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Kult bundle: Symphonies of the Lost Gods in memory of Ryan Northcott Modiphius land Star Trek Discovery RPG rights Dragonlance lawsuit ended against Wizards of the Coast The best selling family RPGs of 2020 Homebrew for Equality: The Book of Lost Magicka

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Kult bundle: Symphonies of the Lost Gods in memory of Ryan Northcott

December 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The bundle is unofficial but is supported by Helmgast AB, the Kult: Divinity Lost, as Dan Algstrand and Stockholm Kartell provided official Kult vision design.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, discord, kult: divinty lost

Modiphius land Star Trek Discovery RPG rights

December 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Modiphius has had the license from CBS to make Star Trek miniatures and the Star Trek Adventures RPG since 2016.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Modiphius Entertainment, star trek, star trek adventures, star trek: discovery, star trek: picard

Dragonlance lawsuit ended against Wizards of the Coast

December 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are one fewer lawsuits against Wizards of the Coast this week as Dragonlance authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman end their legal case.

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dragonlance, legal, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, wizards of the coast

The best selling family RPGs of 2020

December 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Family, rightly or wrongly, tends to be a shorthand for “appropriate for kids but interesting to adults too”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Andrews McMeel, drivethrurpg, Fat Goblin Games, flatland games, gallant knight games, hunters entertainment, Jim Henson, kids on brooms, Labyrinth, neverland, river horse, Saturday Morning Scenarios, witch+craft

Homebrew for Equality: The Book of Lost Magicka

December 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

All proceeds go the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: charity, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #79

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of 2020 RPG stats, a round-up of the news, lots of reviews and product releases all together in a single Routinely Itemised bundle.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: AAW Games, alien rpg, Chaosium, cubicle 7, dark crystal, darkraven games, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Free League Publishing, gen con, James Introcaso, Malleus Monstrorum, Modiphius Entertainment, neon city overdrive, onyx path publishing, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, river horse, routinely itemised, soulbound, Steve Jackson Games, talisman, the children of fear, thought police interactive, warhammer age of sigmar, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, wrath & glory

The best selling historical RPGs of 2020

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As the year comes to a close, DriveThruRPG and Geek Native have been looking back at RPGs published this year and which sold well.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Aquelarre, brindlewood bay, Chaosium, deadlands, drivethrurpg, Free League Publishing, lex arcana, Nocturnal Media, onyx path publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, quality games, sine nomine publishing, stats, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, vaesen

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Thought Police Interactive

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Thought Police are an RPG studio that writes about uplifted helicopters has had helicopters sent to investigate their games and whose most popular product lets you solo game.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: spotlight, thought police interactive

Free to Download: 115 battle maps

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can print the colour maps out for actual tabletop use or use them in virtual tabletops to help visualise the battles your PCs take part in.

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

Dune RPG: Modiphius reveals character sheets for Dune: Adventures in the Imperium

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dune: Adventures in the Imperium uses Modiphius’ 2d20 system, as been written by a large and diverse team and produced in connection with both Legacy Entertainment and Herbert Properties LLC.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: character sheets, dune, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Modiphius Entertainment

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