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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 2).

UK Games Expo apologises after social media post breaches its own generative AI ban

October 16, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

UK Games Expo apologises after an official social media post contained AI-assisted artwork, testing its new ban on machine learning in trade halls.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, conventions, uk games expo

New PlanetPlay charity bundle bundles Blue Prince and Riders Republic for UNICEF

October 15, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ten PC titles valued at $230 arrive in a week-long charity bundle supporting UNICEF UK programmes in over 190 territories.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: bundles, charity

Inside Cake or Dice, the Dundee community café crowned Scotland’s top board game venue

October 15, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

How founder Sable Stevenson and the Cake or Dice CIC team built an alcohol-free Dundee gaming hub with 580+ games, £10 group passes, and design meetups.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Scotland

Gooey Cube and Luke Gygax reveal two boxed sets for The Temple of Inquinatious Evil

October 15, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Luke Gygax and Gooey Cube reveal The Temple of Inquinatious Evil, a two-box roleplaying campaign supported by Ed Greenwood and official Deathbringer rules.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crowdfunding, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, gooey cube, luke gygax, old school essentials

New X-Men and Marvel costumes arrive for October despite early sell-out warnings

October 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Weeks after warning that October stock would sell out, HalloweenCostumes.com has released a new wave of licensed Marvel outfits across the US and UK.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: costumes, ghost rider, halloween, iron man, marvel, shopping, spider-man

13 Omens: Paizo trades tactical crunch for a shared bag of doom on Kickstarter

October 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Paizo launches its first standalone horror roleplaying game on Kickstarter. Explore the shared dice bag mechanics, guest authors, and reward tiers for 13 Omens.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Erik Mona, horror, Jason Bulmahn, kickstarters, Paizo Publishing

Shore of the Dorahín Review: Joust Studio lays the first stone for Heirs to Ruin

October 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Independent publisher Joust Studio launches its Songs of Lon-Gora world with the 5e adventure Shore of the Dorahín ahead of the three-part Heirs to Ruin series.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, reviews

Hasbro deepens Renegade tabletop deal while retreating from physical manufacturing

October 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hasbro extends its tabletop licensing agreement with Renegade Game Studios into 2027, outsourcing classic Avalon Hill and D&D board games as internal digital efforts stall.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Avalon Hill, hasbro, Renegade Game Studios

Watch Tom Cardy celebrate murderhobo mayhem in Love Letter to a Dungeon Master

October 14, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tom Cardy and ScumHouse turn campaign derailment into an animated power ballad with Love Letter to a Dungeon Master, lampooning murderhobos and burnt-out DMs.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: humour

12 Players for every GM: Groupfinder hits 10,000 users and reveals where the tabletop bottlenecks are

October 13, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Groupfinder passes 10,000 users and shares its 2026 RPG data: Pathfinder 2E and Daggerheart top the non-D&D chart, while OSR groups overtake Pathfinder 2E.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, cyberpunk red, pathfinder, savage worlds, savage worlds adventure edition, stats

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