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FFG announces two more books for the Legend of the Five Rings RPG Arcadia: Matt Colville announces a new monthly Dungeons & Dragons magazine Space: 1889 resurrected by The Bundle of Holding (twice) Dark Horse announces a new Hellboy RPG Wizards of the Coast announce a D&D themed Dalmuti

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FFG announces two more books for the Legend of the Five Rings RPG

August 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fields of Victory introduces the weaponsmith Badger Clan, ten new schools and both titles and techniques suitable for current characters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy flight games, Legend of the Five Rings

Arcadia: Matt Colville announces a new monthly Dungeons & Dragons magazine

August 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Colville will release a new monthly D&D magazine called Arcadia, for $5 an issue over Patreon, with James Introcaso as managing editor.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arcadia, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, Patreon

Space: 1889 resurrected by The Bundle of Holding (twice)

August 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Space: 1889 is a steampunk-themed RPG in which some of the pop-science that the Victorians believed in turns out to be true. There are other races on the moon and on Mars so, obviously, we’re off to colonise them.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, clockwork publishing, game designers workshop, Ulisses Spiele

Dark Horse announces a new Hellboy RPG

August 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The RPG will be made by Red Scar Publishing, with Marc Langworthy in the lead.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark horse, Dungeons & Dragons, hellboy, mantic games, marc langworthy, red scar publishing

Wizards of the Coast announce a D&D themed Dalmuti

August 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

A D&D product that didn’t leak in advance? Not quite. The Great Dalmuti is a 25-year old card game from Richard Garfield. Garfield invented Magic: The Gathering and KeyForge. The Great Dalmuti wasn’t as successful as those two other games, and for about two decades we’ve not heard a peep from it. Now, though, since […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, forgotten realms, Richard Garfield, wizards of the coast

EN Publishing releases Strontium Dog for the Judge Dredd RPG

August 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD use EN Publishing’s WOIN system (What’s Old is New), and Strontium Dog was written by Darren Pearce, Marc Langworth and John White.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2000 AD, Darren Pearce, en publishing, judge dredd, marc langworthy, Strontium Dog, woin

Basic World Building: Design a Stronghold

August 3, 2020 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

This article covers not only designing/refurbishing a stronghold but also how to use the rules to make it happen.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Dungeons & Dragons, dyson logos

Mage Hand Press’ blasts off with D&D in space and the Dark Matter Starter Set

August 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’re curious about Dark Matter, a sci-fi game that cites both Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Doom as inspirations, then you can check out a free demo.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark matter, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, mage hand press, sci-fi

D&D designer to write The Dragon’s Eye for RuneQuest

August 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Each location featured in The Dragon’s Eye comes with different ways for gamemasters, veteran and new, to use it in a campaign.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, jonathan tweet, runequest

Relics: Tin Star Games’ RPG of abandoned angels gets a print edition

August 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

God has gone and the Gates of Heaven have slammed shut, leaving angels and demons abandoned on the mortal world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Indie Press Revolution, relics, steve dee, tin star games

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