Before Pauli Kidd defined the soul of Greyhawk, she broke the rules of tabletop gaming with Lace & Steel. We explore the 1989 classic that replaced dice with card-driven duels and social combat.
TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Never get caught out again: The 47-book Random Tables bundle
Low on prep time? Explore the Dicegeeks Game Masters No Prep bundle on Fanatical. Grab 47 system-agnostic books packed with random tables for any genre.
Night City 2045 sourcebook brings star-studded writing team to Cyberpunk RED
R. Talsorian Games ends a year long Cyberpunk RED core book drought with the launch of Night City 2045 and an all star tabletop design team.
ENnie-winning whimsical fantasy: Grab the Land of Eem bundle now
Explore the Mucklands in Land of Eem, the whimsical fantasy RPG described as Lord of the Rings meets The Muppets. Grab the ENnie-winning collection today!
Symbaroum returns: Free League restructures dark fantasy RPG for its 10th anniversary
Free League Publishing announces the Symbaroum 10th anniversary Kickstarter with revised core rules, but questions remain for veteran players and VTT users.
Transparency concerns as WizardCon 2 shuts down days before opening
WizardCon 2 organisers cancel the Battle Creek roleplaying games event citing an unspecified incident. Attendees are left waiting for a YouTube livestream for news.
One of Us Will Die: A social deduction tabletop roleplaying game
Discover One of Us Will Die, a tension-filled tabletop roleplaying game by Lone Colossus Games where one character is destined to perish by the end of the session.
Keep Your Torches Lit: 26 Shadowdark modules from Menagerie Press for under £12
Explore 26 deadly Shadowdark RPG adventures from Menagerie Press. From Celtic myths to deep-space salvage, grab this £124 value bundle for under £12.
100 hand-drawn fantasy ink illustrations: Midnight Tower’s Tove embraces gritty OSR
Explore the dip-pen soul of Tove L. J.’s new art project, featuring 100 human-made ink illustrations with a commercial licence for TTRPG creators.
Routinely Itemised: RPG #357
Discover the latest tabletop news from Scotland’s oldest gaming convention. We cover Innsmouth in Ravenloft, Paizo’s 13 Omens, and big Edinburgh updates.
