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In this archive, you'll find Andrew Girdwood's recent work on Tabletop & RPGs, Geek Stuff, and Sites.

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D&D’s former co-lead admits the game is still broken for high-level play

April 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mike Mearls is the controversial former co-lead for D&D 5e and former Creative Director for D&D. He left Wizards of the Coast in 2023.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Mike Mearls

Mongoose Publishing apologise to fans for reposting AI art

April 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fans of Traveller RPG at Virtual Traveller and sci-fi publisher CyborgPrime Days are working together to run the virtual Mayday 2025 celebration of the game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: conventions, Mongoose Publishing, traveller

Oceania 2084 – Surplus Edition: RPG Magnifico 2024 winner

April 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this oppressive future ruled by the Party and the ever-watchful eye of Big Brother, the characters are not compliant citizens – they are members of the resistance.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

It’s got nasty: Alliance Entertainment sues Diamond Comic Distributors

April 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the start of the year Distributors files Chapter 11, which meant legal protections were in place while the company tried to find a buyer. Otherwise? It would go out of business.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Diamond Comic Distributors, legal, money

Listen up humans! “The Horde” is for 5e, OSE, or Shadowdark

April 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Horde! is a stonethrow away from reaching its funding goal and going wild. The Kickstarter campaign runs until April 30th; you can see its progress from the pitch page.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, old school essentials, rod wiebel, shadowdark

Space: 1999 RPG quickstart is a free download

April 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Of course, there’s a tabletop game coming from Modiphius, that British powerhouse of TTRPG publishing.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Modiphius, space: 1999

TradeCraft Bonus: Discworld minis

April 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Polish star seller MicroArtStudioPL. has a license to sell Discworld resin minis.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Discworld, Etsy, minis, shopping, tradecraft bonus

A modern hell: Hellborn Descended crowdfunds

April 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hellborn Descended is a mix of Hazbin Hotel and Cyberpunk RED. Publisher Studio Hex call it a ‘combat RPG’. It’s not a skirmish game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, studio hex

Audio EXP Podcast: #282 – Retirement and reviews

April 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wikipedia says Chris Perkins is 57. The Canadian is no longer the creative director of D&D. He has retired. In many ways, he’s going out strong and as D&D turns 50.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

Conpulsion 2025: Chaosium is supporting Scotland’s oldest gaming convention

April 5, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Conpulsion 2025, which I’ll be at, is around the corner and returns to its new home in the Pleasance next weekend.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, conventions

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