Encounter of the Week: Jarlaxle’s Reversal
Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part eight of this ongoing mini-series. The characters have just explored…
Need A Goblin To Guard The Store? WizKids Has It Covered!
WizKids will unleash the Pathfinder Foam Replica: Life Sized Goblin into retail in November. Goblins can be helpful little guys…
Tabletop Gallery: Blood Angel & the Grave
Now who’s out for blood? Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…
D&D supplement looks to normalise mask-wearing
Playing a high Int character and not able to lug around as much magical armour and equipment as everyone? What…
Yog-Sothothery in Rome: Cthulhu Invictus in the Bundle of Holding
The Call of Cthulhu setting of Ancient Rome brought to horrible life by Golden Goblin Press and Oscar Rios is…
D&D Survey 2020
Help shape future D&D products by taking this survey! We want to hear about the reasons you play, the reasons…
This Week on Twitch, Aug 10 – Aug 16
We’re back from Gen Con Online! We hope you enjoyed the various online panels we had. If you are wanting…
Join The Team!
We are recruiting an elite team of diverse 5E designers to join us on this journey. We pay well, and…
Game of Thrones RPG fans take note: Green Ronin announces the Chronicle System Guild
Green Ronin’s Chronicle System powers the now out-of-license Game of Thrones RPG and the soon-to-be-launched Sword Chronicle. Today, the publisher…
Sword Chronicle: Questions Answered, Plus the Chronicle System Guild
As Sword Chronicle undergoes the final sprint toward release we’ve fielded questions from social media, the GRAAD fan Discord server…
RPG: By The Power Of Grayskull – There’s A Masters Of The Universe RPG
It’s time to grab your magic sword, hold it aloft and get ready to wield fabulous secret powers–a Masters of…
Free to Download: Harbinger Beta RPG rules
Absolute Tabletop have released the beta version of the Harbinger roleplaying game for free. You can download a PDF version…
D&D: Combat Wheelchair Makes Splash With WotC Staff, Critical Role’s DM, But Not All Agree
D&D has a combat wheelchair now, much to the delight disabled gamers, WotC Staff, and Matt Mercer–but not everyone is…
Force Wizard – Endure Force Power
“Force Wizard” is my series on the Force powers in Fantasy Flight Games’ Star Wars RPG lines. It is primarily…
“We had big dreams!”: Dice Throne Adventures creators on going co-op and making 'Gloomhaven Lite'
In the Dice Throne universe, the Mad King has been sitting on his throne for a thousand years. Immortal reign…
Crime caper RPG Fiasco’s new boxed second edition is out this week
The second edition of movie-inspired RPG Fiasco is coming to retail stores later this week following the game’s successful Kickstarter…
Level Up Survey #1: Broad Outlines
Thank you for taking the time for this survey about the upcoming game, codenamed 'Level Up'. Your responses in this…
Expanding Codex: Gloomflower
Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a gloomflower without modifying its challenge rating. Focused Scream.…
Fandom, Inc. Unveils 'The Masters of the Universe' Roleplaying Game
Fandom, Inc., under license from Mattel, unveiled Legends of Grayskull, a MOTU roleplaying game that uses the Cortex RPG engine…
Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital Team Up for 'Dune: Imperium'
Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital are teaming up to release Dune: Imperium, a new deck-building game, coming soon.…
Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital Team Up For 'Dune: Imperium'
Gale Force Nine and Dire Wolf Digital are teaming up to release Dune: Imperium, a new deck-building game, coming soon.…
40K’s New Sets, Exodites, Curse of Strahd Minis, Visit Lankhmar, & a Dragonlance Musical!
This weekend had it all, from 40k’s new starter sets, to Eldar Exodites, and Firestrike Turrets to new minis for…
RPG: Warhammer Fantasy Invites You To Your Funeral
A new WFRP Adventure, It’s Your Funeral, is at hand. Come get lost in a maze of shattered alliances, forgotten…
Rolling for Initiative — How to Host a (Gaming) Convention During an Epidemic
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Are you ready to level up your 5E game? Level Up, the standalone 'advanced 5E' backwards compatible tabletop RPG! Kickstarter…
Courts of the Shadow Fey Now Available on Roll20
Courts of the Shadow Fey! The stand-out adventure of shadowy fey and courtly intrigue, Courts of the Shadow Fey is…
What is Level Up?
Level Up is the working title or codename for an upcoming standalone tabletop roleplaying game. This game is conceptualized as…
RPG: Starfinder’s Next Adventure Path Wants You To Know That Wizard Came From The Moon
You know how it goes, one minute you’re exploring milennia old ruins, the next you’ve accidentally unleashed an aeons old…
Competition: Win “The After” a Savage Worlds Adventure Edition setting
The After is a Savage Worlds Adventure Edition campaign setting. The post-apocalyptic setting was successfully Kickstarted last year and is…
Free to Download: Land of Eam RPG open beta bundle
Star & Flame Games have published Land of Eem RPG as a “Pay What You Want” product with a suggested…
Storm Edge Campaign Setting 10: Sword Master
Welcome back to the world of STORM EDGE: THE ADVENTURES IN EIGHT ISLES! This week, we are introducing a new…
After the War
In a break from the scheduled post we promised in our previous blog, this week seemed a prudent point to…
Lebanese Red Cross Relief Fund: $10 for 52 games
There are a host of great looking RPGs in this charity supporting Itch.io bundle.
Dark Matter: The Cat Box is a unique monster
Mage Hand Press has a flying Kickstarter success on their hands with the Dark Matter Starter Set. The current tally…
Green Ronin publishes their classic Death in Freeport for D&D 5e
The original Death in Freeport is 20 years old and was the first adventure published under the new Open Game…
RPG Spotlight: MechWarrior
Suit up, pick out your team and jump into the twelve meter tall mech of your choice, this week we’re…
Meet The Legendary Authors!
While the writers of our Paizo products are always credited in the front and back of the books, a simple…
Barbarian 101: Path of the Battlerager
Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry…
Return to Freeport
Twenty years ago, at Gen Con in August of 2000, Green Ronin Publishing released one of the very first adventures…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #60
August 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💶 Ads: Links may earn commission It’s the start of the month,…
We solve crimes with Sherlock Holmes, beef with D&D gods and go uncover in Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 in this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
On this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast, Matt is joined by consulting detective Wheels and street urchin Meehan to talk about Wheels’…
In Case Of An Emergency Is An RPG Inspired By The Videogame Control
If you enjoyed Remedy’s Control released last year, or if you’re a fan of the SCP Wiki, you’ll love In…
Thought Police Interactive launch a crisis TTRPG sale
Thought Police Interactive make storytelling games and tabletop RPGs.
The Eye of Klothys Review
All images were taken from Mythic Oddyseys of Theros. Thumbnail image from the reviewed product’s cover After being one of…
Mantic: Creating a Custom B.P.R.D. Rookie in Hellboy The RPG
Get a look at the character sheet for the upcoming RPG! Mantic did a large amount of research when they…
It has my heart: Werewolf’s Heart of the Forest
I've played a short demo of Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest and loved it. The full game…
Finder’s Archive – Blighted Steppe
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.In this column, we take some of the lands from Magic: The…
Deep Magic Wallpapers
It’s August, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a magical set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic…
Dune: Imperium is a new deckbuilding game from Clank! co-creator, based on the sci-fi movie remake
Dire Wolf, the co-maker of deckbuilding card game Clank!, has revealed that it’s currently working on Dune: Imperium - the…
Elder Scrolls Development Blog #6: The Great Plan Part 3
By Gavin Dady In this update we will give you some target dates for the forthcoming releases. COVID-19 and the…
Bully Pulpit Games Will Release a New Edition of 'Fiasco'
Bully Pulpit Games will release Fiasco: Boxed Edition, a new version of the classic roleplaying caper-gone-wrong game, on August 12.…
August Update— Release Schedule, Sanctioning, Spotlights and Conventions!
August Update— Release Schedule, Sanctioning, Spotlights and Conventions! Thursday, August 6, 2020 OPM Musings Wow. Eleven weeks. That is…
Wanderhome charms Kickstarter with an RPG inspired by the likes of Brian Jacques and Hayao Miyazaki
Jay Dragon picked up a Judges Spotlight in the ENnies for their game Sleepaway. A little publicity and a lot…
Iconic Encounter: Interesting Times At Okira Station
Iconic Encounter: Interesting Times At Okira Station Thursday, August 06, 2020 When the explosions started, Navasi’s first thought was,…
D&D: New This Month On DriveThru & DM’s Guild
Take a trip back to the Labyrinth and Eberron before becoming a Witcher and visitng the Feywild this month on…
D&D: Secrets Of The Mind Flayers
Knowledge is power, but for a Mind Flayer, knowledge is also a seasoning that will make your brain even more…
Necromunda: Underhive Wars Gets A Release Date
Focus Home Interactive has announced a release date for the upcoming video game Necromunda: Underhive Wars – Mark your calendars!…
D&D Cyberpunk game Entromancy gets its first expansion
Entromancy is an agile cyberpunk fantasy. It feels more D&D than Shadowrun, despite the obvious parallels. In my review, I…
In Case of an Emergency is a tabletop RPG inspired by reality-bending video game Control, and it’s out now
From creator of Carly Rae Jepsen RPG Boy Problems.
Post-apocalyptic transhuman Eclipse Phase RPG now available on laser-engraved USB
Eclipse Phase is an RPG from Posthuman Studios, set after World War III and 90% of the planet’s inhabitants have…
D&D: Undead Unearthed Arcana Unveils Two New Subclasses
Undead creatures and spirits are at the heart of the latest Unearthed Arcana, with two new subclasses for the Bard…
Tales of Pride: An RPG Anthology For Pretty Fairy Princesses – An Interview With Jack Rosetree
A friend shared the Kickstarter of Jack Rosetree’s Tales of Pride, an adventure anthology for the Pretty Fairy Princesses RPG,…
Join Dicebreaker in the Metaverse next weekend as we play RPG Blades in the Dark!
Watch the Dicebreaker team attempt to steal a powerful magical artefact from a terrifying foe in a special Blades in…
UA 2020 – Subclasses, Part Four Breakdown
Surprise! Is werewolf. No, sorry, I meant that it is a new Unearthed Arcana release, bringing us a new bardic…
Thursday Art Assault – The Shadow Stag
‘Shadow Stag’ – J Edward Neill – 2020 Satisfy your art fix at Share this: Like this: Like Loading...
Brand-New Digital Dice of Healing Free for D&D Beyond Subscribers!
D&D Beyond subscribers rejoice! It's a brand-new, free set of digital dice for you to celebrate our third anniversary! Not…
Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: August 5, 2020
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! Brass Rings Pocket RPG Brass Rings is a game of adventure…
Homebrew Horrors: Three New Hydras
Want new monsters? Come and get ‘em! Let Theros and Icewind Dale combine with the frigid cryohydra—plus two other many-headed…
Subclasses, Part 4
Two spooky subclasses manifest in today’s Unearthed Arcana: the College of Spirits for bards and the Undead patron for warlocks.…
Now You Can Play Starfinder With Nathan Fillion, Laura Bailey, And Alexa
Starfinder has an interactive audio adventure out featuring the voices of Nathan Fillion, Laura Bailey, and more–available now on…Alexa? RPGs…
Monthly Encounter #12: An Abominable Cavern (lvls 5-10)
Thumbnail art from Grady Frederick Here at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to be added…
Wanderhome is a relaxing animal RPG inspired by Redwall, Studio Ghibli and the Moomins
Step into a world of swaying grass and shaded creeks in Wanderhome, an upcoming roleplaying game that turns players into…
D&D: Baldur’s Gate 3 Delayed, But A Release Date Is Coming Soon
Baldur’s Gate 3 will be missing their August deadline for their Early Access release–but it looks like the game is…
Summer Star Wars Updates
Last week saw a lot of updates coming out of Fantasy Flight Games. First the points update on Tuesday and…
Running Tabletop RPGs with Patrick Kanouse
Patrick Kanouse is a longtime gamemaster and novelist. He joins me on the podcast to discuss running tabletop role-playing games.…
Starfinder RPG’s episodic Amazon Alexa game is out now, stars Critical Role’s Laura Bailey
The first three episodes of sci-fi RPG Starfinder’s interactive game for smart home speaker Amazon Alexa have launched, starring Laura…
Rich Thomas founder of Onyx Path Publishing responds to allegations of racist blacklisting
A thread on Onyx Path’s forums brings together public allegations based by RPG designer Khaldoun Khelil against Matt McElroy and…
Dungeon Tables: Trinkets and Treasures
A GM’s work is never done, so to make things easier on you, we’re providing a series of tables to…
Roll20 reports 2020 Q2 boom in RPGs; D&D reigns supreme
It will come as little surprise, but playing tabletop RPGs online using the virtual tabletop Roll20 has never been more…
Amazon and Paizo launch Starfinder audio game
If you have an Alexa or the Amazon Alexa app on your Android or Apple iOS device you can now…
FFG announces two more books for the Legend of the Five Rings RPG
Fields of Victory is a sourcebook for Legend of the Five Rings and Blood of the Lioness is an adventure.…
Arcadia: Matt Colville announces a new monthly Dungeons & Dragons magazine
Matt Colville’s company, MCDM, is working on a new D&D magazine. James Introcaso, who was a co-author on Critical Role’s…
40K: New Edition Points and the T’au Empire
Let’s talk T’au, 9th Edition points changes, and a few key units you want to pay attention to. Let’s begin…
“Alexa, open the Starfinder game!”
Announcing Starfinder, a new interactive Alexa game, featuring voice talent Laura Bailey, Nathan Fillion, and many more! Your browser does…
Space: 1889 resurrected by The Bundle of Holding (twice)
Space: 1889 is a steampunk-themed RPG in which some of the pop-science that the Victorians believed in turns out to…
Great Dalmuti: Dungeons & Dragons Card Game
The Great Dalmuti is a card game that was published way back in 1995 by Wizards of the Coast. It…
RPG Accessoires: Animal Dice
Fish and duckies and bears, oh my! These dice will feel like your bringing your character’s familiar or your favorite…
A News Media Guide for RPG Publishers
When I sought to create a blog that featured news about tabletop role-playing games, I discovered some things that have…
Building a Pantheon: How to Choose Your Gods
Today we start a new series in worldbuilding focusing on a heavenly subject: creating pantheons for your tabletop roleplaying game.…
Dungeons & Dragons 5E modder creates combat wheelchair for disabled RPG characters
An RPG designer has created a combat wheelchair for Dungeons & Dragons 5E, allowing characters with disabilities to more comfortably…
RPG: Hellboy The RPG, Coming Soon To A Kickstarter Near You
A new roleplaying game set in the Hellboy universe is in the works–soon you’ll be able to join the BPRD…
28 July–3 August 2020: The Diana Jones Award; The ENnie Awards; the Indie Groundbreaker Awards
It’s awards season in gaming and oh boy do we have a lot to go through: the Diana Jones Award…
That’s How I Roll – The Skinny on Red Mists
Cover Art by Eric Lofgren© 2016 Bill Edmunds. All rights reserved.As you may have read in previous articles of mine,…
D&D: Midnight Comes To 5th Edition
Midnight, the popular 3rd edition D&D setting where the Dark Lord won the great war and conquered the world, is…
Hellboy is being turned into an RPG, Kickstarter this summer
Comic book series Hellboy is being turned into a tabletop RPG with a Kickstarter campaign launching later this summer. Hellboy:…
Magic: The Gathering creator’s classic card game The Great Dalmuti gets a Dungeons & Dragons do-over
Compete in a game of wits and luck with a fantastical twist in The Great Dalmuti: Dungeons & Dragons, a…
Games Workshop Teases 'Blood Bowl: Second Season Edition'
Games Workshop has unveiled Blood Bowl: Second Season Edition for release during the Holiday Season. COVID-19 may have cast doubts…