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Ryuutama: Best selling anime RPG gets its first licensed supplement Paizo crowdfunds Kingmaker 10th anniversary edition; providing D&D 5e options too The RPG that spawned a pin-up girl collection and adventure hybrid Six supplements for Shadowrun 6th edition announced One million square feet of original RPG battle maps free to use

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Ryuutama: Best selling anime RPG gets its first licensed supplement

May 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Ryuutama: Neko Goblin Field Notes gamers get access to 6 new classes and 3 new types.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Ryuutama

Paizo crowdfunds Kingmaker 10th anniversary edition; providing D&D 5e options too

May 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Kingmaker, the PCs are involved in power struggles and discovery that not only gives them a chance for adventure but to determine the fate of kingdoms.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, kingmaker, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder

The RPG that spawned a pin-up girl collection and adventure hybrid

May 9, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At least half the illustrators, at launch, are women but none of the pin-ups are men.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Six supplements for Shadowrun 6th edition announced

May 9, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The core rule book is out in August and will cost around $49.99, while the Limited Edition will cost $99.99 and the Executive Edition will come in at a staggering $199.99.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, dice, gm screens, Shadowrun

One million square feet of original RPG battle maps free to use

May 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Each one is a grid of 50×50 one inch squares. One inch of gaming battle map is equivalent to 5-feet in the world of the dungeon.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, Zatnikotel

GM-less RPG: Facing the Titan

May 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Facing the Titan, the players will win. The game is a storytelling one based on MonkeyDome (PDF) which you can download for free.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG designer lands role at the company that runs Dilbert.com

May 7, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous

Daniel D. Fox is the new Executive Creative Director of Games at Andrews McMeel Universal and will create and buy RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Andrews McMeel, daniel d. fox, zweihander

Back after 13 years: Cleopatra and the Society of Architects

May 6, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The original Cleopatra and the Society of Architects was released back in 2006 by Days of Wonder.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters

These custom Dungeons & Dragons character sheets are a work of art

May 6, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Custom D&D character sheet

These sheets are fully customisable but you need Photoshop CS6 or higher to do so.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: character sheets, Dungeons & Dragons

Alien RPG: Free League Publishing explains the deadly Cinematic gameplay option

May 6, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Alien RPG

Cinematic games are divided into three Acts and begin with secret briefings known as Personal Agendas for each character.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien, alien rpg, Free League Publishing, xenomorph

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