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Free to Download: Devil’s Run RPG Quickstart

August 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Devil’s Run the roleplaying RPG is set 20 years after a nuclear and biological exchange between the East and the West.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2d20, apocalyptic, Modiphius Entertainment, red scar publishing, savage worlds

RPG Idea: Send bad dice to jail

August 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s an easy idea to add a little light heartened drama to your gaming table. Use a dice jail.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice

The Brexit trap for British publishers going to the Essen Game Fair

August 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 2019 Essen Game Fair runs from 24th October to the 27th October, which is a Sunday. As it stands now, on 31st October the UK is on course to crash out of the European Union. The British Government’s advice is that by 11 pm on the 31st goods moving from the EU (Germany) to […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: essen game fair, legal

New Vampire: The Masquerade – The Expandable Card Game from Renegade Game Studios

August 7, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Vampire: The Masquerade – The Expandable Card Game is due 2020, and it’s being made by Renegade Game Studios.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, Renegade Game Studios, Vampire: The Masquerade, white wolf publishing

You won’t get to play this controversial RPG until the author dies – The Tower

August 7, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Tower will be an RPG about a terrifying moment that changes everyone’s lives.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

D&D Mimics might even pretend to be your dice box!

August 7, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The most awesome and scary Mimic of them all… the dice box Mimic!!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: craft, dice, monsters

Download Marvel Crisis Protocol rules for free

August 6, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a game for two players with the winner the first to reach 16 victory points.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, marvel

RPG Tips: How to make running Historical settings easier

August 6, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What 3 tips would you give a DM when it comes to preparing to run an adventure module with a historic setting?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: historical, kickstarters

17 D&D memes for Evil DMs

August 5, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Dark corners of the interwebs have been explored, sass and sarc have been navigated, trolls defeated and the echo chamber examined.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dnd memes, humour, memes

World of Aetaltis embraces high fantasy and wins Kickstarter backers

August 5, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are feline-barbarians, fey spirits entwined with magic and ten-foot tall orog mercenaries that wrestle with corruption.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

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