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Podcast #178: Peter Speedruns the Podcast

Nov 27

This week, Morrus is unavailable due to renovations on his house being eaten by a dragon, so Peter has attempted a speedrun of the podcast. In the news, nominations are open for 2021 Favorite RPG...

Mythological Figures: Mordred

Nov 26

Today Mythological Figures charges into one of history’s most famous duels with a profile of the man who killed King Arthur: Mordred!

Strixhaven's Quandrix College of Numeromancy

Nov 26

We've recently seen previews of the Prismari and Silverquill colleges over at Screenrant and Polygon respectively. Now Mashable shares a look at the third of the five colleges, Quandrix, the...

Strixhaven Has Exams, Jobs, & Extracurricular Activities

Nov 26

It's IGN's turn to preview part of Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos, taking a look at exams, extracurricular guilds, and jobs. An example of an exam includes the Magical Physiologies exam, and a...

Cyberpunk Red: One Year Later

Nov 26

Of the two big releases in the Cyberpunk setting late last year, the tabletop one seems to have had the better time of it. Cyberpunk Red sparked some nostalgia in old players while introducing a...

Worlds of Design: The Rules of Magic

Nov 26

Hard magic systems have clear rules about how they work; they are predictable. Soft magic has no clear “system” and tends to lack any kind of connection between one spell and another—more or less...

News Digest for the Week of November 26

Nov 26

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! More previews for Strixhaven, new releases for Legend of the Five Rings, a new edition of Paranoia coming soon, cyberpunk Vikings coming...

Gaming & Giving This Holiday Season

Nov 25

It's that time of year where we have an opportunity to give back to the community we know and love. If you're feeling charitable, here's how you can help.

RPG Print News – Legendary, Mongoose, Son of Oak, and More

Nov 24

This week includes class support for D&D barbarians and fighters, player support with character sheets and blank subsectors for Traveller, and a campaign of ten adventures for City of Mist. There...

RPG Crowdfunding News – Rewards & Rarities, Traveller, Reach of the Roach God, and more

Nov 24

This week I look at RPG and RPG-related crowdfunding projects that run from December 5th through the 13th. Many of these are quickstarters that run two weeks, so I’m looking at campaigns that are...

Strixhaven's Monsters: Groffs, Mage Hunters, & Oriq Recruiters

Nov 23

Gizmodo has a preview of Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos, showing off some of the new monsters in the book. The Oriq Recruiter is an agent of a dark mage cult; a Groff is a canine swamp creature...

State of the Mongoose 2021

Nov 23

Mongoose Publishing is just finishing its 20th year in business and 2021 has been… well, we are still around, despite all the global upsets. I am Matthew Sprange, the owner of Mongoose...

Origins Game Fair 2021 – After Report Part Two

Nov 23

In the first part of this two-part series about the tabletop RPG scene at Origins Game Fair 2021, I looked at the attendance at the show and 2021 tabletop gaming conventions in general. In...

EN5ider #425 - Over the Next Hill: Street of Dreams

Nov 22

EN5ider's Over the Next Hill series is back with a locale for the strangest denizens from across the planes to ply their trades, a place you don't go to—it comes to you.

Fizban's Treasury of Dragons Review Round-Up – What the Critics Say

Nov 22

The delayed release of Fizban's Treasury of Dragons made the roll out of reviews a bit different than usual. Some reviews came out on the original release timetable because those review copies...

Nominate your favorite TTRPG podcast of 2021

Nov 22

As December approaches, it's that time of year again -- where we take nominations for your favourite TTRPG podcast of the year! Every year on the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast...

Strixhaven Previews Start to Appear

Nov 21

It's that time in the D&D pre-release publicity phase where previews of the upcoming book start to appear across the web on various sites. It looks like each site is getting a different college to...

Podcast #177: United Paizo Workers with Andrew White

Nov 20

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Andrew White to talk about United Paizo Workers and RPG unions. In the news, Strixhaven delayed, new Roll20 mobile app, World of Darkness Nexus announced...

Marvel Multiverse RPG Alternate Covers

Nov 19

Marvel has revealed some alternate covers for its upcoming Marvel Multiverse RPG (written by Matt Forbeck). The new covers are by Peach Momoko and Logan Lubera, and the standard cover is by Iban...

When Squid Games Meet Role-Playing Games

Nov 19

The dystopian Korean series Squid Game is popular on Netflix, building on a genre of survival horror involving contests of skill. Thanks to the lethal nature of the contest, it can easily be...