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Cities, castles and dungeons for VTT as Black Scroll map-tiles lists on Bundle of Holding The Witcher meets Honey Heist: On The Path RPG Dungeoneer is an impressive free RPG campaign manager tool that lives somewhere near VTT space SkullSplitter Dice’s inspired gamer 7-piece dice sets Wizards of the Coast to supply free Introductory Dungeons & Dragons Adventures and Spellbooks for the Forgotten Realms

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Cities, castles and dungeons for VTT as Black Scroll map-tiles lists on Bundle of Holding

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As a heads up, these are high-quality images. If you get the whole set, you’ll need to find 4.5 GB of space on your hard drive.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, cartography, virtual tabletop

The Witcher meets Honey Heist: On The Path RPG

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In On the Path by Cat Elm, you are a monster slayer. The game, which is part of the TTRPG charity bundle for Trans support, is heavily inspired by Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, grant howitt, Honey Heist, the witcher

Dungeoneer is an impressive free RPG campaign manager tool that lives somewhere near VTT space

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The program includes generators to build NPCs on the fly as well as full shops and taverns. Need an encounter? Dungeoneer makes those too.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, rpg tools, virtual tabletop

SkullSplitter Dice’s class inspired gamer 7-piece dice sets

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Icons trapped inside the magical material that forms transparent die so you can see a bard’s musical instrument inside or your barbarian’s axe

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice

Wizards of the Coast to supply free Introductory Dungeons & Dragons Adventures and Spellbooks for the Forgotten Realms

June 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast have told gaming stores part of the Wizards Play Network in the US that they will receive twenty introductory Dungeons & Dragons Adventures and Spellbooks to give freely to customers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, Dungeons & Dragons, forgotten realms, magic the gathering, wizards of the coast

Wild magic and mystical swampland: Traveller’s Guide to the Soddenweald

June 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rose of R-N-W is running a Kickstarter for a 5e supplement called Traveler’s Guide to the Soddenweald, which offers rules for swamp-themed flora, fauna, food and potion recipes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Speculation grows on Wizards of the Coast and an official D&D virtual tabletop

June 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Speculation is mounting that Wizards of the Coast are working on or considering a virtual tabletop of their own.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, petersen games, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Battle Box, dice time and logistics: It’s the Box, Not Just What’s In It

June 15, 2021 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

The Battle Box is a cleverly designed dice container that lets you sort, display and roll your die all in one.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, kickstarters

Can you survive 80s RPG horror? Dark Places & Demogorgons bundle launches

June 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Up for grabs are Dark Places & Demogorgons and Vigilante City with supplements for vampires, werewolf and ghost hunting action, and 10% going to charity.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bloat games, bundle of holding, bundles, dark places & demogorgons, horror, sales, survive this!!

Ray Winninger promises new physical formats for D&D; what could they be?

June 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Some of D&D’s new books will be in a print format we’ve never seen before.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Augmented reality, Dungeons & Dragons, wizards of the coast

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