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$2 million and growing! Middara: Unintentional Malum Dice Spice: D&D fans find an alternative use for a spice rack A good look at Age of Sigmar: Soulbound’s Skyrigger Superhero Week: City of Mist starter set free at DrivethruRPG Reinventing virtual tabletops: Talespire soars on Kickstarter

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$2 million and growing! Middara: Unintentional Malum

July 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You would think that starting and concluding your Kickstarter video by reminding people that your first project was late, thwart with problems and that your backers had to be very patient would be an unwise tactic.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters

Dice Spice: D&D fans find an alternative use for a spice rack

July 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It looks like something you might find at an alchemists shop.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, household

A good look at Age of Sigmar: Soulbound’s Skyrigger

July 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What challenges do you think Cubicle 7 face when it comes to making the tabletop roleplaying game?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: age of sigmar, cubicle 7, previews, soulbound

Superhero Week: City of Mist starter set free at DrivethruRPG

July 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s an RPG about gritty detectives in a world in which city folk have access to mythical powers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: city of mist, free to download, Modiphius Entertainment, superhero week, superheroes

Reinventing virtual tabletops: Talespire soars on Kickstarter

June 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a duopoly of virtual tabletops in the roleplaying world. There’s the browser-based Roll20 and the software-based Fantasy Grounds. A newcomer, a dark horse in the race, is the DrivethruRPG backed Astral and it is hard to say how they’re doing. There are two main reasons why this duopoly has formed. The first is due […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, talespire, virtual tabletop

Genre Police: Sir, Reality

June 30, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

‘That session was pretty surreal’ is a term that gets thrown around a lot in our games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, planescape

Cyberpunk dystopian D&D: A review of Carbon 2185

June 29, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

A review of the 5e powered cyberpunk Carbon 2185.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: carbon 2185, Cyberpunk, dragon turtle games, Dungeons & Dragons, reviews, sci-fi

World of Revilo complete with 5e bestiary closes in on $20,000 Kickstarter target

June 29, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

‘D&D mundane’ races like humans, elves and dwarves are washing ashore in sufficient numbers for it to be having an impact on the land.

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

Cubicle 7 announce a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Gamemaster’s Screen

June 29, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The GM screen comes with a supplement called the Gamemaster’s Guide.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, gm screens, warhammer

SDCC exclusive: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Zombicide

June 29, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Zombicide Pact #2 is only available from booth 4928 at San Diego Comic-Con. There will be limited stock.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, comic con, zombicide

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