Hello everyone, Darryl here with the summary of this week’s gaming news from EN World.
EN Publishing News
EN World Feature Columns
Tabletop Roleplaying News
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EN Publishing News
- For a quick summary of the week’s news, Jessica Hancock will bring you up to speed with EN Live's This Week in TTRPG every Friday.
- Don’t forget, you can keep up with all the week’s gaming news in detail with Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk (including a test of a new video live stream version!).
- EN Publishing has a new Backerkit project for the Gate Pass Gazette Annual 2024 with digital and hardcover copies of all the articles from Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition’s official zine.
- This week on Not DnD, Jessica talks with Parable Games about the lo-fi solo mecha RPG ION Heart.
- EN5ider #615 is a 2nd level adventure Big Fight where the party is asked to fill in after renowned prize fighter is rendered unable to compete.
EN World Feature Columns
- Rob Wieland reviewed the new urban fantasy cyberpunk game on the block, :Otherscape.
- Rob also took a look back at The Dracula Dossier with a new retro review.
- Lewis Pulsipher’s newst Worlds of Design discusses the difference in design based on game length between a one-shot, a limited sequence, or a full campaign.
- M.T. Black continues his journey through gaming periodicals past with Dragon Reflections #88 covering the August 1984 issue of Dragon.
- Michael Tresca’s newest RPG Evolution looks back at his 2024 gaming goals and how many of them were successful.
- Don’t miss out on the newest RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News.
- Keep up with all the new print RPG releases with Charles Dunwoody’s RPG Print News.
- Find the big TTRPG sales, bundles, and charity fundraisers with the Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles News.
Tabletop Roleplaying News
- Beth Rimmels got an early look at the 2024 Monster Manual along with a Q&A.
- Wizards of the Coast released another preview from the Monster Manual including looks at the empyrean, half-dragon, cyclops, and animal lords.
- And previews from even more monsters including the vampire familiar stat block and lots of new art.
- EN World has created a constantly updated compilation of all the Monster Manual stat blocks released in previews so far.
- Previews from the Monster Manual indicate that changes may be coming to some playable species.
- WizKids announced two new miniature lines, new miniatures featuring updated designs from the 2024 Monster Manual and a series of glow-in-the-dark D&D miniatures.
- Diamond Comic Distributors files for bankruptcy and sells off tabletop distributor Alliance Game.
- BBC panel show QI (Quite Interesting) mentions the Diana Jones Award on social media.
That’s all from me for this week! Don’t forget to support our Patreon to bring you more gaming news content.