Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG News

Feb 28

30-some years ago I wrote an article "My Life as a Werebear" (in White Dwarf #17) that provided rules for player character monster species such as blink dog packs and giants. Nowadays we take...

News Digest for the Week of February 28

Feb 28

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! First look at Baldur's Gate III gameplay, new Dungeons & Dragons playtest material in Unearthed Arcana, a preview of the Pathfinder 2nd...

World Reveal of Baldur's Gate 3

Feb 27

At PAX East today, gameplay footage of Baldur's Gate 3 was revealed for the first time by Larian Studios. According to PC Gamer, the Early Access version of the game will launch this year with...

Tales from the Loop Trailer

Feb 27

The original art book by Simon Stålenhag inspired an RPG, and now a TV show. Comes out April 3rd on Amazon. "Inspired by the wondrous paintings of Simon Stålenhag, Tales from the Loop explores the...

Check Out Jared Blando's 'Age of Sigmar' Map For Cubicle 7

Feb 27

Cubicle 7 has just revealed the Age of Sigmar: Soulbound map for its upcoming Warhammer RPG. The map depicts the Great Parch, which is the starting realm for the game. More information on their...

Played It Review of Old-School Essentials Using D&D ‘s The Lost City

Feb 27

Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy: Rules Tome is a complete in one rulebook combination of 1981’s Basic Dungeons & Dragons and Expert D&D by Tom Moldvay and David Cook. The rules have not...

Crowdfunding News: Dragon Stew, BroadSword Monthly, and more

Feb 26

This week, I look at some of the RPG crowdfunding projects that end between March 6th and the 12th. While ZineQuest 2 continues, its volume has turned down from tidal flood to manageable flow...

D&D Beyond Announces Combat Tracker

Feb 25

"We're happy to announce the Alpha release of the Combat Tracker tool to subscribers of D&D Beyond! Try it out in your D&D games and your feedback will be used to make this the best it can be!"...

Vampire: The Masquerade 5e: Modiphius’ Fall of London

Feb 25

Fall of London from Modiphius Entertainment is the sixth book supporting Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. Developed by Matthew Dawkins and Steffie de Vaan and written by Klara H. Herbøl, Kira...

5E EN5ider #319 - Mini-Adventure: Mistaken Identity

Feb 24

Will your adventurers simply slay their accuser in today's mini-adventure from EN5ider, or will they choose instead to brave the ruins of his clanhold to prove their innocence and bring an end to the woes of the Greymail dwarves?

5E Unearthed Arcana Subclasses Part III: Artificer, Druid, and Ranger

Feb 24

The third in the recent spate of D&D subclasses from WotC! "Continuing our series of new D&D subclasses in 2020, Unearthed Arcana presents three more for you to playtest: the Armorer for the...

5E Mythological Figures: Allan Quatermain

Feb 24

Indiana Jones won’t ever appear in the Mythological Figures column because he’s not in the public domain. The character that inspired him is however, so allow us to introduce to you Allan Quatermain!

Jonathan Tweet: Third Edition and Per-Day Spells

Feb 24

On the Third Edition design team, we were tasked with rationalizing the game system, but there were some big elements of the system that we didn’t question. We inherited a system in which...

How a RPG Company Launched Virtual Reality Gaming

Feb 24

The concept of virtual reality is not a new one. It's been a staple of science fiction for some time in books, television, and movies. But it took a pair of tabletop gaming entrepreneurs with...

Combat in Age of Sigmar

Feb 24

Cubicle 7 has posted an update about Warhammer Age of Sigmar's combat system, and the three main combat traits: Melee, Accuracy, and Defense. Melee (hand-to-hand) is derived from Body and...

Podcast #88: SolSpace: The Spartan Gambit

Feb 22

This week, Morrus and Peter talk about the upcoming EN Publishing Kickstarter for SolSpace: The Spartan Gambit! In the news, most popular Dungeons & Dragons feats according to D&D Beyond, the...

7 Digital D&D Games In Development

Feb 22

Following up on the Hasbro earnings call a couple of weeks ago, WotC"s CEO Chris Cocks announced at New York Toy Fair (D&D comes up after about an hour of the audio - a lot of it is about Magic...

News Digest for the Week of February 21

Feb 21

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Gameplay footage of Baldur’s Gate III coming soon, Kickstarter votes to unionize, Paizo previews monster creation rules for Pathfinder 2nd...

Game Design Masterclass: James Bond 007

Feb 21

Watching the trailer for the upcoming movie No Time to Die (the 25th Bond film) I realized it was about time to share a bit of love for one of my favorite long out of print games. While...

Finishing Touches For Rethmar

Feb 21

We’ll bid adieu to Rethmar this time, by augmenting its recent events and what’s unfolding in town right now—that is, as the PCs tarry in Rethmar—and a little more of What’s Whispered About...