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Free to Download: D8, a new monthly D&D zine launches The Deittman Files brings ghost hunters to an RPG near you How to hook your friends: A review of the Soulbound Starter Set Free to Download: A Player’s Guide to Ptolus Wizards of the Coast partner with eSports network G4 for D&D Live 2021

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Free to Download: D8, a new monthly D&D zine launches

May 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Yum / DM has launched d8 as a new free and monthly D&D zine.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, magazines

The Deittman Files brings ghost hunters to an RPG near you

May 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Alexandra Clinton’s Powered by the Apocalypse game of psychics and investigators researching the mysterious and sometimes dangerous world of the paranormal has funded on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, powered by the apocalypse

How to hook your friends: A review of the Soulbound Starter Set

May 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Soulbound is the tabletop roleplaying game from Cubicle 7 set in Games Workshop’s Warhammer Age of Sigmar world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, reviews, soulbound, soulbound starter set, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar

Free to Download: A Player’s Guide to Ptolus

May 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Perhaps you were born and raised here; perhaps you have recently arrived. Either way, you now walk the streets of Ptolus, that great port city beneath the towering, mysterious Spire.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Ptolus

Wizards of the Coast partner with eSports network G4 for D&D Live 2021

May 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On July 16th and 17th, gamer network G4 will partner with Wizards of the Coast to run D&D Live 2021. The event will be followed up by four all-new and limited-run campaigns that will premiere on G4 in the autumn.

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

Watch Games Workshop’s founders introduce D&D to 1984 UK TV

May 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ah yes, cringe at the awkward frother interview but also admire the enthusiasm. Have things changed that much?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, games workshop, Ian Livingstone, steve jackson

What is it like to DM? Lars van Breems tackles five common questions

May 5, 2021 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Five questions an actual play D&D host has been asked about being a DM!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, rpg tips

Write for the movies: The Morra Cinematic Roleplaying Game System aims for a Kickstarter blockbuster

May 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not unusual to read tabletop roleplaying games suggest that you think of a game as a cooperative writing project for an epic movie. Mighty Narwhal Productions leans into that concept even further with Morra.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, mighty narwhal productions, morra

Free to Download: The Velvet Book – A Persona RPG

May 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Velvet Book is built from the ground up to be a complete Persona experience.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download

Horror in space: Eldritch Sands is a campaign setting for 5e

May 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Eldritch Sands lets you gear up in powerful suits called Eldritchtech, instead of using a class system, and adds the Whisper system that lets you trade a burst in power for exposure to a cosmic entity, trying to bring you under its thrall.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, horror, kickstarters, sci-fi

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