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Aetherdark: Sail the Astral Seas is Shadowdark airship pirates
The Kickstarter runs until May 20th, but is already several times over the funding goal and with several hundred backers. You can see progress on the pitch page.
The Arkham Armoury to showcase EVA foam dungeon tiles at UK Games Expo 2025
The Arkham Armoury has announced the launch of its Mythical Realms Dungeon Tiles, crafted from high-density EVA foam, designed to offer a durable and quiet alternative to traditional plastic or resin terrain.
Alliance Entertainment’s legal complaint against Diamond claims fraud
According to the complaint filed by Alliance, the withdrawal occurred because Diamond allegedly failed to disclose that Wizards of the Coast would not be renewing its distribution agreement beyond December 2024.
Ruins of Symbaroum Setting Handbook now available on D&D Beyond
Free League Publishing has released its Ruins of Symbaroum Setting Handbook on the D&D Beyond platform.
Bundle Alert: Coyote & Crow tabletop science-fantasy roleplaying
Acclaimed for its non-colonial sci-fi vision, the RPG Coyote & Crow (funded by a million-dollar Kickstarter in March 2021 and winner of the 2023 Origins Award for RPG Core Rules)
The Gods are back. And they’re wired – Cairo:Otherscape races to a quarter of a million is pledges
Two books are being crowdfunded: Cario:Otherscape and Neuro:Otherscape and if you’re new to the cyberpunk TTRPG :Otherscape, you can pick up a copy in the campaign too.
Wayland Games partners with Army Painter for UK Games Expo 2025
For 2025, Europe’s giant retailer has partnered with The Army Painter, which means guests can sit at the “Paint & Take” table.
Seven ways to make space scary
Graham Walmsley is a London-based author known for Cthulhu Dark and the forthcoming Cosmic Dark, both of which leverage minimalist mechanics for horror gameplay.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #306
D&D released SRD 5.2 with new free rules and commercial terms, Paizo is launching Starfinder Society 2.0, Goodman Games is preparing for Dungeon Con, Philip Reed is creating an RPG-themed soda, and Marvel has announced an Avengers expansion.
