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Routinely Itemised TTRPG news

This is your essential weekly roundup of tabletop roleplaying games news from across the industry. The roleplaying hobby moves at a rapid pace, with a constant stream of news about new games, company announcements, and community-led projects.

Routinely Itemised serves as Geek Native’s curated intelligence briefing on the tabletop news that matters. Each week, we collate the most significant developments, from the latest Dungeons & Dragons updates to breakthrough indie titles on platforms like Itch.io and DriveThruRPG. Consider this your go-to source for a scannable list of headlines and links, ensuring you never miss a critical update in the world of tabletop roleplaying.

DateHeadlineSummaryTopics
27 Sep 2025Routinely Itemised: RPG #328This week's TTRPG news: Roll20Con 2025, Diamond bankruptcy latest, Paizo's new store, Itch.io publisher payments,...Battlefield Press, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, cosmere, Drizzt, Jeremy Crawford, Mongoose Publishing, R.A. Salvatore, traveller
26 Oct 2024Routinely Itemised: RPGs #280Geek Native interviews the Torchbearer RPG comic book team. Zweihander finds a new owner. Wizards...Call of Cthulhu, Dungeons & Dragons
11 Mar 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #143Routinely Itemised is a weekly column of RPG news from Geek Native and RPG sites...alien rpg, Brittannia Game Designs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Call of Cthulhu, carovea victor, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, eden studios, fading embers, fallout, Free League Publishing, frog god games, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hunter: the reckoning, Loke BattleMats, magpie games, masks, mcdm, modern age, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, mork borg, onyx path publishing, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, roleplay elixir, shield maidens, soulmuppet, spelljammer, strongholds & followers, swords of the serpentine, the merciless merchants, Titan Books, valiant fox gaming, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, warhammer, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory
14 Jan 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #135A summary of RPGs news from the week with more TSR drama, horror RPGs, killer...arc, awfully queer heroes, Babies and Broadswords, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, coyote & crow, crow land publishing, darrington press, fat dragon games, gallantfunding, goodman games, handimonsters, handiwork games, humble bundle, Loke BattleMats, mindjammer press, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, mork borg, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Outland Entertainment, philip reed, roll20, root, Skirmisher Publishing, terminator, They Came From Beyond the Grave, TSR, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast, World Anvil
05 Nov 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #125Fortunately, there's been plenty of RPG news to keep brains distracted here in the North...2CGaming, adam lee, alien rpg, banana chan, battlelords of the 23rd century, Call of Cthulhu, chromatic dungeons, Claim the Sky, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, ghost hunters, goodman games, Ill Gotten Games, Jim Butler, kickstarter, Legendary Games, leyline press, lord of the rings, modern age, Mongoose Publishing, neverending, Newt Newport, Numenera, Paizo Publishing, planebreaker, Polyhedra Games, Porcupine Publishing, roll20, salvage union, savage worlds, scp, sidequest, the grinning frog, the merciless merchants, The One Ring, traveller, Troll Lord Games, wizards of the coast
29 Oct 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #124RPG news from the week that's just been! Wizards win at court, Discworld hits DriveThruRPG,...alan bahr, Arion Games, black monk, blade runner rpg, Call of Cthulhu, demiplane, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, edge, fading embers, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game wizards, gila, Helmgast, horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Modiphius Entertainment, moonmares games, neverending, Nova, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, posthuman studios, R. Talsorian Games, relic, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, roll20con, sandy pug games, Shotguns & Sorcery, spencer campbell, the troubleshooters, valiant fox gaming, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, zweihander
08 Oct 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #121RPG news at bullet-point speed as we look at where D&D might be going next,...Achtung! Cthulhu, Arcanum Worlds, bloat games, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, Claim the Sky, cyberpunk red, dice, dndbeyond, dungeon crawl classics, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, game wizards, gary con, goodman games, headless hydra press, holler, Iron Crown Enterprises, iron kingdoms, izegrim creations, James Ohlen, laidback dungeon master, level up, luke gygax, Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, osprey games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Privateer Press, R. Talsorian Games, relics, Rolemaster, savage worlds, scp, SLA Industries, southlands, spelljammer, steve dee, strixhaven, survive this!!, the cthulhu hack, vast grimm, wizards of the coast
24 Sep 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #119Games company expelled from Origins, another up for sale at an eyewatering price, and so...Achtung! Cthulhu, adam hancock, Asmodee, awfully queer heroes, batman, blade runner, blade runner rpg, Bully Pulpit Games, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, edge, ENnies, fallout, far away land rpg, Flabbergasted!, Free League Publishing, gama, genesys, index card rpg, iron kingdoms, ironsworn, knock!, Legend of the Five Rings, midgard, mighty narwhal productions, monolith, Monte Cook Games, moonmares games, morra, mutant crawl classics, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, planebreaker, Privateer Press, Punkapocalyptic, Ravenloft, Robert J. Schwalb, roll20, runehammer games, savage worlds, Simian Circle Games, Skeletonkey games, star wars: the mandalorian, strixhaven, the children of fear, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, tombpunk, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, viking death squad, wanderhome, wizkids
17 Sep 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #118A newly announced D&D event, new directors at GAMA, controversy and a whole tonne of...a couple of drakes, animal adventures, apotheosis, brindlewood bay, Call of Cthulhu, Cepheus Deluxe, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, demiplane, Diana Jones Award, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dwarven Forge, edge, fat dragon games, Freddie Taylor-Bell, gama, game wizards, gencon, goodman games, Gun Metal Games, heroic maps, iron kingdoms, James Maliszewski, Jon Peterson, limitless adventures, Matt Forbeck, Meguey Baker, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, Mutants & Masterminds, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder infinite, Privateer Press, Ravenloft, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Shotguns & Sorcery, Skirmisher Publishing, SLA Industries, star trek adventures, starfinder infinite, talespire, tanya floaker, the dee sanction, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, vincent baker, wizards of the coast
03 Sep 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #116As it's Friday, it means RPG news in summary form. Routinely Itemised doesn't just summarise...All Rolled Up, Arcadia, blades in the dark, bloat games, brancalonia, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, character sheets, Chris McDowall, city of mist, dead channel studios, exalted, Freddie Taylor-Bell, Free League Publishing, gen con, Into The Odd, James Introcaso, jay dragon, kobold press, leyline press, long tail games, Massif Press, mcdm, mothership, Paizo Publishing, Paradox Interactive, pendragon, R. Talsorian Games, role, roll for combat, rowan rook and decard, sine nomine publishing, Stars without Number, survive this!!, the dee sanction, the oracle, wizards of the coast, Wyrmworks Publishing, zweihander
06 Aug 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #112Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and there's lots of big news with Avatar...2CGaming, Achtung! Cthulhu, alice is missing, avatar legends, beadle & grimm's, Brittannia Game Designs, Call of Cthulhu, chronicles of darkness, Chthonstone Games, cubicle 7, d&d beyond, dog might games, Dungeon World, Dungeons & Dragons, entromancy, fallout, fate of cthulhu, flying buffalo, forbidden lands, Free League Publishing, m20 technocracy reloaded, magpie games, Modiphius Entertainment, nightpath publishing, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, realmwarp media, star trek adventures, starfinder, Stygian Fox Publishing, Symbaroum, Travis Legge, uk games expo, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Victoriana, wizards of the coast, wizkids, XII: Inner Demons
23 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #110Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there's the latest from D&D,...13th age, Battlefield Press, beadle & grimm's, blackmoor, Call of Cthulhu, carbon grey, castles & crusades, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, city of mist, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, doctor who, Evil Hat Productions, fading suns, FATE, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, grant howitt, handiwork games, hearts of wulin, Honey Heist, injuries & vile deeds, m20 technocracy reloaded, magnetic press play, Matt Colville, mcdm, Necromancer Games, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, roll20, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, sdcc, sigil & shadow, soulbound, starfinder, strixhaven, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, the green knight, the oracle, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Troll Lord Games, Ulisses Spiele, Victoriana, west end games, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory
09 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #108A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games are...astate, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, darkraven games, dms guild, Fantasy Grounds, fate of cthulhu, flames of freedom, free league workshop, gen con, grim & perilous studios, Gun Metal Games, handiwork games, infinite black, izegrim creations, kobold press, laidback dungeon master, lone wolf, lumen, micro rpg, neverending, neverland, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, R. Talsorian Games, romance of the perilous land, Son of Oak Game Studio, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, storytellers vault, Swords & Wizardry, trinity continuum, trollish delver games, tsr games, uk games expo, vast grimm, wizards of the coast, wonderfiled
25 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #106A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games have...1985 games, a couple of drakes, Andrews McMeel, Atlas Games, black armada, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Bully Pulpit Games, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Cults of the Blood Gods, dark alliance, dead channel studios, degenesis, dms guild, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, edge, Elven Tower, en publishing, Eventyr Games, fiasco, Fighting Fantasy, flying buffalo, good strong hands, Green Ronin Publishing, grim & perilous studios, itch.io, Lovecraftesque, Malleus Monstrorum, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, scp, sixmorevodka, Skirmisher Publishing, SLA Industries, star frontiers, star trek adventures, storm bunny studios, tabletops & tentacles, third eye games, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, trollish delver games, tsr games, tunnels & trolls, Venger Satanis, warhammer, warlock, wayfinder's guide to eberron, wizkids, world of darkness, wrath & glory, zweihander
30 Apr 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #98Dicey Kickstarter surges past $1m in funds, Doctor Who RPG renewed, and Jasper's Game Day...AAW Games, Achtung! Cthulhu, beowulf, bundle of holding, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, cubicle 7, darkraven games, dice, doctor who, Dragon Warriors, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, fallout, fantasy age, fate core, flying buffalo, gale force nine, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hard wired island, hellboy, jasper's game day, Legendary Games, Loke BattleMats, mantic games, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, Mutants & Masterminds, nor cal mythos, one more multiverse, peter rudin-burgess, raging swan press, red scar publishing, sandy pug games, Shadowrun, sirens: battle of the bards, sr 16, stargrave, Steve Jackson Games, storm bunny studios, storm crow, Symbaroum, the dee sanction, traveller, tunnels & trolls, voxstory, warehouse 23, warhammer, wicked ones, world of darkness, wyrmwood gaming
16 Apr 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #96Wizards of the Coast are taking back control of D&D in some countries after settling...0one Games, alan bahr, amazing heroes, astral tabletop, Auroborus: coils of the serpent, blue planet, Call of Cthulhu, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, cubicle 7, deadlands, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, fallout, foundry, humblewood, Jeff Grubb, level up, Luke Crane, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mystara, Numenera, one more multiverse, osprey games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, ravenloft: mist hunters, roll20, romance of the perilous land, soulbound, studio agate, those dark places, Ulisses Spiele, warchief gaming, warlock, wizards of the coast
19 Feb 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #88Routinely Itemised is RPG news summary round-up complete with reviews, tips and a flood of...amazing heroes, beowulf, bundle of holding, Call of Cthulhu, cubicle 7, death on the reik, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, en publishing, fallout: wasteland warfare, grant howitt, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, humble bundle, judge dredd & the worlds of 2000 AD, Martin Lloyd, Melsonian Arts Council, obsidian portal, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, soulbound, soulbound: champions of order, the expanse rpg, wizards of the coast
27 Nov 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #76In the RPG news this week we've big news from Pinnacle and Savage Worlds, we...Andrews McMeel, blackbirds, blackfisk forlag, blood feud, brindlewood bay, Brittannia Game Designs, bundle of holding, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, cortex prime, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, cypher system, deadlands, dune, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Fire Ruby Designs, Free League Publishing, goodman games, humble bundle, invisible sun, itch.io, Jeremy Crawford, jp chapleau, knock!, Modiphius Entertainment, mythic table, osprey games, pathfinder, Peter Adkison, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, role, savage worlds, shiver, stranger things, tasha's cauldron of everything, those dark places, twilight: 2000, virtual tabletop, warhammer, warlock, zweihander
30 Oct 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #72Routinely Itemised is a weekly roundup of RPG news from Wizards of the Coast, Chaosium,...astate, astral tabletop, Atlas Games, battletech, beadle & grimm's, bloat games, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, Claim the Sky, cortex prime, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, cypher system, darrington press, Delta Green, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, entromancy, fandom, Fantasy Grounds, Fire Ruby Designs, First Responders, forsaken system player's guide, handiwork games, hasbro, Helmgast, humble bundle, Indie Press Revolution, invisible sun, John Carter of Mars, kobold press, kult: divinty lost, magpie games, Mark Diaz Truman, mindjammer press, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, nightpath publishing, Ogre, onyx path publishing, over arms, Pacesetter Games and Simulations, Palladium Books, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, rp haven, s5s, Saturday Morning Scenarios, savage worlds, Scarred Lands, scion, Steve Jackson Games, talisman, tasha's cauldron of everything, terminator, The Esoterrorists, the fantasy trip, the yellow king, vaesen, Vampire: The Masquerade, warchief gaming, warhammer, warlock, wet ink games, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory
04 Sep 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #64A glance at some noteworthy RPG releases this week along with yet another busy RPG...Arion Games, astral tabletop, beam saber, Call of Cthulhu, cubicle 7, Darklight Interactive, diego pisa artworks, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, Eloy Lasanta, en publishing, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Fighting Fantasy, forbidden lands, gallant knight games, lex arcana, Matt Forbeck, mythic odysseys of theros, Newt Newport, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, quality games, rime of the frostmaiden, Robert J. Schwalb, savage worlds, savage worlds adventurer's guild, Shotguns & Sorcery, starfinder, tasha's cauldron of everything, the grinning frog, the wagadu chronicles, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

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