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A new Dark Eye megabundle offers a platinum-bestselling RPG

June 19, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a new megabundle of The Dark Eye content available through Monday, the 10th of July, on the Bundle of Holding.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, the dark eye, Ulisses Spiele

Can an RPG also be a party game? Adventure Party hits Kickstarter funding goal

June 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Curt Covert is back on Kickstarter with success called “Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Cease & Desist: Renegade Game Studios issues legal threat to “Renegade City” indie creator

June 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Renegade Game Studios, which publishes RPGs like Power Rangers and Transformers with Hasbro, and Vampire, Hunters and Werewolf with Paradox, are threatening legal action.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: legal, Renegade Game Studios

‘Devil May Cry’ designer touts ‘Final Fantasy 16’ as his personal masterpiece, calls it an action game

June 18, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Veteran developer and Final Fantasy 16’s battle director Ryota Suzuki has proudly declared the game to be his “personal masterpiece”. But going by the headline, you may have gathered that’s not all that’s caught our attention about this story. Suzuki, who has previously worked on Devil May Cry 5, Dragon’s Dogma, and Monster Hunter, said the […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: final fantasy, rpgs, video games

Now you can play as a guinea pig for your next Dungeons & Dragons character… because why the hell not?

June 17, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Cavies are small humanoid rodents; they tend to walk on their hind legs but are actually quadrupeds. Their ears are soft and folded over to protect the delicate tissue inside. Their eyes protrude slightly with colours ranging from dark brown to burnt umber, and on rare occasion, bright pink.

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

As the Sun Forever Sets: Evil Hat opens playtest new Forged in the Dark RPG

June 17, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Forged in the Dark game is set in Victorian Britain as the aliens invade. The overpowering force from Mars forces the player characters into a desperate battle for survival.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Evil Hat Productions, forged in the dark

Genre Police: Seizing The Initiative

June 17, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

A while back now, I talked about different dying mechanics in systems and enjoyed the difference the mechanics made to how a game felt.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, masks, rpg tips, savage worlds

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #209

June 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Geek Native’s news round-up with news about the end of the company calling itself TSR, dragon queens and D&D and some very big bundle deals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: be like a crow, bloat games, critical kit, dice trays, dimension 20, exalted funeral, forbidden lands, Free League Publishing, lasers & feelings, onyx path publishing, role, routinely itemised, TSR, Vampire: The Masquerade

Buy that for a dollar? Cocaine Owlbear RPG

June 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One thing your newly warped brain can tell is that there’s a plan in the satchel alongside the magical cocaine – it’s a complicated heist plan.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Fainting Goat Games, Honey Heist, Mike Lafferty

The UK Games Expo Awards 2023 award winners

June 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Be Like A Crow and Critical Foundation take the Best Role Playing Game top prizes at the UKGE Awards and there are plenty of other others.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: be like a crow, critical kit, uk games expo

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