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Genre Police:  The (Role)play’s The Thing Traveller returns! Classic sci-fi RPG uses Kickstarter to fund a new print run 20 of the best D&D memes on Reddit Competition: Afterlife RPG dice and art print Stats: What got you interested in tabletop roleplaying?

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Genre Police: The (Role)play’s The Thing

May 5, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Comedy in is perhaps the hardest genre to bring to a tabletop game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, Ghostbusters, humour, paranoia, shakespeare, west end games

Traveller returns! Classic sci-fi RPG uses Kickstarter to fund a new print run

May 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Marc Miller is at the helm of the project; he was the lead designer of the original 1977 Traveller from Game Designers’ Workshop.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, marc miller, sci-fi, traveller

20 of the best D&D memes on Reddit

May 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

It’s been nearly a year since we topped up on D&D meme. Previously, we’ve looked at D&D memes on Pinterest, Tumblr and Facebook.

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

Competition: Afterlife RPG dice and art print

May 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 13 Comments

Win some custom Afterlife dice and art by answering one, no wrong answer, question and being picked at random.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: angry hamster publishing, competitions

Stats: What got you interested in tabletop roleplaying?

May 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The most common way to get into tabletop roleplaying these days is to be invited by a friend at school, college or work.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: stats

DungeonMorphs Revenge: RPG dungeon design dice and cards

May 4, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Summon up a dungeon (or appropriate map) in seconds.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dyson logos, Inkwell Ideas, kickstarters, q-workshop

You’re dead already: Afterlife – Wandering Souls stirs on Kickstarter

May 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Your character is already dead. You’re wandering a macabre and surreal plane called Tenebris. Imagine Guillermo del Torro directing a mashup of Alice in Wonderland and What Dreams May Come.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: angry hamster publishing, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, fantasy, kickstarters

Preview the Scarred Lands Creature Collection for 5e

May 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Onyx Path is working with Handiwork Games to bring the best of those Scarred Lands beasts into a new Creature Collection.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, onyx path publishing, Paul Bourne, previews, Scarred Lands, Scott Purdy

Shadowrun 6th edition announced

May 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new edition being available this summer, in time for the official 30th anniversary, a brand new Beginner’s Box and a new novel.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, previews, Shadowrun

Anime RPG Big Eyes, Small Mouth makes a surprising return

April 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dyskami has announced a deal with White Wolf Entertainment to produce the fourth edition of BESM.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: big eyes small mouth, Dyskami, white wolf

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