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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

Talisman Monopoly agreed by USAopoly and Games Workshop

February 24, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There have been dozens of supplements and different version over the years, including computer game adaptations, and now there will be two new USAopoly editions.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: games workshop, monopoly, talisman, USAopoly

Explore the Hidden World: A review of the Liminal RPG

February 23, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

There might be vampires that hunt blood and the agony of werewolves unable to control the curse, but I think, in any Liminal game, there will always be the sense it could get even worse.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: liminal, paul mitchener, reviews

Wizards of the Coast will purge the name Zak S from all future D&D Player’s Handbooks

February 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Wizards of the Coast

We are removing Zak’s credit from future physical printings and digital versions of the Player’s Handbook.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: D&D Next, wizards of the coast

D&D: The ‘What does that stand for?’ list

February 18, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A list of about 120 fairly common acronyms and abbreviations.

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

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