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ICv2’s retail chart puts Pathfinder behind D&D as best selling RPG of the winter With an apology, Legendary Games delists their entire Far East RPG product line Competition: Tales from The Trail adventures for The After RPG Sean Bean as a D&D 5e playable variant human race Nightfall announce Threat Analysis: Collateral for SLA Industries

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ICv2’s retail chart puts Pathfinder behind D&D as best selling RPG of the winter

March 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

D&D, as you would expect, tops the ICv2 bestseller RPG chart autumn 2020 composed of data taken from retailers, distributors and manufacturers in North America.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, Cyberpunk, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, Evil Hat Productions, FATE, Free League Publishing, icv2, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, wizards of the coast

With an apology, Legendary Games delists their entire Far East RPG product line

March 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Legendary Games announced a new Pathfinder 2e product this week called Asian Spell Compendium.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Legendary Games

Competition: Tales from The Trail adventures for The After RPG

March 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tales from the Trail is a compendium for THE AFTER containing three unique and exciting adventures.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: competitions, Fainting Goat Games, kickstarters, savage worlds, the after

Sean Bean as a D&D 5e playable variant human race

March 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sean Bean is a superb actor fortunate enough to play popular characters in great movies and series, but unfortunately to die. Often.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, humour, sean bean

Nightfall announce Threat Analysis: Collateral for SLA Industries

March 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nightfall Games have announced the first sourcebook for the newly released SLA Industries 2e. Threat Analysis: Collateral will take players into the terrors of Downtown and the nearby Cannibal Sectors.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, Nightfall Games, SLA Industries

Roll20 finally gets the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition core rules

March 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Everything from the original SWADE core book has been converted and made fully-linked and searchable for smooth and easy use on Roll20. On top of that, you’ll find a bestiary brimming with full pawn art and corresponding tokens ready to drag and drop, 142 images for weapons and armor, and 47 vehicle images—all with the look and feel of the original rulebook.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Pinnacle Entertainment Group, roll20, savage worlds, virtual tabletop

Gen Con 2021 reschedules; UK Games Expo persists

March 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It looks like major RPG and tabletop conventions in the US and UK are happening this year, just reduced.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, gen con, gen con online, uk games expo

Free to Download: Goodman Games introduce DCC Legacy

March 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Introducing DCC Legacy, a simple optional system for continuing one-shot and convention characters! DCC Legacy provides an easy-to-use system of log sheets and defined XP values for extant adventures, allowing you to transfer characters from one participating judge’s game to another.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dungeon crawl classics, goodman games

Oumcraft’s dice are eyeballs that watch you

March 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Independent retailer Oumcraft make dice that contain a floating eyeball. No matter how the dice roll, well, poorly or off the table, the eye is always looking up.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice

It hates you: The Darkest House invites you in

March 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Darkest House is a horror scenario designed for online play. It is possible to run as a campaign but really designed as a substantial encounter for your current game, whatever the system you’re using.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, kickstarters, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games

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