Another good thing to come out of Tabletop Scotland 2026 was meeting up with Crossed Paths to find out what they’ve been up to recently – and that’s getting ready to launch a new game on Backerkit next month!
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Beyond the Golden Horizon: Multi-system high seas campaign
Explorer’s Guild Publishing launches Beyond the Golden Horizon, an open-world nautical sandbox campaign built natively for D&D 5e, Pathfinder, and Daggerheart.
Designing the Mystery: Robin D. Laws on player agency, tone shifts, and ‘Page Turners’
Bronwen was extremely lucky to catch up with Robin D. Laws of Pelgrane Press at Tabletop Scotland 2026, and pick his brains about all things TTRPG related.
Minor Disaster Games plans big box expansion for Trouble on the Tempus
Minor Disaster Games revealed to Geek Native at Tabletop Scotland that a big box expansion introducing environmental space hazards is in development for Trouble on the Tempus.
Rise of the Living Bread! brings chaotic memory mechanics to tabletop picnic blankets
Following legal disputes and restructuring, Scottish studio Terror Toad debuted Rise of the Living Bread! at Tabletop Scotland. Here is how the memory game subverts the genre.
Gamehole Publishing brings Wardens of the Eastern Marches to UK Games Expo 2027
Gamehole Publishing will bring its fifth-edition D&D organized play campaign, Wardens of the Eastern Marches, across the Atlantic to UK Games Expo 2027.
Scottish developer Weird Specialty brings multiversal chaos and battling plushies to Tabletop Scotland with Warped
Glasgow developer Weird Specialty Productions debuted manic d20 roleplaying game Warped alongside its companion minigame Sprogs at Tabletop Scotland 2026.
How an indie game designer used cheap NFC tech to cast real magic at Tabletop Scotland
Scottish author Jennifer Masters hacked a toy wand with programmable NFC tags to turn table visits into newsletter sign-ups at Tabletop Scotland.
Handcrafted painting handle maker Four Score Gaming plans modular expansion
Speaking to Geek Native at Tabletop Scotland, Four Score Gaming revealed plans to expand its turned-beech painting handles into a modular hobby workstation system.
[EXCLUSIVE] Blue Fox Comics teases new solo journaling RPG as part of ‘Bats in the Attic’ series
This weekend at Tabletop Scotland 2026 I caught up with Simon Birks of Blue Fox Comics who, along with debuting new game Nine Shrines, was able to tease something else rather exciting was on the way – in the form of a new solo journaling RPG!
