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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
09 Jan 2026Routinely Itemised: RPG #343Matt Mercer steps back from DMing due to burnout, Steve Dee passes away and Leon...dungeon crawl classics, goodman games, matt mercer, old-school essentials, savage worlds, steve dee
09 May 2025Routinely Itemised: RPGs #308Recent RPG news includes a fundraiser for Rick Hershey's injured children, Goodman Games clarifying a...Chaosium, drink, Dungeons & Dragons, goodman games, judges guild, kids in the attic, Rick Hershey, startplaying, three sails studios, wizards of the coast
21 Oct 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #227Routinely Itemised is Geek Native's weekly news roundup of everything roleplaying, including reviews, interviews, Kickstarter...dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, goodman games, hive mind games, planescape
18 Mar 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #144RPG news is routinely itemised in this weekly bullet point collection, complete with illustrations, graphs...blue planet, Catalyst Game Labs, Cyberpunk, Deborah Ann Woll, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, fragged empire, g.i. joe, goodman games, handiwork games, James Introcaso, legends of avallen, long tail games, loresmyth, nerdburger games, onebookshelf, onyx path publishing, pathfinder, philip reed, power rangers, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, savage worlds, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Shadowrun, strixhaven, the sixth gun, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade, vincent baker, wizards of the coast
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
25 Feb 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #141A cluster of RPG news furnished at bullet point speed on a week of debate-sparking...Ad Infinitum Adventures, Arcadia, cyberpunk red, Darklight Interactive, Deborah Ann Woll, doctor who, Dungeons & Dragons, earthdawn, ed greenwood, exalted funeral, fandom tabletop, fasa, godbound, goodman games, haunted west, ico partners, kevin crawford, laidback dungeon master, Legendary Games, Modiphius Entertainment, nightpath publishing, old-school essentials, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Steve Jackson Games, tabletops & tentacles, tales of xadia, They Came From Beyond the Grave, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory
28 Jan 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #137Do you think the deadly Dark Souls computer game would work as a 5e RPG...alien rpg, Babies and Broadswords, cubicle 7, Dark Souls, Darklight Interactive, doctor who, dog might games, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, edge, fasa, Free League Publishing, gale force 9, goodman games, lancer, legends of avallen, midnight, Modiphius Entertainment, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, mork borg, Paizo Publishing, parts per million, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, ravenloft: mist hunters, rick and morty, root, rowan rook and decard, runescape, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, sideshow collectibles, star trek into darkness, Steamforged Games, the oracle, warehouse 23
21 Jan 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #136A summary of RPGs news from the week as Wizards of the Coast make an...9th level games, avatar legends, bloat games, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, critical role, cubicle 7, dark places & demogorgons, darrington press, flames of freedom, gen con, goblin slayer, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, laidback dungeon master, Legendary Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, Nightfall Games, Outland Entertainment, raging swan press, star frontiers, star trek adventures, stokerverse, the grinning frog, todd kenreck, wanderhome, william murakami-brundage, wizards of the coast, yen press
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
03 Dec 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #129RPG news summarised from the week that's just gone with reviews, interviews, bundle deals, competitions...9th level games, a couple of drakes, Achtung! Cthulhu, bandit camp, brindlewood bay, broken shield, carbon 2185, Chaosium, city of mist, Claim the Sky, cortex, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dc comics, defiant, dms guild, dndbeyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, edge, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, en publishing, fairy trails, fandom tabletop, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game machinery, ghost hunters, gila, goodman games, Gunnar Roxen, haunted west, Into The Odd, Iron Crown Enterprises, just crunch games, Legendary Games, legends of avallen, magpie games, Mana Project Studio, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, nightfell, Nova, paranoia, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, root, runequest starter set, Steffie de Vaan, storm crow, strixhaven, the dee sanction, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, The Matrix, The One Ring, traveller, truffle shuffle, Tuesday Knight Games, twilight imperium, Victoriana, World Anvil, xploringmap
19 Nov 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #127RPG news from the week. Paizo share an update with apologies, Judge Dredd's RPG will...chamomile has adventures, Claim the Sky, cubicle 7, demiplane, demon dog, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, Elven Tower, Free League Publishing, goodman games, HeroQuest, Joe Manganiello, Loke BattleMats, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Meguey Baker, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, Ptolus, roll20, root, through the breach, vaesen, vaesen: mythic britain, vincent baker, wizards of the coast, world of darkness
12 Nov 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #126Let's get exploring this week's RPG news and new shoes.against the darkmaster, bloat games, Chaosium, cy_borg, dots rpg project, Dragon Warriors, Dungeons & Dragons, goodman games, legendlore, magpie games, onyx path publishing, open ended games, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, runequest, runequest starter set, Steve Jackson Games, strixhaven, tab creations, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, Zadmar Games
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
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
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
20 Aug 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #114RPG news in the week that Chaosium's Steve Perrin passed away and Geek Native moved...Achtung! Cthulhu, alien rpg, aliens: colonial marines Operations Manual, Asmodee, avatar legends, blackmoor, bundle of holding, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, cmon, critical role, cubicle 7, darkraven games, diego pisa artworks, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, elemental, Elephant & Macaw Banner, ENnies, fallout, Fantasy Grounds, Fat Goblin Games, Free League Publishing, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, GURPS, Jim Pinto, mindjammer, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, postworldgames, Robert J. Schwalb, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, silver vine publishing, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, the grinning frog, Tracy Hickman, TSR, wizkids, wrath & glory, Zadmar Games, zombicide
11 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #104Two D&D leaks at once, maybe three if you count the accessories. Oh, maybe four...9th level games, astral tabletop, Chaosium, critical role, cubicle 7, Curriculum of Chaos, death on the reik, Dungeons & Dragons, Evil Hat Productions, Fantasy Grounds, gama, goodman games, Into the Mother Lands, Loke BattleMats, Modiphius Entertainment, onyx path publishing, osric, Pathfinder Society, Restoration Games, roll20, starfinder, Synthicide, the op, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, trinity continuum, Vampire: The Masquerade, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, warlock, wizards of the coast
21 May 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #101It's been a busy week, so sit back and treat yourself to a scroll through...13th age, alien rpg, astate, awfully cheerful engine, battletech, brindlewood bay, candlekeep mysteries, carovea victor, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, Defiant Awakening, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy age, Flash Gordon, Free League Publishing, gama, game machinery, gen con, ghostfire gaming, goodman games, GURPS, handiwork games, hasbro, jackals, Jim Pinto, jonathan hicks, lion banner games, lord of the rings, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, My Little Pony, neverending, onyx path publishing, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, petersen games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, postworldgames, red scar publishing, river horse, roleplay elixir, Russ Morrissey, savage worlds, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound starter set, spelljammer, starfinder, the yellow king, those dark places, Troll Lord Games, Vampire: The Masquerade, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, voxstory, wanderhome, will power games, wizards of the coast, xploringmap
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
09 Apr 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #95In the latest routinely itemised RPG news round-up, we have the release of the Dune...Accessible Games, agon, Brittannia Game Designs, candlekeep mysteries, Cepheus Engine, Chivalry & Sorcery, cubicle 7, dragons, dune, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, edge, en publishing, Evil Hat Productions, Free League Publishing, gallant knight games, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, goodman games, handiwork games, jay dragon, kobold press, micro rpg, Modiphius, moonmares games, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, powered by the apocalypse, realmwarp media, rowan rook and decard, sidequest, soulbound, star frontiers, tabletops & tentacles, The Esoterrorists, trokia!, twilight imperium, UltraPro, vaesen, vaesen: mythic britain, wanderhome, warhammer 40k, wrath & glory

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