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Review: Magpie Games’ Zombie World (now a free PDF download)
Our review of Zombie World! A zombie RPG where a deck of cards seals your fate and secret traumas can be deadlier than any zombie. Is this your next horror campaign?
Routinely Itemised: RPG #328
This week’s TTRPG news: Roll20Con 2025, Diamond bankruptcy latest, Paizo’s new store, Itch.io publisher payments, a rare auction, and the RPG Publisher Spotlight deadline.
SmiteWorks sets November dates for its Fantasy Grounds convention
The virtual tabletop Fantasy Grounds is hosting its online convention, FG Con 2025, from November 8th to 10th. Find out how to sign up as a player or GM.
Rare Dungeons & Dragons “Wood Grain” sets feature in major collectors’ auction
Heritage Auctions is hosting a sale of 149 rare TTRPG items, including early D&D prints, classic modules, and other vintage games.
First look: Jurassic World Evolution 3 to feature baby dinosaurs and a global campaign
Frontier Developments has revealed the first gameplay details for Jurassic World Evolution 3, including dinosaur breeding, at a special preview event in London.
Get free D&D, Cyberpunk and ALIEN adventures during Roll20Con this weekend
Celebrate nine years of the VTT with Roll20Con. The online event offers giveaways, free games, and a chance to support Outright International.
This clever D&D accessory from Wasted Wizard stacks to track multiple conditions
D&D accessory company Wasted Wizard has a solution for tracking multiple spell and status effects on one miniature: stackable condition rings.
Tales of Argosa: Crow’s Keep of The Midlands
Tales of Argosa is a ruleset for deadly fantasy D20 adventures and The Midlands Low Magic Sandbox Setting is a setting by the same author.
Five Years After Review: Let’s start at the end
Who were you before the world ended? Our review of the GM-less roleplaying game Five Years After explores its brilliant reverse-chronology system, where discovering your past is the entire point of the game.
