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Stats: 50% of roleplayers get weekly sessions The Game Machinery announce Defiant Awakening and a new Defiant edition Routinely Itemised: RPGs #96 Comets & Cockpits bring two junker space settings to 5e The quickest growing RPG in Roll20 last quarter wasn’t D&D; it was The Burning Wheel

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Stats: 50% of roleplayers get weekly sessions

April 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s also noted that, over time, more people are getting regular sessions.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: stats

The Game Machinery announce Defiant Awakening and a new Defiant edition

April 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the game, you didn’t destroy the world during the apocalypse. You protected your bit of it, and now, as a fallen angel, dragon, ancient god or demon, you’re the ruler of your part.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: defiant, Defiant Awakening, game machinery

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #96

April 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast are taking back control of D&D in some countries after settling a legal row. Luke Crane’s The Burning Wheel is Roll20’s quickest growing system, and the inhospitable setting round table is coming. It’s an RPG news summary from Geek Native.

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Comets & Cockpits bring two junker space settings to 5e

April 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cameron Day, the co-creator of Supers & Sorcery, defines junker space fantasy as having three things; swashbuckling adventure, wide-open exploration with salvaging, and wild technology.

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

The quickest growing RPG in Roll20 last quarter wasn’t D&D; it was The Burning Wheel

April 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Orr Group’s Roll20 market report puts Luke Crane the headlines again as The Burning Wheel grows faster than Apocalypse World, faster than Cyberpunk and faster than Free League’s Year Zero Engine with some dramatic shifts.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Luke Crane, roll20, The Orr Group

Wizards of the Coast taking direct control of some D&D translations

April 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast will directly handle the localisation and editorial process for future and existing versions in our language.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, Dungeons & Dragons, gale force nine, wizards of the coast

Orbital Blues: A space-western RPG during an era of hyper-capitalism

April 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Characters are outlaws with a ship and crew who tussle for jobs on the backstreets of terraformed metropolises.

Filed Under: Music, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: exalted funeral, kickstarters, sci-fi, soulmuppet

Bundle deal on RPG battlemap blueprints for 221B Baker Street, a Drow City, a Nautilus and more

April 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

0one have a collection of blueprint themed battlemaps in the Bundle of Holding.

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D&D: New Draconic Options for PCs include gem dragons and a new take on kobolds

April 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Available from today are new Draconic options. The free PDF includes three alternatives to the dragonborn race, a new look at kobolds, feats and then spells.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, unearthed arcana, wizards of the coast

Ruins of Symbaroum: A Kickstarter to bring Symbaroum to 5e funds in minutes

April 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new Symbaroum Player’s Guide adds new rules appropriate to the mysterious dark setting, such as travelling and rests, social challenges and how Corruption is an ever-present threat to magic.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, kickstarters, Symbaroum

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