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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 120).

Power user review: UGREEN’s Nexode Power Bank Genshin Impact edition

June 9, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The display, which impressed me so, shows a pixel art of K’uhul Ajaw, a dragon from the open-world Genshin Impact RPG, along with real-time power data.

Filed Under: Cool Tech

Swords, Stunts, and Stranger Shores: Getting started with Fantasy AGE Second Edition

June 9, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve got until July 1st to grab Green Ronin’s Fantasy AGE 2e deal from Bundle of Holding.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, fantasy age, Green Ronin Publishing

Sebastien de Castell’s explanation as to why there’s no Greatcoats TTRPG is logical and tragic

June 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At Cymera, the horror and sci-fi festival in Edinburgh, Sebastien de Castell took the stage under the watch of host E.M. Faulds with Scottish author Cameron Johnston to talk about The Malevolent Eight (Sebastien) and The Last Shield (Cameron).

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cymera, money

Wizards of the Coast’s (money) recruited sci-fi authors for the Exodus TTRPG

June 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Exodus is a computer RPG from Wizards of the Coast’s Archetype Entertainment, and it’ll feature Matthew McConaughey. There’s a tabletop RPG to accompany both.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Archetype Entertainment, essence20, exodus, James Ohlen, wizards of the coast

Short film: Red Iron Road – Family of Vurdulak

June 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can watch Family of Vurdulak for free on YouTube. The horror animation is the first episode in the Red Iron Road series.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: animation, horror, short film

Adrian Tchaikovsky prefers a TTRPG-first approach for future setting

June 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At Edinburgh’s sci-fi and horror fiction festival, Cymera, Adrian Tchaikovsky told the crowd that he has a fantasy novel idea and that he’d rather like a TTRPG for it, and agreed on. The game must come first. Update: 9th June – An earlier version of this post used stronger language for Adrian’s position. He’s since […]

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cymera

Two days siren: Holmes & Co’s TTRPG relaunch goes to the wire

June 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are two books in the project: the corebook for the rules (and three sample cases to solve) and the casebook with more cases. Each case has its own particular subgenre of crime thriller. English and Italian versions are coming.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Audio EXP Podcast: #289 – The weekend after (by any means necessary)

June 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover the latest tabletop gaming news with a full recap of the UK Games Expo 2025. Find out about the award-winning RPGs, new game announcements from the event, and this month’s RPG Publisher Spotlight winner.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #312

June 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new CEO for Chaosium and a new lead designer for D&D? This week’s TTRPG news unpacks major industry changes, plus the latest bundles and publisher polls.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Modiphius Entertainment, routinely itemised, shadowdark, star trek adventures, wizards of the coast, World Anvil

What the UK Games Expo might tell us about the future of Frosthaven

June 6, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cephalofair Games had a stand at UK Games Expo; of course, they did. UKGE is one of Europe’s largest expos, and Cephalofair is one of the world’s most successful and renowned tabletop game companies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cephalofair games, gloomhaven, uk games expo

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