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July 29, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s more caffeine in a dose of 10 gummies than in a cup of coffee.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: food, sneak

Indie TTRPG publisher SoulMuppet blocked (briefly) in the UK amidst ‘Age-Gate Apocalypse’

July 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A UK-based tabletop roleplaying publisher, SoulMuppet Publishing, recently found its digital storefront on Itch.io completely blocked to customers in its home country. The incident highlights a precarious new reality for indie creators, caught between the rollout of the UK’s Online Safety Act and escalating pressure from payment processing companies. This past weekend, anyone in the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: itch.io, legal, soulmuppet

Sneak Peek! Shadows Over Sol 2e quickstart

July 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the hard sci-fi horror of Shadows Over Sol, the void is hungry.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, previews, tab creations

ThunderCats Ho! Dynamite announces official 5e roleplaying game

July 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Thundercats will be developed by Lynnvander Studios and, in a now-familiar route for licensed TTRPGs, will launch on Kickstarter before heading to retail.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dynamite Entertainment, sdcc, thundercats

Audio EXP Podcast: #296 – Horror: White Wolf needs humans, uses AI

July 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What do a crowdfunding buyout, AI in game design, and a wave of new horror roleplaying games have in common? They’re all shaking up the tabletop world. Get the full story and discover your next favourite game.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

Routinely Itemised: RPG #319

July 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Get the latest roleplaying game news for Gen Con season! Catch up on the Gamefound acquisition of Indiegogo, the new Mutants & Masterminds playtest, and the release of Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere TTRPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: brotherwise games, cosmere, Dungeons & Dragons, gen con, Green Ronin Publishing, Mutants & Masterminds, routinely itemised

White Wolf’s new beginning: Five key roles signal a studio built from the ground up

July 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The Stockholm-based company, responsible for the World of Darkness, is looking to fill the following senior positions:

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: jess lanzillo, jobs, Vampire: The Masquerade, white wolf, world of darkness

Jason Bulmahn on hacking Pathfinder for horror: The Hellfinder interview

July 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hellfinder runs until August 20th on BackerKit, and at the time of writing, we’re halfway there to sending the designer on a strange road trip.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crowdfunding, Jason Bulmahn, pathfinder

Mongoose releases a Traveller Frontier original soundtrack

July 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mongoose Publishing worked with the ten-year-old Sonor Village, this week released Traveller Frontier Original Soundtrack on DriveThruFiction.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Mongoose Publishing, traveller

Titan’s “The Art & Making of Arcane” looks stunning

July 24, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I noticed The Art & Making of Arcane over on Forbidden Planet when the hardcover was flagged “limited to 1 per customer”. That’s a great way to draw a blogger’s attention!

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: arcane, riot games, Titan Books

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