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RPG Crowdfunding News – Old-School Essentials, Mnemonic, GUN&SLINGER, and more

Sep 02

This week, I review Kickstarters and GameOnTabletop campaigns that end by September 17th. There are a number of RPG projects that are reaching five- and six-figures, showing a lot of strength from...

Quickstarter: 65 Enchanted Trinkets for D&D 5th Edition

Sep 01

Quickstarter: 65 Enchanted Trinkets for D&D 5th Edition is now live on Kickstarter! Pledge Now! This collection of five short PDFs for the 5th edition of the world's oldest roleplaying game...

Andrew Finch’s Monsters by Level

Sep 01

One unsung hero of D&D game design is Andrew Finch. He had a lot of roles at Wizards over the years, and he was involved in D&D playtesting and design as early as I was. To my mind, his biggest...

The Building Blocks of Oz-Inspired American Fantasy RPGs

Sep 01

Although Oz-inspired American Fantasy isn't nearly as popular with tabletop role-playing games as traditional fantasy, there are elements that we can identify that can provide the foundation for a...

EN5ider #349 - Monstrous Menagerie: Damned Sovereigns

Aug 31

Today EN5ider looks upon the unending ruination visited to three sovereigns from the ancient past, each cursed by circumstance or their fallen empires to walk the world long after watching their homelands fall to the sands of time.

Epic Monsters: Rusalka

Aug 31

While out for a walk and reminiscing about your favorite Epic Monsters you spot something awry in the deep creek near your house. Is that a person caught beneath the current? It is! It’s a woman—and she’s beautiful, and beckoning to you to join her, and without thinking you march to your watery grave becoming yet another victim of the vengeful rusalka!

DM Screen 'Wilderness Kit'

Aug 31

A 'Wilderness Kit' has appeared on WotC's website, which includes a DM screen, hex maps, ration tracker, wilderness rules references, and 27 cards. It comes out on 17th November (same day as...

Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide Review

Aug 31

Hey howdy my friends, it’s time for yet another PAIZO REVIEW! Today we’re cracking into a very exciting new product for all you Pathfinder 2E fans: it’s the Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide...

Podcast #115: Dark Matter with Justin Forkner

Aug 29

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Justin Forkner to talk about the Dark Matter Starter Set. In the news, a new Dungeons & Dragons book, Rogue Trooper available in PDF and pre-order in...

News Digest for the Week of August 28

Aug 28

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! New D&D book announced, big Dungeons & Dragons streaming event announced for September, a preview of the new Warhammer 40K: Wrath & Glory...

No Good Choices

Aug 28

I'd like to make a case for taking your game to the darkest places you can imagine. Not just with violence or carnage but the sort of horror that makes you question everything. This might sound...

Kate Welch on Leaving WotC

Aug 28

Kate Welch left Wizards of the Coast a few days ago, on August 16th. Soon after, she talked a little about it in a live-stream. She started work at WotC as a game designer back in February...

Twilight: 2000 4E: An Interview With Free League

Aug 27

Free League’s Twilight: 2000 crowdfunding project is lighting up the RPG section of Kickstarter. Having shot past its initial goal, it continues to unlock a stack of stretch goals building out the...

RPG Crowdfunding News – Hellboy, Dark Matter, Wondrous Expeditions, and more

Aug 26

This week’s list of RPG crowdfunding products end by September 10th. I share some popular Dungeons & Dragons options as a system neutral sourcebook and a dice tower. There are some winners this...

Meet Our ‘Level Up’ Team!

Aug 26

We’ve crossed the ‘t’s and dotted the ‘i’s, signed on the dotted lines, and we’re very excited to introduce our team of 5E designers to you! They’ve already started work on Level Up! Hundreds...

Where's the American Fantasy RPG?

Aug 25

L. Frank Baum's Oz series established American Fantasy as a genre, and yet it hasn't had much influence on popular tabletop role-playing games despite several fantasy authors providing the...

EN5ider #348 - Enchanted Trinkets: A Noblewoman's Essentials

Aug 24

Perhaps this issue of EN5ider is not for you—it's for the finest of adventurers with the most refined tastes, champions that regularly rub elbows with kings and queens. Should you aspire to such lofty heights however, maybe you have scraped enough coin to peruse it. If so we assure you that you will be overwhelmingly pleased with the truly couth item you choose!

Mythological Figures: King Shaka

Aug 24

We’re finally getting more subjects from the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent here in the Mythological Figures column, putting together statistics for one of history’s most famous Africans: King Shaka!

The New D&D Book: Tasha's Cauldron of Everything!

Aug 24

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The new D&D book has been revealed, and it is Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, "a magical mixture of rules options for the world's greatest roleplaying game." The 192-page book is due out November...

Starfinder Starship Operations Manual: A Review

Aug 24

Hey howdy, y’all, it’s time to dig into yet another PAIZO REVIEW! This go-round, we’re taking a crack at the Starfinder Starship Operations Manual. This promises to be a truly excellent supplement...