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Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Free D&D 5e Player’s Guide from three veteran Bioware designers
Arcanum Worlds designers worked on Baldur’s Gate I and II, on Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dragon Age: Origins and Neverwinter Nights.
Arcana of the Ancients takes Monte Cook back to D&D
Monte Cook was a part of the team who worked on the third edition of D&D. He was even involved with D&D Next, the project that became D&D 5e, and was announced as lead designer in January 2012. A few months later, though, Cook quit Wizards of the Coast citing differences with the company. Since […]
Talisman Monopoly agreed by USAopoly and Games Workshop
There have been dozens of supplements and different version over the years, including computer game adaptations, and now there will be two new USAopoly editions.
Explore the Hidden World: A review of the Liminal RPG
There might be vampires that hunt blood and the agony of werewolves unable to control the curse, but I think, in any Liminal game, there will always be the sense it could get even worse.
Wizards of the Coast will purge the name Zak S from all future D&D Player’s Handbooks
We are removing Zak’s credit from future physical printings and digital versions of the Player’s Handbook.
D&D: The ‘What does that stand for?’ list
A list of about 120 fairly common acronyms and abbreviations.
Will small stores suffer as Magic: The Gathering drops suggested retail prices?
Wizards of the Coast will be dropping their support for MSRP. The change starts with War of the Spark.
Game designer Matthew McFarland closes his company after abuse allegations
Matthew McFarland will close Growling Door Games. In a brief blog post the company said; It is with great sadness that we announce that we are shutting down Growling Door Games, Inc. Matt will be addressing the specific reasons for the shutdown sometime soon. Backers of Growling Door Games’ Undead Kickstarter have been reassured that […]
The Witcher TTRPG will get an Easy Mode which will be free
The Easy Mode is a 24-page booklet that acts as an introduction to The Witcher’s Interlock system, providing a simplified version of the mechanics. The booklet also contains pre-generated characters and an adventure.
