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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 292).

The UK Games Expo Awards 2023 award winners

June 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Be Like A Crow and Critical Foundation take the Best Role Playing Game top prizes at the UKGE Awards and there are plenty of other others.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: be like a crow, critical kit, uk games expo

Celtic animal knot dice win over Kickstarter’s gaming community

June 15, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These beautiful dice aren’t just regular dice, although they come in some (but not all) of the RPG/wargame dice range, because they’re also a game in their own right.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, kickstarters

Castlepunk rebellions against the vampire lords: Brinkwood flash sale

June 15, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ending on Wednesday, the 21st of June, there’s a flash sale of Far Horizon’s vampire-battling Brinkwood RPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: brinkwood, bundle of holding, bundles, flash sale, forged in the dark

The Straight Way Lost: A look inside the 5e Fantastical Renaissance Italy between Heaven and Hell

June 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Straight Way Lost includes historical personalities to interact with, new monsters and foes such as Souleaters, the Malebranche and fallen angels in hell.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: angels, demons, Dungeons & Dragons, Melina Sedo, previews, The Straight Way Lost, Vortex Verlag

Tanks and Tankards aims to show D&D’s RPG engine can power armoured WWI armoured combat

June 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I don’t doubt the history skills of the team, but typos in the story pitch on Kickstarter won’t reassure people.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, World War II

Trinkets for initiative trackers: Foam Brain Games return to Kickstarter

June 13, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Foam Brain Games have a Kickstarter for RPG-inspired trinkets, and the retailer tiers are busier than the individual ones in the successful campaign. It’s the 24th time Andrew Zorowitz and Foam Brain Games have been on Kickstarter, and this trip brings charms, baubles and other sundries with RPGs in mind. There are earrings, charm bracelets […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: jewellery, kickstarters

Free to Download: Preview Atlas Games’ dinosaur RPG The Star-Shaman’s Song of Planegea

June 13, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tonight, her spells and his rage will at last lay waste to the slimy lair of the tentacled tyrant-lizard and its corrupted brood!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Atlas Games, dinosaurs, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download

Free to Download: Star Trek Adventures RPG Lower Decks adventure

June 13, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ah! Junior officers! Some people might look down on these upstart crewmembers who are so often given the grunt work to perform.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, star trek, star trek adventures, star trek: lower decks

TSR files for bankruptcy, and WotC’s lawyers hit pause, say reports

June 13, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a messy case that started when the TSR trademark was snatched up, forged into an RPG publisher, and sued Wizards of the Coast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: legal, TSR, wizards of the coast

Welcome to magical Edinburgh: A look inside the manga Witch of Thistle Castle

June 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The last in a long line of Witches of the Black Wood, Marie Blackwood lives a quiet life in Edinburgh – away from the scrutiny of the Church.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: previews

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