September 2023 Organized Play Monthly Update
OPC Musings Happy September! Objectively the best month of the year, and I’m not biased because it’s my birth month.…
D&D: Five of the Most Broken Spells in 5th Edition
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Warhammer 40K: Does The Fall 2023 Balance Dataslate Go Far Enough?
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The new-look Cities of Sigmar army is a rousing return for what was a hodgepodge of Warhammer Fantasy holdovers
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Warhammer 40K: The Balance Dataslate Is Out Now
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New RPG Roundup: Rifts Campaign Box Set, ‘Tales from the Loop’ Expansion, ‘Lower Decks’ Campaign Guide, More
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RPG: Cities Without Number Brings Cyberpunk to Stars Without Number
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Dungeon 23: Gruesome Greed
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The Bad Sort of Mushrooms: ‘The Last of Us’ Explained
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Rule Naboo With This Queen Amidala Senate Gown Cosplay
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‘D&D Beyond’ Releases ‘The Phandalin Post’ – A Newspaper For All Your Phandelver Happenings
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Society of Rafa trades heroes’ journeys for community healing in a Jewish RPG world of spirits and medicine
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Evolves in “Twovix” and “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee”
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What D&D is to fantasy roleplaying, Traveller is to sci-fi RPGs – and its influence has never been greater, from Coriolis to Starfield
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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Gets New Terrifying Trailer and Release Date
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GameStop Collectible Sales Plummet
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Goatboy’s Grimdark Armylist – All New Vanguard Onslaught Tyranid Army
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Warhammer 40K Meta Hotness – Tyranid Norn Emissary
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Happy Starfield Day To Those Who Celebrate
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Delve Into the Dungeon With September's Subscriber Perks!
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‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ Episode 4 Breakdown: “I Have a Bad Feeling”
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It’s So Disappointing That Games Workshop’s ‘Space Crusade’ is a Bad Game
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UA 2023 – Player’s Handbook Playtest 6 Breakdown, Part Six
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Let’s Play D&D With Monkey D. Luffy from ‘One Piece’
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Paizo And TabletopTown Partnership
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Warhammer 40K: Where’s The Space Marine Combat Patrol?
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D&D: Five of the Best Weird Little Guys for Your Campaign
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Warhammer 40K: Combat Patrol Tyranids Pricing Breakdown
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Marvel: Crisis Protocol – Baron Zemo New Core Set Version Revealed
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'Black Box Chronicles' Sci-Fi Anthology and Design Book Coming to Retail
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MTG Deck of the Week: “Golgari Yawgmoth” – Counter Magic
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‘Tales From the Loop’s New Campaign ‘They Grow Up So Fast’ is Out Now
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Machinations of Magludias Fynch: Criminal Contacts
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MTG: A Guide to Pauper & PEDH – All You Need Now is a Prince
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Arcadia Issue 30 Breakdown
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D&D: ‘Phandelver and Below’ Gets Freaky With Far Realm Fanatics
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Comedy RPG Coffee & Chaos lets your D&D characters run a cafe and uses cutlery instead of dice
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Kickstarter Highlights: ‘Death in the Wailing Swamp’ Fantasy STLs, Plus Mörk Borg Adventure, Cthulhu RPG with Soundtrack, and More
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Wingspan publisher’s next board game is about bees in space
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MTG: Top Five EDH – Orzhov (BW) Commanders
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PAX Unplugged Reveals Matther Mercer To Be Keynote Speaker
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Gen Con 2023 Recap – Part Two
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Downloadable Handout: Read the Latest Edition of the Phandalin Post
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Reports from the Field Part 2
Here’s a look behind the scenes at Paizo’s internal playtests. Welcome to the second blog following up on the recent…
‘Star Wars: Battle at Sarlacc’s Pit’ is More Art than Game, But Isn’t Great at Either
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The JDS Perspective — The Quiet Yet Strong Growth of 'Flesh and Blood TCG,' Part 2
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Infinite Revolution is a hyper-fast RPG for fans of Utena, Kamen Rider and existential anxiety
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D&D Race Guide: How to Play Aarakocra
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Games Workshop Rumor Engines: Where Are They Now – August 2022 Edition
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D&D: Five Items For Getting Your Bone On
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Get Up to 40% Off on Your Back to School D&D Books and Dice!
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Warhammer 40K: New Balance Dataslate Coming This Week
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Games Workshop Rumor Engine: Coughing Up A Spear
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Level Up A5E Starter Box – coming soon!
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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: A Defense of Klingon K-Pop
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Pathfinder 2 – Two New Classes Coming Up For ‘War of Immortals’
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Dark Souls x 5E: Soul Purpose
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Black Adam: DC’s Revenge Fueled Anti-Hero Explained
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‘One Piece’ Live-Action Fixes One of the Anime’s Biggest Problems
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D&D: ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Devs Dish With WotC About Patch 2 Changes
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The Magnus Archives’ tabletop RPG cracks $1m, releases an anemic quickstart primer
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‘Loki’ Season 2 Teaser Shows the Trickster God Glitching Chaotically Across Time
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Warhammer 40K: 7 Recent Plotlines GW Abandoned
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Warhammer 40K: The Rock & The Phalanx – Chariots of Retribution
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Total War: Warhammer 3 – Patch 4.0 Is Here, Along With Shadows Of Change
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Rolling for Initiative — 'Disney Lorcana' Hits Mass; RIP Keith Polster
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Don The Junketsu With ‘Kill la Kill’s Satsuki
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Apocalypse World designer Meguey Baker receives public support following breast cancer diagnosis and surgery
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Age of Sigmar: Orruk Warclans Vanguard Box Revealed
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Legions Imperialis: Aircraft On The Tabletop Rules Preview
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Five Flying Mounts That Make D&D Adventures Better
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Midgard Monday: Eyes of the Dragon Empire
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6 D&D references in Baldur’s Gate 3 that you might not know about
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D&D 5e Guide – How to Play a Monk
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Goatboy’s Warhammer 40K: New Space Marines First Impressions
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Phoenix Games Unveils Vampire: The Masquerade – Clans Of London
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Tyranids Arrive, Eldraine Prerelease, ‘Phandelver and Below’, and More – Weekend Rewind
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Warhammer 40K Next Week: Warhammer Heroes Series 4
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Not So Fast! The Five Best Reaction Spells in D&D
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AEW All Out Preview: AEW Picks Up the Pieces from CM Punk Fallout
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New Trailers & Pop News: ‘Alien’, ‘Highlander’ Reboot, ‘Five Nights at Freddie’s’, ‘Bodies’, More
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‘Birth/Rebirth’ Review – One of Us
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BSG: The Ship That Saved Humanity- The Battlestar Galactica Breakdown
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D&D Accessories: Autumn Dice for Autumn Druids
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D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide to Paladine – Dragonlance’s God of Ultimate Good
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MTG: What I Learned from the Wilds of Eldraine Prerelease
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Games Workshop Pre-Orders: ‘Pricing & Links’ Tyranid Invasion Weekend
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Dreams and Machines To Put Multiple Books On Pre-Order September 7
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D&D: Five Ways to Do Crime in D&D and Get Away With It
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‘The Creator’, ‘Saw X’, ‘Dumb Money’, & More: Every New Movie and Show Out This September
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Warhammer 40K: New Tyranid Wave Thoughts
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Age of Sigmar: Painting A Lumineth Realm Lords Vanari Blade Lord
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Age of Sigmar: What Comes Next?
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Games Workshop Pre-Orders: ‘First Looks’ Tyranids Invasion Weekend
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D&D: An Adventurer’s Guide To Takhisis, Goddess Of Evil
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Warhammer 40K: The Third War For Armageddon
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Voting opens for Patrons in the October RPG Publisher Spotlight
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Community Spotlight: Go Back to (Magic) School in 5 Ways
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Pathfinder Announces Two New Classes For Second Edition
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