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RPG publishers cut ties with the Judges Guild Game Company after  bigotry expose Tabletop RPG 3D maps: The balance of speed, cost and quality Tabletop for Teens shares alternative D&D tomato poster art Free League Publishing launch third-party design and sell program Animals, not monsters: Niwri’s Marvelous Menagerie of the Multiverse kickstarts

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RPG publishers cut ties with the Judges Guild Game Company after bigotry expose

February 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 6 Comments

The Judges Guild ran a City State of the Invincible Overlord Kickstarter six years ago, and backers are still waiting on their books.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: frog god games, judges guild, Necromancer Games

Tabletop RPG 3D maps: The balance of speed, cost and quality

February 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The black and white effect keeps the visuals striking but straightforward.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, cartography

Tabletop for Teens shares alternative D&D tomato poster art

February 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This poster was designed by Tabletop For Teens, a forthcoming project from a Utah based nonprofit planning to help at-risk youth with opportunities to learn and grow through tabletop games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: humour

Free League Publishing launch third-party design and sell program

February 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are, however, rules and limits. You cannot create your own Alien RPG material and sell it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, Free League Publishing, free league workshop, onebookshelf

Animals, not monsters: Niwri’s Marvelous Menagerie of the Multiverse kickstarts

February 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Deep Dungeon Games’ premises in clever and straightforward; not all the animals in your fantasy world are dangerous monsters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Weyland-Yutani Corp Alien RPG alternative character sheet

February 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

An alternative Alien RPG character sheet that uses Coriolis as a template.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, character sheets

The hilarious Amonkhet selfies at the Dungeon Master’s Guild

February 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Part two, $1 for a page, maybe my favourite as the selfie seems to have been taken in bed.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, humour

D&D magic spells and privacy on phones

February 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

But what about the role of phones? Should players be able to check them during the game?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, phone pdf

Vultures RPG: Space Mom is recruiting bounty-hunters

February 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the future, mecha have been banned. These are weapons that can destroy cities, even planets and they’re operated by rogue pilots who won’t turn their license in.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: reviews, sci-fi

Genre Police: Let’s Get Physical

February 9, 2020 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

When portraying any character in the game world, it’s possible to use physicality to portray emotion and subtext in what a character is saying.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police

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