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TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Awfully Cheerful Engine: Action-Comedy TTRPG bundle
EN Publishing, EN World’s tabletop arm, have a standalone TTRPG called Awfully Cheerful Engine. The action-comedy game is written by Russ Morrissey.
UK Games Expo preview: Life after death/Apotheosis Studios as Storyteller’s Forge takes The Black Ballad to Birmingham
Indie RPG design studio Storytellers Forge is coming to the UK Games Expo and bringing 5e settings Festival of the Forgotten: Revelations of the Dark Carnival and The Black Ballad.
Cyberpunk TTRPG: Hacking Simulator
Need to quickly decide the results of a hacking checking in a TTRPG? Make a dice roll look hackertype.
“War Among the Stars”: Galactic & Going Rogue finally get printed and a third edition
Jumpgate Games, the printing vehicle for Jess Levine, has smashed the Kickstarter target for two popular TTRPGs combined into one project and book.
Star Trek: Captain’s Log the SOLO TTRPG comes to Fantasy Grounds
Fantasy Grounds is a Unity-based virtual tabletop. As a result, this is a Star Trek RPG you can play by yourself from your desktop.
Gehenna Gaming to demo new tabletop RPGs, Trashumanism and Eldritch Automata, at UK Games Expo 2025
Attendees can participate in hands-on demonstrations of both games at the Gehenna Gaming booth. Chris Handley, a writer involved with Trashumanism and Eldritch Automata, is expected to be at the booth to speak with attendees.
Old-School Essentials from Necrotic Gnome gets a rare all-new double-bundle
These core rules are compatible with Basic D&D, full of new character options and magic, all in theme with D&D from the 1970s.
From Cthulhu Dark to Cosmic Dark: Weird space horror TTRPG
Graham Walmsley, who wrote seven ways to make space scary for Geek Native, has launched Cosmic Dark on Kickstarter.
Forks 2nd Edition to make convention debut at UK Games Expo
Forks 2nd Edition accommodates up to six players with an estimated playtime of 15 minutes.
