From Cymera highlights to Paizo’s warehouse crisis and massive Pride Month charity bundles, catch up on a busy week of roleplaying games news and industry updates.
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The tabletop AI divide: Why Tabletop Scotland mirrors London’s strict bans
Tabletop Scotland implements a strict anti-generative AI policy for its 2026 convention, mirroring major London bans and drawing a sharp line across the UK hobby industry.
Live the lowlife: Save big on Acheron Games’ Brancalonia RPG double feature
Explore Brancalonia, a brawly 5E Spaghetti Fantasy world of Knaves, rogues, and folklore monsters with two massive, DRM-free Bundle of Holding collections.
The World of Two Moons returns as classic ElfQuest roleplaying game goes to retail
The classic 1984 ElfQuest roleplaying game returns to store shelves this July in a completely restored, error-free 40th anniversary deluxe box set from Chaosium.
Pinnacle caps Deadlands 30th anniversary tickets as community rallies for hospitalized art director
Pinnacle Entertainment Group limits Deadlands 30th anniversary tickets to 100 as the tabletop community rallies to fund a double transplant for art director Aaron Acevedo.
Paizo announces restructuring and layoffs following Diamond Comics distributor deadlock
Following a devastating multi-million pound loss tied to Diamond Comics warehouse litigation, Pathfinder publisher Paizo announces redundancies and scales back official Organised Play.
Games Workshop breaks 38-year silence by revealing the Emperor’s true state in Warhammer 40k 11th edition
Games Workshop shatters a 38-year narrative veil in Warhammer 40k 11th edition, altering the dark satirical legacy established by John Blanche.
Valiant Adventures superhero roleplaying game lands on DriveThruComics
The core rulebook for Valiant Adventures brings Bloodshot and X-O Manowar to the Mutants and Masterminds engine. Check out the launch details.
Routinely Itemised: RPG #363 & #364
Catch up on two weeks of tabletop news: UK Games Expo growth, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new TTRPG, WotC’s D&D Beyond council, Neon Odyssey’s record Kickstarter, and June’s Publisher Spotlight.
The tabletop AI tax: Why policing machine learning is costing indies their livelihood
Live from the UK Games Expo 2026, industry leaders break down the devastating timeline and financial costs of policing generative AI allegations in independent tabletop publishing.
