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D&D: WotC Hiring Two New D&D Associates
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D&D: New FAQ Brings Massive Rules Updates For All
A massive new rules update dropped for D&D this past weekend, touching on every aspect of the game–and yet Paladins…
The Monster Depot: Cancrevour
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CMON Will Release 'Mother of Dragons' Miniatures Set Into Trade
CMON will release Mother of Dragons, a new miniatures expansion set for A Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures…
Renegade Adds Elisa Teague
Renegade Game Studios has added Elisa Teague as Senior Producer, heading up the company’s expanding line of roleplaying games. The…
Flames of Freedom: Overthrowing the British while being stalked by the supernatural
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Tabletop Gallery: I Feel Cold Brothers
“Do you hear that Brothers – nothing… nothing at all…” Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot…
40+ years of kickass Mandalorians [infographic]
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Geekery: ‘Monster Hunter’ has Big Swords, Big Guns, and Big Monsters – New Trailer
Paul W.S. Anderson continues his video game adaptation addiction with Milla Jovovich and Muay Thai legend Tony Jaa team-up. The…
WizKids unveils the DnDMini eCommerce site in association with Wizards of the Coast
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Arcana Games brings Zargoth’s Tome of Familiars for 5e on Kickstarter
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D&D: Need A Quick Character? Why Not Play Harrison Ford
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This Week on Twitch, Oct 5 – Oct 11
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Under Hill, By Water: An OSR game about turnip contests
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PRESS RELEASE: Andrews McMeel Publishing Launches Flames of Freedom Kickstarter Campaign
Kansas City, MO (October 5, 2020) – Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP) announces the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for Flames of…
Warlock Grimoire 2: Now Available
Open a Chamber of Hidden Lore! DARKLY FANTASTIC MATERIAL FOR THE WORLD’S FIRST RPG Within these dusty pages, uncover the…
Aldean Ancestries in the Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide
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PRESS RELEASE: ELISA TEAGUE JOINS RENEGADE GAME STUDIOS AS SENIOR PRODUCER
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D&D and Betrayal co-designer Elisa Teague to head up Clank!, Kids on Bikes and Overlight studio’s RPG output – exclusive
Board game and tabletop RPG designer Elisa Teague has joined Clank!, Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid and Kids on…
D&D: WotC Removes Racial Ability Penalties With Newest Errata
A new batch of errata make sweeping changes to D&D 5E, one of the biggest affects some of the smallest–racial…
Xenobiology 101 – Cursed Climbing Roses (Genesys)
Astral Projections presents a literary Halloween! For October, I am providing stats inspired by tales from my favorite fantasy authors.…
How to make a great puzzle in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
Puzzles are an important part of the RPG experience to many players and game masters. The idea of solving a…
Big guns: Monster Hunter movie teaser
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'Cobra Kai' S3 Release Date and Renewal Announced, CW's Production Paused, 'Stranger Things 4' Starts Back Up,'Ms. Marvel' Casting, 'Conan' Live Action Series In Development, 'The Snoopy Show' Teaser
TV news has been flowing in steadily in anticipation of 2021, and it's time for another round-up! Netflix has both…
'Cobra Kai' S3 Release Date and Renewed For S4 , 'Stranger Things 4' Back to Filming, CW's Production Paused, 'Ms. Marvel' Casting, 'Conan' Live Action Series In Development, 'The Snoopy Show' Teaser
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Preview: 'Magic: The Gathering' 'Secret Lair X The Walking Dead' Contents and Images
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Suzerain Legends Kickstarter takes the meta-setting to the next level
Suzerain Legends is a wrapper setting; with a focus on several worlds but the potential to include whichever environment you…
The Wildsea RPG gets a publisher and heads to Kickstarter
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Level Up Survey #4: Rogue
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Advanced World Building: Tower-Faced Demon Castle Adventure
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D&D: Playtest The “Advanced” 5th Edition Rogue Today!
Feeling Roguish? Got a knack for thievery? Then come check out a new Rogue from Level Up, the “Advanced” Rules…
Rolling for Initiative — 'Magic: The Gathering' or Origins Awards News? Which to Discuss First?
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
Rolling for Initiative — 'Magic: The Gathering' or Origins Awards News? Which To Discuss First?
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
Storm Edge Campaign Setting 17: Gods of Eight Isles ‐ Part 3
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Short film: Percival
Percival is an Arthurian short film, and it stars Jason Kingsley (who is an O.B.E.; see if you can tell…
Frostlands of Fenrilik will broaden Onyx Path’s Slarecian Vault
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“Human teeth” dice on Kickstarter
These dice look as if they each contain a human tooth. Now, original dice were made from the talus of…
Paizo.com Scheduled Maintenance
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D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Corellon Larethian
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Free to Download: The Shrike RPG (Early Access Edition)
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D&D: The Fan-Made Final Episode Of The D&D Cartoon Is Heart-Melting
Of all the things to not expect in 2020–here’s something wonderful. Almost forty years later, the D&D cartoon finally gets…
Meet the Draxolotl
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D&D: Roll20 Presents Rime of the Frostmaiden – Episode 0
Join these intrepid adventurers as they attempt to survive and thwart Auril’s endless winter! Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden…
AoS: Get Your Hands On The Soulbound Starter Set Today
The Mortal Realms are beckoning–and today you can pre-order the Soulbound Starter Set. Find out what awaits you in the…
Fading Embers brings even more ice to 5e
“This is not how the world ends” is the prophecy that brings some hope to the snowy realm of Nyth.…
Terrain Review – Monster Scenery Trees and Mat
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New Releases Coming October 2020
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Starfinder Playtest Wrap-Up!
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RPG Spotlight: Horror Movie World
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Tools for Survival
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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #68
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Warhammer 40K: Physical Codex With Digital Rules
The new codexes are on the way and that means your Physical Codex will have a code to the digital…
Origins Awards 2020 Winners Unveiled
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Midgard Ley Magic: Ley Transportation and Shadow Roads
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Escape the Dark Castle, relive Groundhog Day and roleplay with the Wu-Tang Clan, Kate Bush and BTS on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
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D&D updates errata for 5e
Wizards of the Coat’s Sage Advice Compendium has been updated. This section of the D&D website brings together all the…
Power Rangers RPG In The Works, G.I. Joe/Transformers/MLP To Follow
It’s morphin’ time folks, according to a recent announcement, Renegade games is working on a Power Rangers RPG, with more…
Free to Download: Void Empires – 2750 (alpha)
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Outside the Box – October 2nd
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Finder’s Archives – Halloween Special Part 1 (of 5)
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.Today we start a small mini-series for Halloween, where we take a…
Dead, not Dread: Rest in Pieces is a ridiculous deadbeat RPG on Kickstarter
The original roleplaying game that used Jenga blocks as a mechanic is the infamous 2006 Dread. Your character dies if…
Wizards of Coast Pushes Back Entire Launch Schedule For 'Magic the Gathering Commander Legends'
Wizards of the Coast announced that they have pushed back the entire launch schedule for Magic: The Gathering Commander Legends…
Leaked new Descent game Legends of the Dark will be officially revealed later this month
The next board game in the Descent series, Legends of the Dark, will be fully unveiled later this month, publisher…
Playtest Document #3: Rogue
What this is This is a playtest document. We’d love you to try out the rules presented here, and then…
How to update PFS characters to Year 2 format
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Season 10 Goodies Giveaway Winners
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PRESS RELEASE: Introducing ‘SHIVER’ by Parable Games
PARABLE GAMES MEDIA ALERT Introducing ‘SHIVER’ by Parable Games WHO: Parable Games, a newly established publisher established by brothers Charlie…
Sage Advice Update | October 2020
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October Update – New Boons, Guides, Stars and Conventions
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Patreon Homebrew Preview: The Pleasure Cleric
This is the first of the new patron content incentives that will be offered every month. The incentives will range…
Sage Advice Compendium
The Sage Advice Compendium is the official D&D rules FAQ (download the PDF here), gathering some of the most frequent…
Grimdark 30s era RPG Acheron launches on Kickstarter
Dark World Studios have taken their grimdark Acheron to Kickstarter. Geek Native has been tracking the project since the free…
Kobold Dispatch: October Edition
Straight from the Editorial Director’s snout, this monthly blog series provides a peek at current publications and projects headed from…
Thursday Art Assault – Eternity
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Boy Problems creator’s beginner-friendly RPG Tales’ End sparks memory and conversation
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Publisher Spotlight: November poll opens for Patrons
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Book of Creatures (5e): An Interview With Iris (Studio Agate)
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'D&D meets Jumanji' comic book Die is under £1 on Humble Bundle
Pick up the first volume of Dungeons & Dragons-inspired comic book Die for under a pound in a new Humble…
PC giant Steam’s Digital Tabletop Festival features Warhammer, Wingspan, Call of Cthulhu and Munchkin creators
PC game marketplace Steam has announced a new online event showcasing digital tabletop games set to take place at the…
Steam hosts a digital tabletop games festival
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Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: September 30, 2020
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New Release: The Echo Effect
The Echo Effect is released today! And for this release week, it is only $0.99! In the world before, Aaron…
Looking To Get Into The Star Trek RPG? Now’s Your Chance
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Power Ranger D&D 5e RPG confirmed; G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony games planned
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Power Rangers is morphin’ into a new RPG and deckbuilding game
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D&D: Baldur’s Gate 3 Heats Up With Romance And Sex
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Rogue Review – Stuffed Fables
While searching for some kind of gateway RPG for my son we came across Stuff Fables from Plaid Hat Games.…
Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda with Ethan Maestri and Ryan Mazzocco
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Survey Results: Fighter
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Renegade Game Studios Licenses More Hasbro Brands For Games
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Goatboy Interviews Kieron Gillen – Marvel’s Marneus Calgar Comic Writer
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Never published before PDF scans of Hero Magazines in the Bundle of Holding
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