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No crowdfunding allowed: The strict new rules for UKGE’s Bastion Indie Market
UK Games Expo and Bastion Games launch the Bastion Indie Market in 2026, a dedicated space for handmade, small-run tabletop games with a strict no-crowdfunding rule.
From the Grand Bazaar to the Sewers: Vast savings on Pathfinder Remastered
Explore Absalom with the Pathfinder 2E Remaster bundle. Get the Agents of Edgewatch campaign and core rules for a bargain price.
Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG + Unstoppable: Renegade’s brutal World Dungeon adaptation
Renegade Game Studios brings Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl to the tabletop with a new roleplaying game and deck-builder on BackerKit.
D&D brings Innsmouth to Ravenloft, but the real horror might be the pre-order fatigue
Wizards of the Coast is bringing Innsmouth to Ravenloft, but the real horror of the new D&D expansion is the unprecedented consumer wallet fatigue.
Genre Police: The Throughline
Does your campaign suffer from choice paralysis? Learn why providing a narrative smorgasbord can sometimes backfire and how to use “islands of narrative sense” to guide your players through roleplaying games without stripping away their precious agency.
Magic of Inventorying: The Roleplaying Game that tidies up your loot
Discover Magic of Inventorying, a new GM-less roleplaying game by Kalum of The Rolistes that turns the post-dungeon loot split into a hilarious, zero-prep tabletop experience.
Dive Into Davokar: Get 25 Symbaroum RPG books for under £14
Explore the corruption of Davokar with Free League’s Symbaroum. Get 25 dark fantasy TTRPG ebooks in this massive Fanatical bundle.
Genre Police: Spoiler Police
Should you allow a veteran to replay a finished campaign? Genre Police investigates why spoilers matter less than the journey, exploring how group connectivity and character agency can make a familiar story feel entirely fresh in roleplaying games.
Fomoria: Epic folk horror beneath the false stars
Explore Fomoria, a subterranean folk horror roleplaying game by Johan Nohr and Tania Herrero, now live on Kickstarter via Free League Workshop.
