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TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Interview with the Vampire RPG coming to BackerKit this autumn
Renegade Game Studios is adapting AMC’s Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe into a tabletop roleplaying game, launching on BackerKit in autumn 2026.
Lord of the Dice II: Modular metal dice replacement hits Kickstarter
Discover how Lord of the Dice II replaces standard polyhedral sets with a glueless, modular metal spinner cube for tabletop roleplaying games.
Sing the space cowboy blues with two Orbital Blues RPG bundles
Explore the melancholic, lo-fi space Western world of Orbital Blues with two huge digital RPG collections from SoulMuppet Publishing.
As Spain takes the FIFA World Cup, why are TTRPGs not playing ball?
As Spain takes the 2026 global crown, why is football still completely missing from modern tabletop roleplaying design?
The Body in the Mage Tower: Frankenstein-inspired Mystery launches on Kickstarter
Midnight Tower returns with an 80-page, Frankenstein-inspired Gothic murder mystery adventure for fifth edition featuring scalable encounters and deep investigation mechanics.
Mutant spacers and parasitic Würms: The Vast Grimm Bundle of Holding
Fight alien parasites and survive a neon-soaked artpunk space apocalypse in the Vast Grimm tabletop RPG bundle from Creature Curation.
RPG Publisher Spotlight: How Menagerie Press streamlines classic d20 mechanics
Discover how Menagerie Press is blending classic Pathfinder 1E flavour with the deadly rules of Shadowdark in our July RPG Publisher Spotlight.
Dark fantasy auteur game Hex Ferrum sets September Gamefound launch
Finnish designer Jan-Erik Ehrström announces a September Gamefound launch for Hex Ferrum, a completed 830-page dark fantasy roleplaying game.
Routinely Itemised: RPG #370
This week’s RPG news: Chaosium reveals a new original game, Paizo shakes up the Archives of Nethys licence, and an indie charity bundle supports accessibility.
