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News Digest: Star Wars Sourcebook, New Acquisitions Inc Game Announced, D&D Worldbuilders Charity Stream, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. A new Star Wars sourcebook, a new Acquisitions Incorporated game announced, a D&D live stream for the Worldbuilders charity, lots of behind-the-scenes industry developments, and more! ...READ MORE

Worlds of Design: Eight Awful Truths About RPG Marketing

I often compare fiction writing and publishing with game designing and publishing. They’re similar creative efforts in many ways, especially in tabletop and in the lower ends of video games where you can have one person creating the game. ...READ MORE

Worlds of Design: What Makes an RPG a Tabletop Hobby RPG?

What makes an RPG a tabletop hobby RPG? An RPG, as we talk about them in the hobby, is a human‑opposed co‑operative game. I describe some characteristics. ...READ MORE

Happy Hallowmeme: The Rake

Join us this October as we look into the horrifying meme-beasts that haunt the Internet and trace their roots back to literature and role-playing games. In this installment we meet the Rake, a dog-like humanoid who watches you while you sleep. ...READ MORE

Worlds of Design: “All About Me” RPGs (Part 2)

Part 2. Continuing to describe the “All About Me” style, and asking why it’s popular. It has to do with player (not character) backgrounds, certainly. Is it generational in some way? ...READ MORE

News Digest: More D&D Release Previews, Pathfinder Updates and Releases, Fantasy Ground User Statistics, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! More previews of Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica and Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, new Pathfinder 2nd Ed playtest version plus the new Pathfinder 1st Ed adventure path release, big Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000 AD news, and a lot more! ...READ MORE

News Digest: Ravnica D&D Previews and Leaks, A New D&D Board Game, Possibly a New Baldur's Gate, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Previews of Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica for D&D, rumors of a new Baldur’s Gate video game, a new D&D board game announced, and more! ...READ MORE

News Digest: Pathfinder Playtest Update, More Hints of Spelljammer, D&D Design Theory Discussed, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. The new Pathfinder Playtest update is out, more hints at Spelljammer, Mike Mearls discusses D&D’s design philosophy, update to GAMA’s internal issues, and more! ...READ MORE

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Is An Isometric RPG Experience

I've been quite excited to play Pathfinder: Kingmaker for quite a while. An isometric Baldur's Gate style CRPG using the Pathfinder 1st Edition rules, it launched yesterday. ...READ MORE

News Digest: Upcoming D&D Releases, New Pathfinder Playtest Survey, Call of Cthulhu Gameplay Footage, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! More information on upcoming D&D releases, Pathfinder and Starfinder news, an update on GAMA’s internal issues, gameplay from the video game Call of Cthulhu, and more! ...READ MORE

Boss Monsters? I Just Say No!

The video game focus on “boss” monsters doesn’t make sense for tabletop RPGs. Video gamers are disappointed if the climactic monster doesn’t kill them several times; in RPGs, once you die, you (usually) don’t respawn. ...READ MORE

Welcome to The Witcher RPG

There are plenty of interesting ideas and novel approaches to adapting parts of the videogame to the tabletop, but The Witcher is tough as dragonhide and as intimidating as any wraith. But if you already love the series and are comfortable with simulationist RPGs, it’s a great way to forge your own stories in its dark, deadly world. ...READ MORE

News Digest: Paizo Website Issues, Legend of the Five Rings Preview, Judge Dredd RPG Update, Steve Jackson Games News, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Paizo’s website down for an extended period, a preview of Legend of the Five Rings, lots of Steve Jackson Games news, and more! ...READ MORE

There's A Freeport Video Game Coming!

Video games are a little off-topic, but this one is based on Green Ronin's 18-year old Freeport: City of Adventure setting. Coming from Drowning Monkey Games is a CRPG based in a virtual game room, hosted by a virtual GM (who, from the sounds of the press release, is a celebrity) with virtual dice, miniatures, and more. ...READ MORE

The Castlevania Chronicles – D&D Edition

Lately, I’ve been playing through all of the old Castlevania video games and began seriously considering crafting a homebrew version of original NES game for my next Dungeons & Dragons campaign. As I began thinking about what I’d like to incorporate into a homebrew version of Castlevania, my mind wandered over to the horror-themed D&D campaign setting, Ravenloft. ...READ MORE

News Digest: New D&D Books Leaked, Pathfinder Video Game Pre-Orders Open, Spiel des Jahres Winners, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week's gaming news! New D&D books leak before official announcement, Pathfinder video game pre-orders open, Asmodee may have a buyer for the company, and more! ...READ MORE

News Digest: New D&D Books, Baldur's Gate Designer Forms Tabletop RPG Company, Launch of The Fantasy Network, and more

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. New Dungeons & Dragons books announced, Baldur’s Gate and Dragon Age developer leaves BioWare to make a D&D setting, Zombie Orpheus launches The Fantasy Network, and more! ...READ MORE

Baldur's Gate Designer Leaves Bioware To Form D&D Publishing Company

James Ohlen was one of the architects of the 1990s' Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II video games, along with other classic CRPGs. He has been working for BioWare for over 22 years, but now he's leaving to publish D&D adventures with his new company, Arcanum Worlds and their first hardcover sourcebook, the Ancient Greek themed Odyssey of the Dragonlords. ...READ MORE

News Digest: BattleTech/MechWarrior Lawsuit Settled, ENnie Nominations and Voting Dates, The Expanse Getting an RPG, and more!

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. BattleTech and MechWarrior legal battle over (for now), ENnie Nominations and Voting, The Expanse coming to tabletops, and more!

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Games Are (Still) Not the Problem

The latest hysteria over video games like Fortnite echoes the Satanic Panic over Dungeons & Dragons in the 80s. Some things never change.

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Celebrate the Holidays with D&D in Winter's Splendor

If getting your whole group together to play during December is a challenge, a holiday one-shot might be a perfect solution, and the official D&D Adventurer's League module Winter's Splendor by Ashley Warren is a great option. Even better, if you're running Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, it's a good side adventure any time of the year.

Investigate Strange Things in Dark Places & Demogorgons

Do you want to experience the danger a teenager trapped in a monster haunted town in the 1980s faces? Do you want to fight back against the monsters by break dancing and head banging using old school D&D derived rules? Then Dark Places & Demogorgons might be the RPG you are looking for.

Review Dragon Heist, Mad Mage, and Ravnica!

Three books over on the reviews section need your reviews, comments, or ratings. Please head on over to Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, and Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica and leave your rating!

How I Escaped the Panic Room: A Broken Mind Review

My wife recently surprised me with an escape room outing for my birthday. It gave me an appreciation for the basics of how escape rooms work and how they can be applied to tabletop role-play.

Plunging the Depths of Degenesis' Black Atlantic

Black Atlantic is an adventure. Black Atlantic is a regional sourcebook. Black Atlantic is the third adventure in a trilogy, ending a long connected story arc in a glossy, full-color pursuit of a powerful weapon. It is not necessary to have played the previous two hardcover adventures. In Thy Blood or The Killing Game. However, Black Atlantic will spoil the overall story if you have not the played them.
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