Video Games

Feb 14

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. Big Dungeons & Dragons announcement coming next week according to Hasbro shareholders meeting, a new celebrity roleplaying series coming...

Was The Witcher Inspired by an AD&D Campaign?

Feb 10

We previously discussed how The Witcher may have been inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, concluding that although author Andrzej Sapkowski may have seen a tabletop role-playing game, he never played...

News Digest for the Week of February 7

Feb 07

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news. Wizards of the Coast posts then pulls and replaces controversial Unearthed Arcana article, video game news for Dungeons & Dragons and...

Wizards of the Coast Announces Sci-Fi Video Game with ex-BioWare Developers

Jan 31

Wizards of the Coast announced they are forming a new video game studio called Archetype Entertainment headed by former BioWare developers James Ohlen and Chad Robertson.

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 &...

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...

News Digest for the Week of December 13

Dec 13

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! A new Dungeons & Dragons video game announced, Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5e gets a new home, DriveThruRPG bans a publisher for "slanderous...

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance Video Game Announcement Trailer

Dec 13

An announcement trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance premiered at The Game Awards on Thursday evening. Developed by Tuque Games, the studio acquired earlier this year by Wizards of the...

News Digest for the Week of December 6

Dec 06

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! A new Pathfinder video game on its way, yet another new D&D 5e Charity release, the Alien RPG releases this week, and more!

Three Charities We're Thankful For

Nov 28

As Thanksgiving approaches in the U.S. it's a great time to consider how our purchases can help fellow creators. These three charities are a great place to start.

When You Can't Tell Who's an NPC

Nov 18

Fortnite launched two new features for its battle royale game in its eleventh season, matchmaking and bots. The two features are important lessons on how players perceive status of other...

News Digest for the Week of November 1

Nov 01

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! DriveThruRPG hacked, Pathfinder 2nd Edition gets an errata, the annual Dungeons & Dragons survey from Wizards of the Coast is live, and more!

News Digest for the Week of September 12

Sep 12

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Previews of Eberron and reviews of Descent into Avernus, a free Pathfinder 2e adventure, a preview of the lizardfolk ancestry, a new...

News Digest for the Week of September 5

Sep 05

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Another ancestry previewed for Pathfinder 2nd Edition, the table of contents and miniatures for Descent Into Avernus for D&D, Chuck Tingle...

New WotC Game Studio Headed By Bioware's James Ohlen

Apr 24

Ex-Bioware designer James Ohlen is in the news a lot right now! He’s behind the Odyssey of the Dragonlords Kickstarter, the new Heroes of Baldur’s Gate hardcover, and is now also heading up a...

Warriors of Waterdeep: New Free to Play D&D Mobile Game Coming Soon

Feb 13

Once again instead of making a really good CRPG based on 5th edition, they do a gimmicky game trying to cash in on a fad for a quick buck. Meanwhile Pathfinder: Kingmaker seems really awesome...

New Digital Games Studio announced by the president of Wizards of the Coast

Jan 14

Interesting. I look forward to seeing what comes of this - some thrilling ideas, no doubt, but I'm keeping myself reserved so as not to be let down should those thrilling ideas be brought into...

State of the Mongoose 2014

Jan 16

Matt Sprange has posted The State of the Mongoose, the yearly address covering what is going on behind the scenes at Mongoose Publishing. Highlights include a new way of doing business, a new skirmish game set in the ancient word, a 3D WWII dogfighting miniatures game, a new look for the Traveller RPG, the new edition of Paranoia, miniatures for Judge Dredd, plus some news about video games.