The playtest is going to drop in 2024, likely to coincide with either paizocon (June/July) or Gen con (usually August) the playtest is going to feature 6 classes....
A common reframe [sic] in the old school landscape is "Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport," often used to negatively contrast elements of 5e and particularly 4e concerned with encounter balance and "the encounter" as a fundamental unit of game action in general with the old school.
The other finalists for this year were:...
Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition gets adventures, a new setting, and giant gorillas and robots. Traveller gets new tools, Warhammer Fantasy gets another city, and Shiver debuts a 10-part story to play through. Note: RPG Print News covers new RPG releases and some classics, reprints, and sales available from retailers. It does...
Our upcoming '7th Era' book contains 12 new subclasses. They are all Afrofantasy flavored and ready to fit right in into your game of Wagadu!
This week’s article offers a sampling of TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter and Backerkit. These crowdfundings end between August 11 and 16. There are additional options on those platforms as well as Crowdfundr, GameFound, GameOnTabletop, and IndieGoGo.
Grognardia explores issue #3 of the classic RPGA magazine/newsletter.
Joshua, a [Patreon of Sly Flourish] asks:...
... a 8th level magic-user asked me whether it was possible to brew potions and scribe scrolls for a list of spells ... it seems to me that we have a basic setup for monster hunting quests!
Hey all, my friend is starting a new game. We have some newbies joining and their attendance maybe hit and miss, with work schedules and life. What are some creative ways your groups have managed missing players outside of someone paying for them one session?
I'm pretty certain (I could be wrong) that Tracy and Laura Hickman just based Strahd Von Zarovich's name on a combination of Germanic and Slavic sounds to go for a classic gothic villain name. And man does it work. But all those name elements could mean something too. Let's dig into it.
A recent partnership teases "powerful AI-driven game mechanics" for Hasbro's current and future tabletop endeavors.
Tabletop creators face an uncertain future post-Twitter, as the social media platform proved vital to promotion, busine…
It was a campaign we'd made from one of those 'Roll 4 commoners' tables, where we took our little party and the sole survivor we adopted as our hero going forward....
Playing or running an RPG this weekend? Spending time on world building, prep, painting minis, or writing something? Let's hear it....
In the latest episode of their prophetic podcast, Ken and Robin talk jeepform, Captagon, post 9/11 SF cinema, and Mother Shipton.
my Cyberpunk Red group has a very explicit agreement that says we will play if only one person can’t make it to the session. That agreement is what we called a quorum, and I thought we could talk about it
I promise I never meant this to be so long but brave your way through it & then discover a cool old school adventure some deeply strange miniatures, a great writer's newsletter & much much more..
We know who's in the million dollar TTRPG club, but who has grossest the most of all the TTRPG crowdfunders? I decided to find out! The difficulty is separating out boardgame companies who have also made a TTRPG. Boardgames, and indeed miniature creators, are a much bigger market than TTRPGs...
A new issue of The Soloist is out with a dive into Star Trek: Captain's Log, the franchise's first #solo GM-less #TTRPG. I interviewed Jim Johnson who led the project for the piece....
High Elves can be Pricks when they want, so what if you had to pass the TOEFL to enter the High Elves city!...
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