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2,250,000 square-feet of battle maps free to explore Can you survive the medieval zombie apocalypse as a cripple? This app hopes that you get paid for running D&D Is this new type of game the closest we’ll get to a solo LARP? Escape The Invasion Take yourself to Hell and Back with this Halloween with a solo D&D adventure

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2,250,000 square-feet of battle maps free to explore

November 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve already been treated to one million square feet of RPG battle maps and then one million square feet of volcanic island battle maps from cartographer Zatnikotel (aka Lez Johnson). Now we have 1 million more as The One Million: Dungeon Dimensions series has just gone live, for free, on Deviant Art. The name is […]

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

Can you survive the medieval zombie apocalypse as a cripple?

October 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Usually in a zombie game the key to success is mobility – don’t get trapped.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: FUDGE, kickstarter, zombies

This app hopes that you get paid for running D&D

October 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a matching making system that facilitates payments to independent contractors.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, virtual tabletop

Is this new type of game the closest we’ll get to a solo LARP? Escape The Invasion

October 28, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Escape the Invasion is being described by others as a mashup of a board game and an escape room. Those are the ingredients we need for a LARP, right? Props and a physical presence.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: larp

Take yourself to Hell and Back with this Halloween with a solo D&D adventure

October 28, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You don’t need a Dungeon Master to play through this Descent Into Avernus prequel.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Descent into Avernus, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons

Supernatural 20s: 8 innovative horror RPGs you can play on Halloween

October 28, 2019 by Guest Writer 2 Comments

With Halloween fast approaching, you may be looking for a way to get your spooky on and simultaneously enjoy the awesome, imagination-fueled hobby of roleplaying games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dread, horror, kids on bikes, Lovecraftesque, mothership, tales from the loop, thousand year old vampire

The Forever Dungeon

October 28, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Forever dungeon

Tanner Yarro, of Yarro Studios, and the mastermind behind the $1 million dollars immersive battle maps has a new idea.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography

Why pick D&D for the Stargate RPG? An interview with Wyvern Gaming

October 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

There’s a new Stargate RPG coming and it’ll use fifth edition rules.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, stargate, Wyvern Gaming

Using fictional violence to enhance your roleplaying

October 27, 2019 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Your character kills a kidnapper and saves a child. Do you roleplay the effect that killing has on your player character?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas

Matt Colville’s Kingdoms, Warfare & More Minis Kickstarter at $886,500 and growing

October 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kingdoms, Warfare & More Minis Kickstarter from Matt Colville already has $886,500 in pledges. It’s on track to be one of the biggest RPG projects of the year.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, Matt Colville, strongholds & followers

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