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Economic horror, plagues and lockdowns: Best-selling Red Markets RPGs get an Itch-hosted quickstart The grimdark life of a Sharper: Synthicide comes to Forged in the Dark Most D&D fans can’t correctly answer “Who owns D&D Beyond?” Not a vanity purchase: Death on the Reik Companion review The secret history of Monopoly is as relevant today as it ever was

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Economic horror, plagues and lockdowns: Best-selling Red Markets RPGs get an Itch-hosted quickstart

June 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Red Markets, characters risk their lives trading between the massive quarantine zones containing a zombie outbreak and the remains of civilization.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, itch.io, zombies

The grimdark life of a Sharper: Synthicide comes to Forged in the Dark

June 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A mutant war destroyed every civilized world in the Galaxy, and the only survivors were located on the outer rim.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: forged in the dark, kickstarters, sci-fi, Synthicide, will power games

Most D&D fans can’t correctly answer “Who owns D&D Beyond?”

June 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When this post first went live, the data says that most D&D fans can’t correctly answer “Who owns D&D Beyond?”. Does it matter?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dndbeyond, Dungeons & Dragons, fandom, stats, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Not a vanity purchase: Death on the Reik Companion review

June 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Companion itself extends the “director’s cut” metaphor to describe the re-release of the Warhammer Fantasy RPG adventure by using terminology such as “Deleted Scenes”, “Guest Commentaries”, and “Behind the Scenes”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, death on the reik, reviews, warhammer

The secret history of Monopoly is as relevant today as it ever was

June 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hasbro has taken down an official timeline of the origins of Monopoly.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, hasbro, monopoly

Genre Police: Towards a shared language

June 20, 2021 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 1 Comment

People had been using words in game with each other and only sort of even been in the same ballpark.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

East Coast Trolls changed my mind on the $162,000 Copernia 5e Kickstarter

June 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

And here’s the rub; $40 for a campaign setting and anthology is adventures, with all digital stretch goals, is good value.

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

The confusing re-return of TSR Games and a potential dinosaur theme park

June 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

So we’re left to unearth these clues found scattered over their social media activities and one very sketchy press release.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, giantlands, gygax magazine, James M. Ward, TSR, tsr games

Cannibal Sector One Miniature Skirmish Game shuttered by Nightfall Games

June 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A former “project we love” on Kickstarter, Cannibal Sector One Miniature Skirmish Game has had a tough life. Now it’s over.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Nightfall Games, skirmish game, SLA Industries

Dungeons & Dragons meet the Wizard of Oz

June 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Adventures in Oz has funded on Kickstarter, raising the $40,000 that Double Critical asked for in just a few days.

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

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