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Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 166).

Learning to play 4,000 board games (and AIs are learning from those too!)

December 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The paper also describes the ancient game as “really old version of backgammon”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, board games, history

Signed editions available now: Rivers Of London graphic novels

December 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Peter Grant, having become the first English apprentice wizard in fifty years, must immediately deal with two different but ultimately inter-related cases.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, Forbidden Planet, Rivers of London, titan comics

T.J. Klune’s “Somewhere Beyond the Sea” just scrapes the Goodreads Readers’ Favourite Fantasy award – why?

December 9, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

With 69,854 votes, just ahead of Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar with 68,564 votes, T.J. Klune’s Somewhere Beyond the Sea won the Readers’ Favourite Fantasy at Goodreads.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: awards, fantasy

Audio EXP Podcast: #265 – Did D&D win?

December 7, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is Audio EXP for December 7th, and the episode title is “Did D&D win?”  

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

Free to Download: A Monster’s Tail quickstart – PbtA RPG inspired by Pokemon

December 7, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In September, Five Point Games uploaded a generous 100+page quickstart for A Monster’s Tail to DriveThruRPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, pokemon, powered by the apocalypse

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #286

December 6, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new edition of Traveller RPG is available for just $1! Meanwhile, Hasbro ventures into iGaming with D&D, Evil Genius licenses The Return of the Living Dead, Shadow Scar faces delays, and Games Workshop may join the FTSE 100.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, games workshop, Mongoose Publishing, routinely itemised, titan effect, traveller

PAX Unplugged: Return of the Living Dead TTRPG, film and VR

December 6, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Return of the Living Dead TTRPG is slated for 2025 and will be written by Nick Lowe, adding new rules and mechanics suitable for dark humour and undead mayhem.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dave scott, everyday heroes, evil genius productions, pax unplugged, virtual reality, zombies

Free to Download: Shadow Scar Character Creation

December 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

R. Talsorian Games, the publisher of The Witcher RPG and creator Cyberpunk RPG, will publish Shadow Scar next.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cody pondsmith, free to download, pax unplugged, R. Talsorian Games, shadow scar

Two Little Mice and the Outgunned RPG join the Free League Workshop

December 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The deal brings Outgunned to Free League Workshop, a sub-label that gets support from the Swedish success.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, free league workshop, outgunned, pax unplugged, two little mice

Golden Fez: Solarian  announce new tabletop games awards

December 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Golden Fez nominations are open for all tabletop roleplaying games. Judging will occur in January 2025, with awards presented at TotalCon on February 22.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: awards

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