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Review: Does Ravensburger’s D&D Horrified live up to the hype?

September 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Ravensburger merges its hit co-op board game Horrified with Dungeons & Dragons. We review the new mechanics, monsters, and d20-rolling gameplay.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Dungeons & Dragons, ravensburger, reviews

Unsupervised Adventures: At what age can kids play roleplaying games alone?

September 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Find the ‘sweet spot’ for your child’s gaming independence. Learn when kids are ready for unsupervised tabletop roleplaying, based on expert advice and community data.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: stats

Review: Magpie Games’ Zombie World (now a free PDF download)

September 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Our review of Zombie World! A zombie RPG where a deck of cards seals your fate and secret traumas can be deadlier than any zombie. Is this your next horror campaign?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, magpie games, zombies

Routinely Itemised: RPG #328

September 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week’s TTRPG news: Roll20Con 2025, Diamond bankruptcy latest, Paizo’s new store, Itch.io publisher payments, a rare auction, and the RPG Publisher Spotlight deadline.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Battlefield Press, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, cosmere, Drizzt, Jeremy Crawford, Mongoose Publishing, R.A. Salvatore, routinely itemised, traveller

SmiteWorks sets November dates for its Fantasy Grounds convention

September 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The virtual tabletop Fantasy Grounds is hosting its online convention, FG Con 2025, from November 8th to 10th. Find out how to sign up as a player or GM.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: conventions, Fantasy Grounds, smiteworks, virtual tabletop

Rare Dungeons & Dragons “Wood Grain” sets feature in major collectors’ auction

September 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Heritage Auctions is hosting a sale of 149 rare TTRPG items, including early D&D prints, classic modules, and other vintage games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons

First look: Jurassic World Evolution 3 to feature baby dinosaurs and a global campaign

September 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Frontier Developments has revealed the first gameplay details for Jurassic World Evolution 3, including dinosaur breeding, at a special preview event in London.

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: dinosaurs, playstation, xbox

Get free D&D, Cyberpunk and ALIEN adventures during Roll20Con this weekend

September 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Celebrate nine years of the VTT with Roll20Con. The online event offers giveaways, free games, and a chance to support Outright International.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, conventions, cosmere, cyberpunk red, daggerheart, roll20, roll20con, startplaying

Sneak launches fantasy RPG-themed ‘Rings of the Elder Bunny’ energy drink

September 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Inspired by high fantasy, Sneak’s new Rings of the Elder Bunny collection features a Tolkien-style map mousemat and a “forged” shaker.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: drink, food, lord of the rings, sneak

This clever D&D accessory from Wasted Wizard stacks to track multiple conditions

September 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

D&D accessory company Wasted Wizard has a solution for tracking multiple spell and status effects on one miniature: stackable condition rings.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, miniatures

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