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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 899).

Wizards of the Coast apologise to Orion D. Black

July 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We sincerely apologize to Orion Black for the negative experiences they had as a contractor with the D&D franchise team.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: orion d. black, wizards of the coast

A look at Lost Universe’s early exclusives and limited editions

July 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a new contender in the busy geek culture merchandise town, and perhaps sensing there were already too many Forbidden Planets, they’ve gone with Lost Universe instead.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #56

July 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The heated conversations in the RPG community continue as the hobby space looks at ways to encourage diversity and deal with 40 years of history that don’t always get everything right.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2CGaming, Amanda Hamon, apotheosis studios, Chaosium, critical role, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Green Ronin Publishing, gumshoe, ico partners, iron kingdoms, Jim Pinto, kids on brooms, kobold press, mythic odysseys of theros, Necromancer Games, orion d. black, Pelgrane Press, Privateer Press, routinely itemised, sara thompson, Shadowrun, the red opera, vaesen, Vampire: The Masquerade, vault comics, warhammer, wizards of the coast

Nightfell to bring grimdark horror to D&D and make it look good

July 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nightfell is a world in which the undead have risen and eternal beings, doomed to exist forever, crave the end of reality.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, Mana Project Studio, nightfell

Comic: Dungeon Cops

July 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fans can also support Mads on Patreon. There’s a special offer on right now too, anyone who joins before the 15th will get a signed print.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: humour, skeletons

Game designer Eric M Lang suspended from Twitter

July 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

He used an app to block thousands of followers of a “scumbag serial harasser”.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: social media, twitter

Survey: Gaming is good for your mental health

July 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A survey out this week reveals that 97% of people found that playing video games was good for their mental health.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: charity, stats

Myrrk: The Blighted Well is a new type of solo-RPG gamebook

July 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Blighted Well takes the idea of Fighting Fantasy style gamebook, adds isometric dungeons, more rules and creates a more fully-fledged solo RPG experience.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, solo rpgs

InstaQuest’s mixed reality show aims to transform the D&D experience

July 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new stream will hope to transform the D&D experience into something we’ve not seen before.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, trailers, twitch

$118 million: Tabletop games booming on Kickstarter, despite Covid

July 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now, new data from ICO Partners shows that the start of 2020 was a record-breaking six months despite Covid.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ico partners, stats

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