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Darryl Mott

Darryl Mott is a tabletop gaming and media journalist with bylines from outlets including Ain't It Cool News, EN World, and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. He also makes videos for YouTube and does live streams on Twitch as well as doing post-production and editing for the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast.

News Digest: Magic: The Gathering Aether Revolt, Petersen Entertainment Sues PayPal, Wizard World Dr

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week (and some change due to the holidays) gaming news! A new Magic: The Gathering expansion is almost upon us with an amazing video trailer, CNN confuses Fallout 4 with the real world, Asmodee acquired more companies, Petersen Entertainment sues PayPal, Wizard World's story gets even more complicated, and much more!
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News Digest Year in Review 2016!
Hello everyone, Darryl here to recap the biggest stories of 2016 in this year in review! A lot of big events happened in tabletop gaming this past year, and I’m going to go through what I consider the most significant stories of the year!
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News Digest: Next Great Game announced from Hasbro, How to Get Into the Game Industry, and more!
Twas a few days before Christmas when all through the net, game companies were silent, their announcement quota had been met. But Darryl poked and prodded and found a few news tidbits like contest winners, business tips, and marketplace characteristics. So sit tight, boys and girls, and cast away your holiday blues as I tell you all of this week's tabletop gaming news

News Digest: Kingkiller Chronicles Showrunner is Former Game Designer, Mutants and Masterminds Has a

News Digenst: Kingkiller Chronicles Showrunner is Former Game Designer, Mutants and Masterminds Has a New Lead, CAH Involved in Trump Lawsuit, and more! Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week's gaming news. The TV series based on Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles has a new showrunner and it's a former game designer, Mutants and Masterminds has a new lead developer, Warhammer 40K leans Friendship is Magic, Cards Against Humanity sued over a Trump-based clone game for intellectual property issues, your 2017 Gaming Convention map, and big changes to Star Trek Attack Wing!

News Digest: Star Trek Playtest Open, Official My Little Pony RPG, No Man's Sky Investigation, Steve

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Star Trek Adventures opens its playtest to the public, official MLP gaming news, the ASA says Hello Games didn’t use deceptive advertising, Steve Jackson Games new products and organized play announcements, and more!
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News Digest: D&D Adventure League Changes, M:TG and D&D Streaming News, CAH Throws Money in a Hole,
Hello everyone, Darryl here back from the holidays with your update on gaming news! Wizards of the Coast has new streaming events and a change to its D&D organized play, Cards Against Humanity throws money in a hole, Worldbuilders raises money with a unique gaming twist, and Joe Dever has passed away.

News Digest: D&D in the Toy Hall of Fame, classic D&D products back in print, Onyx Path's new Operat

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s news! D&D in the Toy Hall of Fame, classic D&D products back in print via on-demand, Onyx Path gets a new Operations Director, Blood Bowl is back, and more!

News Digest: Store Exclusive D&D Adventure, Jason Bulmahn's New Campaign Setting, Wizard World Lawsu

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week's gaming news! A game store exclusive D&D adventure, a new campaign setting from one of Pathfinder's creators, Fading Suns gets a new home, Wizard World involved in a nasty lawsuit, Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game release information, and more!

News Digest: Tabletop is Back and How to Watch, Margaret Weis Retiring from RPGs, Big Personnel Shif

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. Tabletop is back but only free for two weeks, big shake-ups for the Cortex System, several big personnel changes in the industry, GameStop posts a big loss as they transition from video games to tabletop, Trapdoor Technologies closes its doors, and much more!

News Digest: Jack Chick Dies, New Pathfinder Details, Starfinder Interview, Rob Kuntz's New Company,

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Jack Chick is no longer with us, Paizo releases details on a major new Pathfinder product, Owen KC Stephens goes into detail on Starfinder, D&D Errata update, Rob Kuntz has a new company, F2Z is officially Asmodee Canada, and a lot more!
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News Digest: More Volo's Guide Previews, HasbroCon, Pathfinder Comic Crossover, Magic thefts, and mo
Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s batch of gaming news. Volo’s Guide to Monsters has a lot of new previews out, Hasbro announces its own convention, Pathfinder is crossing over with everyone in a new comic, DC Comics Deckbuilding is going Rogue, a rash of petty crime has struck the industry over the past days, and more!

(ENN) Star Trek Adventures Playtest Sign-Up Open for All

Modiphius Entertainment has opened up the sign-ups for the playtest of their new Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game. Previously, sign-ups were only available at conventions in person. The sign up requires your name, email address, and general location (as in continent). You also have to select between player, gamemaster, or both and you can only choose one of the four different starships -...
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News Digest: Volo's Guide to Monsters, Munchkin Coloring Book, Barnes & Noble Game Night, new Pokemo
Hello everyone, Darryl here after a week off moving with this week’s tabletop gaming news digest! New information on Volo’s Guide to Monsters, Modiphius and Fantasy Flight working together, a Munchkin coloring book, new CCG releases for Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, Barnes & Noble expanding their gaming meet-up, and more!
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News Digest: Critical Role and Tabletop Going Premium Access? Pathfinder New Releases and Player Inc
Hello, Darryl here with this week's news. Legendary Pictures (owners of Geek & Sundry and Nerdist) announced a new online video subscription service with big impact on popular tabletop gaming shows Critical Role and Tabletop, Paizo makes a bunch of big announcements including compact sourcebooks, a new in-store incentive program for Pathfinder Society, and a new campaign setting book, a classic Dragonlance comic is getting the graphic novel treatment, Warhammer 40K has new introductory model kits, and more!
New Episodes of Critical Role and Tabletop Part of Legendary's Subscription Video Service
Two of the biggest hits coming from the new surge of online tabletop gaming programming unquestionably are Wil Wheaton's Tabletop and the D&D live stream Critical Role, both from Geek & Sundry. Today, Legendary Pictures announced yesterday their new video-on-demand service Alpha which includes big changes to these shows. The service will cost $4.99 a month and give early access to many Nerdist and Geek & Sundry shows including Co-Optitude, The Dan Cave, and Because Science two days before they're released on other outlets such as YouTube. But the two biggest names have bigger changes coming.

[KS] Scion 2nd Edition Kickstarter Funds in Under One Hour

[ENN] The Kickstarter for the second edition of the seminal roleplaying game Scion from Onyx Path funded its $25,000 goal in under thirty-eight minutes from its launch. Scion 2nd Edition is an update to the award winning Scion roleplaying game originally from White Wolf where the players take on the roles of demigods wielding vast god-like powers, described by some as "If World of Darkness decided screw the Masquerade, let's break stuff!" due to the over-the-top nature games can take on.

This Week in TTRPG

Reviews

Other Games  Reviews 
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served By Skrulls
Roleplay and intrigue mixed with superhero action.
Other Games  Reviews 
Mosey Through The Galaxy As Sad Space Cowboys
Tell stylish stories of space outlaws scraping by to survive.
Reviews  Year Zero Engine 
Build Better Worlds To Die Upon
For a campaign built on investigation and exploration rather than blasting through an Alien hive.
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
A Preview of The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977
With The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977, Wizards is going back to the roots of the game, presenting material other histories have not.

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons 
Adventurers Needed To Slay Vampire
Or maybe it is just a simple job to deliver a simple goblin to a simple fortress.
Dungeons & Dragons 
A Seaside Song Without A Siren In Sight
Quite a few creatures are in the cave it echoes from yet none are singing the tune.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Check Out The 2025 Monster Manual Alternate Cover!
A mind flayer adorns the Monster Manual alternate cover!
Dungeons & Dragons 
Finally An Organization Obsessed With Lights
Bathe in the brilliance of the Morning Star—if you're brave enough.
Dungeons & Dragons 
New Monster Manual Cover
The 2025 Monster Manual cover has been unveiled!
Dungeons & Dragons  Film & TV 
Paramount+ Will Not Proceed with Dungeons & Dragons Live-Action TV Show
Hasbro will update the project and pitch to other networks and streamers

Industry News

Industry 
SFWA Posthumously Presents Jennell Jaquays with the 2024 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award
The award is given for “significant contributions to the science fiction, fantasy, and related genres community”
Industry 
2024 Diana Jones Award Finalists Announced
Finalists include one game designer, two conventions, a charity bundle, and a labor union
Apps & Tools  Industry 
Roll20 Purchases Demiplane
More industry consolidation as VTT combines with tools platform!
Industry 
5E-Powered Adventure Time Joins Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Club
D&D-powered cartoon fun from Cryptozoic Entertainment.

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