The tabletop gaming world is facing significant turbulence as recent U.S. tariff increases on goods imported from China begin to take effect.
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Greater Than Games shutters with the team unemployed
Effective today, tabletop game publisher Greater Than Games has undergone a reduction in staff in response to ongoing economic pressures resulting from the international tariff crisis.
Defiant: The adult-leaning supernatural TTRPG of court politics, romance and betrayal
In Defiant, characters are supernatural entities who decide to save their corner of the world when the apocalypse breaks out.
Can you solve the crypt? Lvl 12 D&D meets Rubik’s cube madness
A new adventure module for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, titled “Lazlo’s Cubed Crypt,” has been announced.
Roll20 to offer bonus content with D&D Dragon Delves pre-orders
The virtual tabletop platform has announced a promotion for the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons adventure anthology, Dragon Delves.
The award-winning The World Anvil now has a a TTRPG inspired by Soulslike (with a solo mode!)
Has a computer game had more innovative influence on the tabletop RPG scene than Dark Souls?
Between Clouds: Still time to grab this biopunk RPG
Set in a biopunk world, Between Clouds is a roleplaying game utilising the Year Zero rules system.
Worldbuilding Amazing Adventures: Transylvania and the Necronomicon
This month continues building a 1930s world of player characters armed with guns and fist facing off against vampires. In Transylvania. To claim the Necronomicon.
Outgunned Superheroes: The quickstart lands
Phase 1 of the Outgunned Superheros is the free-to-download Quickstart. That 71-page download is now out.
Genre Police: Dragon’s End
This last fortnight, I finished two massive campaigns. Both of the games have been running since 2020 and so together represent about eight years of effective play. This meant a level of pressure – a story is often only as good as its ending.
