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Explore Far Distant Worlds in the Traveller Core Rulebook

Jan 24

A band of rugged spacefarers gather from far flung backgrounds, some with careers ending in retirement and others with a lifetime’s work ending in disaster. Together they explore unknown planets and brave the vacuum and mysteries of space traveling together into a new life of adventure in Traveller. Traveller has a decades long history as an RPG. This review covers just the Traveller Core...

News Digest for the Week of January 24

Jan 24

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Pathfinder gets a new Lead Designer, Modiphius lands another big license, news on the RPG tie-ins Cyberpunk 2077 and the Dungeons & Dragons movie, and more!

Tome of Beasts 2 Kickstarter Launched!

Jan 23

Kobold Press' latest Kickstarter is here - Tome of Beasts II with 400 new 5E monsters. It funded in an hour and is rocketing through stretch goals!

Get Started With World of Darkness With The New Blood Starter Pack

Jan 23

There's a new starter set for Vampire: The Masquerade, called New Blood. It's a PDF bundle designed with GMs in mind, and teaches you how to play the new edition of Vampire: The Masquerade. It includes a rules guide, cards, pregnererated characters, and more.

Logan Bonner Named Pathfinder Lead Designer

Jan 23

Logan Bonner has been named Pathfinder Lead Designer. He announced this on Twitter -- "This is officially official now: I’m now the Pathfinder Lead Designer! That means I’m in charge of the overall rules ecology for [Pathfinder 2E]. (Well, the parts made by Paizo, anyway.)"

The Cauldron: A Novel by Russ Morrissey

Jan 23

The Cauldron is a novel coming this year from Russ Morrissey. It has been described as "Game of Thrones in space" and is set in a galaxy in turmoil as ancient evils rise and powerful Houses vie for power.

Dragon Reflections #29

Jan 23

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon Issue 29 in September 1979. It is 56 pages long, with a cover price of $2.00. In this issue, a future legend joins the magazine, we talk about race in D&D, and we welcome back everyone's favorite comic strip dragon!

Modiphius’ Latest License: Dishonored

Jan 22

It wouldn’t be a Tuesday* without Modiphius picking up a new RPG license. This time it’s for the video game Dishonored. *It’s not a Tuesday. Modiphius Entertainment is proud to announce the launch of a new tabletop roleplaying game set in Arkane Studios’ Dishonored® video game franchise. The game has been developed using a streamlined version of the company’s proprietary 2d20 System...

Wildemount: Most Pre-orders Since D&D Core Rulebooks

Jan 22

It seems that the most popular D&D setting in the 5E era is... Wildemount! Talking about the upcoming Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, WotC's Greg Tito said on a Twitch stream recently that "we're pretty sure that this book has seen the most pre-orders and pre-release excitement since any of the core rulebooks for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition were released".

RPG Crowdfunding News – Glitch, CAPERS, Denoa, The Hero’s Journey 2e, and more

Jan 22

The last of the holiday-related thinning of RPGs crowdfunding projects is over. We’re back to full lists of RPG options including these fourteen projects that end between January 31st and February 6th. At the end of the list are five charity bundles to assist Australia with the wildfire crisis and provide you with great RPGs in the process.

The Fumble: Seasoned Warrior Laments Difficulty of Adventure-Life Balance

Jan 21

Barak Strongblade, a renowned local adventurer and one of the party of beloved heroes that saved Three Oaks Village ten years ago from the goblin invasion has encountered a new, unexpected foe. "I just can't make it all work anymore," Barak says, his eyes haggard and his shoulders slumping at the local tavern. "Time was when it was no problem. Off to the forest, or the caves, or a nice...

Theon's Underwear Experience

Jan 21

First, let me say, that every word of this is fact and I am not exaggerating one word of it.

Old-School Essentials and Basic D&D Campaign Building

Jan 21

In 1981, Basic Dungeons & Dragons by Tom Moldvay released, quickly followed by Expert D&D by David Cook. The Old-School Essentials Rules Tome by Gavin Norman combines both sets of rules along with errata together into one book. Combined with adventures penned by Moldvay and Cook themselves, an entire 1981 D&D campaign can easily be built and run.

5E EN5ider #313 - Intriguing Organizations: Which Watch?

Jan 20

We've all got them but today EN5ider takes on the challenge of making a settlement's police force engaging and varied—with this excellent organizations article in hand, you can quickly bring some character to the city watch in your games!

5E Epic Monsters: Peter Pan

Jan 20

“It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” No, it’s that half-bird half-boy shadow-fighting faerie-friend from Neverland, that lad who can never grow up but apparently can do anything else: Peter Pan!

WOIN The Spartan Gambit: A Quick Look At The USF Copernicus

Jan 20

From the upcoming SolSpace: The Spartan Gambit (think "Die Hard on a starship"), here's a quick look at the starship in question. SolSpace: The Spartan Gambit is an adventure and sourcebook coming soon to the WOIN roleplaying game line.

The RPG Origins of Star Control

Jan 20

Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Volume IV or just simply Star Control was a science fiction video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade in 1990. Star Control was primarily a simple space exploration and combat game, but its sequel is widely viewed today as one of the greatest PC games ever made. At least some of the credit for the game's goes to the...

Here Are 2020's Most Anticipated Tabletop RPGs!

Jan 19

As I do every year, I recently took nominations for the most anticipated tabletop RPGs for the coming year, and then opened the floor to voting. Here are this year's winners - the most anticipated tabletop RPGs of 2020!

Podcast #83: Whispers in the Dark with Matt Corley

Jan 18

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Matt Corley to talk about his new 5e compatible horror game, Whispers in the Dark. In the news, Wizards of the Coast are publishing a Critical Role campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons, a new Unearthed Arcana for D&D, new Pathfinder 2nd Ed and Starfinder books coming this month, Joe Manganiello brings the magic of RPGs to a children’s hospital, and...

More info on Baldur's Gate 3 coming February 27 2020

Jan 18

In this brief clip we see some voice acting for Volo and a quote, some motion capture, orchestra, some photography that I'm not sure how it would be used in a video game and lastly a date February 27 2020, which happens to be the date of Pax East. Speculate away.