The St. Cloud Police department are reporting at Elia Creech, a 31-year old Magic: The Gathering player, called them after stabbing someone seven times after argueing about the game. His 20-year-old friend and he had been playing over night on Friday when a fight broke out. At first Creech used a rubber mallet as a […]
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How D&D is played in US prisons
Vice Media’s Waypoint has a series on prison culture and we’re looking at D&D. Some prisoners are able to use the hobby to hold their lives together. It turns out that Dungeons & Dragons is more common in prisons in America than you might have suspected. It is likely that most lock-ups have at least […]
$500 prize for designing an adventure
Controversial publisher Venger As’Nas Satanis is offering up $500 for a one-shot 5-7 page scenario. Why? Kort’thalis Publishing has had a good run at the #1 slot at DriveThruRPG with Adventure Writing Like a Fucking Boss. The contest is double-down on the guide’s success. Entries for the contest must be in by November 1st, 2017 […]
Legacy looks to ruin the world, again
A humble but very good Kickstarter success in 2015 was Legacy: Life Among the Ruins from UFO Press. Ed Gibbs called it ” Legacy: Life Among the Ruins serves as an elegant re-exploration of the trail first blazed by Vincent Baker in his revolutionary Apocalypse World.”. Author James Illes is back on Kickstarter to do […]
Rifts RPG and sourcebooks in the Bundle of Holding deal
Kevin Siembieda’s Rifts is the latest tabletop RPG with a Bundle of Holding offering. What’s the deal? US$17.95 unlocks the full starter collection as DRM-free ebooks. That means the Rifts Ultimate Edition (normally $20), Rifts Primer ($3), Rifts Sourcebook One Revised Edition ($10.50), Game Master Kit ($5) and the 360-paged Game Master Guide ($13.50). As […]
Fantasy city map generator
[Show me this!] Here’s a great little tool if you want an instant fantasy city map made for your RPG. The free website will let you create a small town, large town, small city or large city. Hovering over the map lets you see the name given to a particular quarter – like docks, or […]
The biggest titles at DriveThruRPG’s Christmas in July sale
Every year the online power house that is DriveThruRPG does a Christmas in July sale. Right now the site’s search engine has 37,874 items in the sale and most are at the 25% off. The landing page lists the hottest titles, those games people are snapping up, and we have Dresiden Files Accelerated leading the […]
14 of the best DnD memes on Pinterest
We’ve looked at some of the best DnD memes on Facebook and we’ve even checked out some classic dice shaming but that does not mean the search for RPG humour is over. Oh no. There’s still Pinterest to explore! There’s a whole host of geeky memes in that dynamic archive of popular culture. Here are […]
D&D group hit with $1,000 fine
A D&D gaming group in Springport, America, faced either jail time or $1,000 in fines plus $1,000 for every day they kept gaming. The problem? A neighbour reported them for gambling. The Facebook screengrab comes from one of the gamers in Cris Sidhe’s group. In a Google+ post Sidhe admitted that the gamers did joke […]
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