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Dangerous Things: A review of Things from the Flood RPG

March 3, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Things from the Flood RPG

I suspect if your reaction to looking at Things from the Flood is to think; “that looks good” then it will be. It won’t disappoint.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, Nils Hintze, Simon Stalenhag, tales from the loop, things from the flood

Snowhaven brings Snowpunk to D&D

February 28, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Snowpunk is the oppressive isolation of winter without end and near steampunk levels of technology in a high fantasy world. In a snowpunk game expect intrigue and noir.

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

GM’s Day starts early at DrivethruRPG: 80% off some bundles

February 28, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are nearly 50,000 titles in the discount list and at the time of writing Shadowrun, Changeling: the Lost (second edition) and Fate Space Toolkit Prototype Edition, Wrath and Glory and Warhammer Fantasy 4e are in the top five positions.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 7th Sea, drivethrurpg, Gamma World, international gm's day, John Wick Presents, midgard, Monte Cook, onyx path publishing, sales, scion, wizards of the coast

Harry Potter Scrabble on the way

February 26, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

USAopoly, known for themed Monopoly games like the newly announced Talisman Monopoly, have a Harry Potter themed version of Scrabble on the way. Scrabble: World of Harry Potter adds a magical twist to the game insofar as Wizarding World vocabulary words earn bonuses. Also, character names, places, spells and potion names are all accepted. USAopoly […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, harry potter, USAopoly

Genre Police: The Kids Are All Right

February 25, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

The ‘Kids On Bikes’ genre has really taken off recently.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, kids on bikes, stranger things, tales from the loop

Cover reveal for the Age of Sigmar RPG confirms character archetypes

February 25, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nagash, the Undying King and Lord of Death is fighting back, now the dead stalk the lands and the Stormcast Eternals are struggling against the tide.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: age of sigmar, cubicle 7, Emmet Byrne, warhammer

D&D: Ghosts of Saltmarsh leaks on Amazon

February 24, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh was originally published in 1981 for AD&D and the Greyhawk campaign setting. The adventure took PCs from level 1 to level 3 and featured a ghostly ship and a mansion haunted by an evil alchemist.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, ghosts of saltmarsh, wizards of the coast

Comedy in Games: 8 tips on how to make your RPG funny

February 24, 2019 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

I want my game to be funny but I don’t know how. Help!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, rpg ideas

Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Free D&D 5e Player’s Guide from three veteran Bioware designers

February 24, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Arcanum Worlds designers worked on Baldur’s Gate I and II, on Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dragon Age: Origins and Neverwinter Nights.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arcanum Worlds, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, James Ohlen

Arcana of the Ancients takes Monte Cook back to D&D

February 24, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook was a part of the team who worked on the third edition of D&D. He was even involved with D&D Next, the project that became D&D 5e, and was announced as lead designer in January 2012. A few months later, though, Cook quit Wizards of the Coast citing differences with the company. Since […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Numenera

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