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Supercharge your loot table with the 5E Treasures bundle
A new 5E bundle brings together top third-party publishers like Kobold Press and Legendary Games to offer a massive hoard of wondrous treasures for your game.
Genre Police: Keeping Our Own Gates
I’m an advocate for pushing RPGS into new places and have written at least one article here over the years that in reflection got a little bit to esoteric. But I think it’s important to occasionally balance the scales. So let’s look at those suppositions.
The first official Berserk board game embraces the manga’s darkness with an 18+ rating
Explore the dark world of Guts and the Band of the Hawk in Berserk: The Board Game, a cooperative adventure now crowdfunding.
Give it your best shot at stopping a cult in this TTRPG one shot
We’re approaching Spooktober, which means lots of fun, spooky content is being released – including this TTRPG one shot, Ward of the Eye Tyrant.
Genre Police: What did we learn?
Last article, I was fully on the soapbox. I talked about how you can change up your expectations of an existing system if you feel stuck in a rut, but also don’t want to change the system. At the end of the article, I said I’d revisit some of the ideas to shake up the campaigns I’ve had over the years.
Paizo to donate up to 10,000 meals via new Pathfinder crowdfunder
Publisher Paizo has partnered with the Power Word Meal charity event, pledging to donate a meal to the U.N. World Food Programme for every backer of Pathfinder Quest.
Review: Does Ravensburger’s D&D Horrified live up to the hype?
Ravensburger merges its hit co-op board game Horrified with Dungeons & Dragons. We review the new mechanics, monsters, and d20-rolling gameplay.
Unsupervised Adventures: At what age can kids play roleplaying games alone?
Find the ‘sweet spot’ for your child’s gaming independence. Learn when kids are ready for unsupervised tabletop roleplaying, based on expert advice and community data.
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?
