloging the polyhedral dice available to early gamers, we shouldn’t neglect a few products that weren’t marketed as dice…

The long-awaited Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster is almost here, and BioWare can not contain their excitement. It looks like they…

For about a year now, I’ve been tracking online, offline and new hybrid (best of both) geeky conventions. As with…

This week we’re traveling into Dungeons and Dragon’s fantasy deep space setting to visit some of our favorite Spelljammer monsters.…

Imagine a valley surrounded by mist, with the sun’s rays barely visible beyond layers of murky clouds. Locals keep to…

Based on the rules found in Honey Heist in the Heresy & Faith RPG, you are an acolyte of the…

A number of weeks ago, I was invited by Juce of Master the Game to take part in a three-act…

Galdvyr stands just over seven feet tall and is covered in dark brown and gray fur. His body is crisscrossed…

With over two weeks still to run on the project, publisher A Couple of Drakes has successfully romanced Kickstarter with…

Funko Games will release a pair of Disney-themed games into the trade on August 1:  Disney it’s a small world…

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Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…

Kobold Press’ Demon Cults and Secret Societies are a gift that keeps on giving–want to add some cosmic void to…

Geek Native held a round table discussion on Inhospitable Settings in which several RPG designers talked about the attraction of…

It has been a long while since I’ve dabbled in wargames, even skirmish games that use a dozen models rather…