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April 16 2024

Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Bonus prequel adventure for Eve of Ruin.
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May 31 2024

Vecna: Eve of Ruin

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Adventure for levels 10-20.
Replies (499)
June 3 2024

Vecna: Eve of Ruin Platinum Edition

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Boxed deluxe set from Beadle & Grimm.
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June 4 2024

Voidrunner’s Codex

(Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition)
Take your A5E games to space!
Replies (19)
June 18 2024

The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977

(Dungeons & Dragons)
History of D&D.
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July 16 2024

Quests From The Infinite Staircase

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Adventure anthology for character levels 1 to 13.
Replies (127)
September 17 2024

D&D Player’s Handbook (2024)

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Revised 2024 Player's Handbook.
Replies (155)
October 1 2024

Monstrous Menagerie II

(Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition)
The sequel to the acclaimed monster book!
Replies (43)
November 12 2024

D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Revised 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide.
Replies (118)
February 18 2025

D&D Monster Manual (2025)

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Revised 2025 Monster Manual.
Replies (89)

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 random, certainly chaotic.

Nov 26, 2021 17

Dungeons & Dragons Film & TV OSR

When Squid Games Meet Role-Playing Games

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 tweaked for role-playing games.

Nov 19, 2021 9

Dungeons & Dragons OSR

RPG Print News – Modiphius, Dapper Fish Designs, Horseshark, and More

This week includes a boxed DMless D&D adventure as well as a book of encounters. Modiphius has a special Dune rulebook and support for Conan. There are RPGs about the supernatural American colonies as well as RPGs from Dapper Fish Designs, Horseshark Games, and Arion Games ranging from post-apocalyptic to detective investigation to fantasy.

Nov 17, 2021 4

Dungeons & Dragons OSR

RPG Crowdfunding News – CY_BORG, The Barbarian's Bloody Quest, Advanced Lovers and Lesbians, and more

This week I look at RPG crowdfunding projects that end between November 23rd and December 3rd. It is that time of year when many projects are quickstarters and the new projects are fewer and further between. That noted, these aren’t all of the projects available, but what we have are in the order of their end date. Some of them were inspired by Side Quest 2021, a November initiative to give...

Nov 17, 2021 1

Dungeons & Dragons OSR

RPG Print News – Necrotic Gnome, Columbia Games, and More

This week is good for tieflings, goblins, and punks. D&D has a supplement with new rules, tieflings, and reprinted character sheets and Old-School Essentials also gets a supplement with new rules along with an adventure. HarnWorld gets locations and Mothership gets new pamphlet supplements. Finally, there is support for punks and a newly updated one player RPG.

Nov 10, 2021

Dungeons & Dragons OSR

RPG Crowdfunding News – Mothership, Mother of Monsters, Battlelords, and more

This week, I review Kickstarters and quickstarts that end between November 14th through December 2nd. While there’s plenty of fantasy and 5e, this week sees a nice uptick in sci-fi RPGs including one that’s likely to join the million dollar club before its campaign is over.

Nov 10, 2021 5

Dungeons & Dragons OSR

Mimics, An Unnecessary Work: A Needless Interview With Philip Reed

The dastardly Philip Reed is creating new tabletop RPG content. Again. This crime… er, time, he’s creating Mimics, An Unnecessary Work. This Kickstarter will fund foldable pocket maps “designed as a completely worthless collection of ideas that gamemasters may turn to when tossing a mimic into their next dungeon.” Starting with two pocket maps, the first is about mimics, the second is about...

Nov 9, 2021 3

Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures OSR

RPG Print News – Cubicle 7, Troll Lord, Gaming Paper, and More

D&D has dragons and adventures, and Castles & Crusades has options for GMs, about gods, and valuable materials PCs can find. Soulbound gets a monster book and DCC RPG gets a reprint of a run of zines. Starship Warden sees two supplements and Feng Shui 2 gets two adventures. Finally, Gaming Paper has new gridded blank battle maps.

Nov 3, 2021 10

Dungeons & Dragons Novels OSR Reviews

Game Wizards: An In-Depth Review

Jon Peterson's thorough retelling of the origins of Dungeons & Dragons is less about the game and more about the two men who helped create it: Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Their fraught relationship haunts every page as the two wage a “great war,” lining up friends and allies that would go on to influence Origins, GAMA, Gen Con, Avalon Hill, and so much more.

Nov 1, 2021 69

Dungeons & Dragons OSR Shadowrun

RPG Print News – Cubicle 7, Kobold Press, Exalted Funeral, and More

Lots of D&D, fantasy, and sci-fi RPG options this week. The Southlands is an entire campaign setting for D&D with support for both the DM and the players. There are brand new spells on spell cards, a monstrous spider mini and supporting adventure, and even a D&D dice rolling tray. ARC is a unique fantasy RPG with a doom clock to make it a race against time and in Tunnels & Trolls PCs can now...

Oct 27, 2021 34

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RPG Print News – Goodman, Legendary, CMON, Son of Oak, and More

So much d20 fantasy this week including a new world and kingdom event cards for D&D, spell cards for Pathfinder, and Lankhmar and adventures for DCC/MCC RPG. Also, Stargate SG-1 RPG is out and uses the OGL derived from D&D. Deadlands gets a cattle drive from hell adventure and City of Mist and Zombicide Chronicles get supplements. And there is a new world and a new city to explore via new...

Oct 20, 2021 9

Dungeons & Dragons OSR

RPG Print News – Catalyst, Ulisses Spiele, Riot Mind, and More

Fantasy gets an infusion of books this week and a couple of sci-fi options make the list. A lot of third party D&D options: a magical library, magical tattoos, a heavy metal adventure path, a book of NPCs. Ruin Masters is back, this time with two adventures, and Shadowrun gets a book of Mr. Johnson patrons. Torg Eternity and Dungeon Fantasy also return with accessories to help GMs run...

Oct 13, 2021 7

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RPG Crowdfunding News - The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM, The Lazy DM's Companion, and more

This week, I look at content that ends between October 10th and the 28th. I’m turning this one in early due to travel to Origins Game Fair so it, like all of the articles, is just a sampling of what’s available.

Oct 6, 2021 3

Dungeons & Dragons OSR World of Darkness

RPG Crowdfunding News – Into the Odd, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, and More

This week, I look at RPG crowdfunding projects ending between October 1st and 21st. Among the many options available, I look at two Alan Bahr related projects, one that Free League is elevating, a group of artifacts for the gaming table, a few holiday adventures, and more.

Sep 29, 2021 5

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RPG Crowdfunding News – Quest-O-Nomicon, Gravemire, Tomb of Immolation, and more

This week, I look at a sampling of the available RPG crowdfunding projects that end between September 23rd to October 31st. In the article, there are some strong 5e offerings, Mothership adventures, two game stores, and more. As always, I can’t cover every RPG crowdfunding at the moment, so I encourage you to check out Kickstarter, GameOnTabletop, IndieGoGo, and GameFound for more projects.

Sep 15, 2021 5

Dungeons & Dragons OSR

Down We Go | Infinite Edition – An Interview With Tony Vasinda (Plus One Exp)

When Kickstarter’s ZineQuest 2021 was rolling, Tony Vasinda shared my RPG zine on his show. I was elated and picked up a quote from him for my project. When he announced his new project, Down We Go, I was curious about it and the site he chose to crowdfund it on, GameFound. Tony was good enough to answer my questions about his old school rule lite RPG including who is working on it, how the...