England’s Bodhana Sivanandan secured her Woman Grandmaster title and an International Master norm at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan.
TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Spooky Shadows brings fairy-tale horror to SoloDark roleplaying games
Austin designer Philip Reed applies an Itchfunding-style rolling update model to Spooky Shadows, a new grim solo toolset designed for Shadowdark RPG.
Review of “The Isle Beyond the Mist” in the World of Styria
Geek Native reviews the advance edition of The Isle Beyond the Mist, a 92-page Pathfinder Second Edition adventure funding human art for the World of Styria crowdfunding launch.
Roll20 introduces new Toker Maker system allowing users to digitally create free custom TTRPG tokens
Roll20 has just launched a brand new, completely free to use system called Token Maker which allows users to create digital tokens by uploading art or creating your own character using their toolset, to use in various games.
Nobunaga’s Black Castle: Sengoku doom metal fantasy meets MÖRK BORG
Green Ronin brings Yusuke Tokita’s Nobunaga’s Black Castle to Kickstarter, adapting Japanese Sengoku doom metal fantasy to MÖRK BORG roleplaying game mechanics.
Kin, craft, and ancestors: Rivers of Awen Review
Discover our review of Rivers of Awen by Yannick Dubois, an Iron Age roleplaying game of kin, craft, and seasonal survival in ancient Britain.
EXCLUSIVE: First-look images for upcoming ‘Rebel Country: Squadron of Rogues’ all-day megagame
A chat during Tabletop Scotland with ABS of More Fun With Games and Cymera Festival led us to uncover news of an upcoming megagame in our home city of Edinburgh – called Rebel Country: Squadron of Rogues, on Saturday 7th November.
Heavy Gear RPG 4ania Emerges on Bundle of Holding
Command four-metre mecha and survive brutal planetary wars in the 62nd Century with the Heavy Gear RPG 4E collection on Bundle of Holding.
Billionaire Timur Turlov wins world chess presidency following sanctions shake-up
Timur Turlov wins the FIDE presidency alongside Viswanathan Anand, ending decades of Russian leadership over world chess amid European Union sanctions.
Routinely Itemised: RPG #380
UK Games Expo bans generative AI content, Chaosium backs QuestXR’s augmented reality system, and D&D sets a new course under Dan Ayoub.
