D&D digital hiring, Kickstarter layoffs and a Paizo leak. Catch up on the latest in the world of roleplaying games in this week’s Routinely Itemised.
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Avantris Entertainment announces massive Neon Odyssey space opera for 5E
Avantris Entertainment returns to Kickstarter this May with Neon Odyssey, a massive 1,400-page space opera and sci-fantasy supplement for fifth edition roleplaying.
Barkane: The action-journal roleplaying game you play with your dog
Barkane is a new roleplaying game you play with your dog. Follow your wizard doggo through ten walking quests in this spiral bound journal.
Wolves Upon the Coast: A Mythic Sandbox Hexcrawl
Your history is gone. You are free. Sail into a mythic, dark-age sandbox with the Wolves Upon the Coast bundle. Get the complete 540-hex OSR campaign and supplements for $17.95.
Genre Police: Uninvent Yourself
The “Genre Police” explores how the shared language of TTRPGs can accidentally limit our creativity when switching between roleplaying systems.
Venger’s Decks launches free playtest for The Chaos card-based roleplaying game
Venger’s Decks releases a free playtest for The Chaos, an old-school inspired roleplaying game contained within a single deck of cards.
Genre Police: Lost In Static
“Help! My player won’t leave the inn!” We break down the four types of passive players and how to engage them without railroading.
Review: The Creative Game Master’s Guide to Extraordinary Locations: & How to Design Them
Duncan Rhodes applies travel writing expertise to roleplaying games in this review of thirty original fantasy locations. Discover how real world geography creates session sustaining set pieces for 5e and beyond.
New Dungeons & Dragons job openings signal a major digital shift
Wizards of the Coast is hiring for several Dungeons & Dragons roles, focusing on a major rebuild of the D&D Beyond platform and new game design talent.
Small Folk in Big Coats: A collaborative struggle for sartorial supremacy
A new roleplaying games zine, Small Folk in Big Coats, challenges players to pilot a trench coat while pursuing secret, conflicting goals.
