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Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 25).

Wolves Upon the Coast: A Mythic Sandbox Hexcrawl

February 25, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Your history is gone. You are free. Sail into a mythic, dark-age sandbox with the Wolves Upon the Coast bundle. Get the complete 540-hex OSR campaign and supplements for $17.95.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Old School Renaissance

Review: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die – gilded digital cages

February 24, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gore Verbinski delivers a 5/5 sci-fi masterpiece with Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, a film that pits human flaws against a cold AI future.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: reviews

Venger’s Decks launches free playtest for The Chaos card-based roleplaying game

February 23, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Venger’s Decks releases a free playtest for The Chaos, an old-school inspired roleplaying game contained within a single deck of cards.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: edinburgh, free to download, playtest, tabletop scotland, venger's decks

Legendary anime Akira comes back to British cinemas this April

February 23, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Anime Limited is bringing Katsuhiro Otomo’s masterpiece Akira back to UK cinemas and IMAX screens from 17 April to celebrate 35 years of the cyberpunk classic.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Akira, anime limited, kodansha

Review: The Creative Game Master’s Guide to Extraordinary Locations: & How to Design Them

February 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Duncan Rhodes applies travel writing expertise to roleplaying games in this review of thirty original fantasy locations. Discover how real world geography creates session sustaining set pieces for 5e and beyond.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, reviews

Rob Grant returns to Red Dwarf with prequel novel Titan

February 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Red Dwarf: Titan is the first new novel in 30 years. Series co-creator Rob Grant returns to the mining ship for a prequel adventure set on Saturn’s moon.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Gollancz, red dwarf

New Dungeons & Dragons job openings signal a major digital shift

February 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast is hiring for several Dungeons & Dragons roles, focusing on a major rebuild of the D&D Beyond platform and new game design talent.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: d&d beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, jobs, wizards of the coast

Small Folk in Big Coats: A collaborative struggle for sartorial supremacy

February 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new roleplaying games zine, Small Folk in Big Coats, challenges players to pilot a trench coat while pursuing secret, conflicting goals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Audio EXP Podcast #322: Tariffs, Tech Roadmaps, and Tic Tac Toe

February 21, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ryan Dancey leaves AEG over an AI dispute, PaizoCon 2026 takes a hiatus, and D&D Beyond rebuilds its engine. Girdy breaks down the week in tabletop gaming.

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

From Elizabeth Moon to Aaron Allston: How Surbrook Press builds encyclopaedic RPG worlds

February 21, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Veteran RPG writer Michael Surbrook discusses his upcoming portal fantasy setting Well of the Worlds and adapting beloved literary universes for the tabletop.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chivalry & Sorcery, GURPS, Hero System, Prowlers & Paragons

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