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Learning to play 4,000 board games (and AIs are learning from those too!)
The paper also describes the ancient game as “really old version of backgammon”.
Who’s helping Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity? Definitely Not Goblins
The Definitely Not Goblins: Christmas Special is taking place in Blackfriars’ Basement, Glasgow, on Sunday the 15th December at 6pm (doors 5:30), and tickets are available.
Worldbuilding Dragonbane: Path of Glory
Path of Glory continues with a three-part adventure and coverage of three new locations: a haunted forest, a dangerous ruined dwarven mine, and the large eastern lands full of undead and witches and other challenges.
Free to Download: A Monster’s Tail quickstart – PbtA RPG inspired by Pokemon
In September, Five Point Games uploaded a generous 100+page quickstart for A Monster’s Tail to DriveThruRPG.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #286
A new edition of Traveller RPG is available for just $1! Meanwhile, Hasbro ventures into iGaming with D&D, Evil Genius licenses The Return of the Living Dead, Shadow Scar faces delays, and Games Workshop may join the FTSE 100.
PAX Unplugged: Return of the Living Dead TTRPG, film and VR
Return of the Living Dead TTRPG is slated for 2025 and will be written by Nick Lowe, adding new rules and mechanics suitable for dark humour and undead mayhem.
Free to Download: Shadow Scar Character Creation
R. Talsorian Games, the publisher of The Witcher RPG and creator Cyberpunk RPG, will publish Shadow Scar next.
Two Little Mice and the Outgunned RPG join the Free League Workshop
The deal brings Outgunned to Free League Workshop, a sub-label that gets support from the Swedish success.
Golden Fez: Solarian announce new tabletop games awards
Golden Fez nominations are open for all tabletop roleplaying games. Judging will occur in January 2025, with awards presented at TotalCon on February 22.
