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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
11 Jul 2025Routinely Itemised: RPG #317Major shifts are underway in the roleplaying industry, including a new head for Dungeons &...Cyberpunk, Diamond Comic Distributors, Green Ronin Publishing, Monte Cook Games, shadowdark
23 May 2025Routinely Itemised: RPGs #310  White Wolf is back! Paradox brings World of Darkness TTRPGs in-house. Plus, WizKids' Baldur's Gate...daggerheart, darrington press, Dungeons & Dragons, invisible sun, Monte Cook Games
30 Nov 2024Routinely Itemised: RPGs #285Fueled by rum bought at the Edinburgh Night Market, Team Geek Native wonders if your...arcknight, Chaosium, Dungeons & Dragons, hasbro, Monte Cook Games, wizards of the coast
11 Oct 2024Routinely Itemised: RPGs #278We're not in the USA so it seems out of place to sign or not...bloat games, Monte Cook Games, solo rpgs
29 Jul 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #215Routinely Itemised is a weekly column on Geek Native that summarizes the latest RPG news....Dungeons & Dragons, mirrorscape, Mongoose Publishing, Monte Cook Games, traveller, webtoon, wet ink games
20 May 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #153Routinely Itemised is a weekly RPG news wrap-up from Geek Native and other tabletop hobby...drivethrurpg, hasbro, Jim Butler, Monte Cook Games, Paizo Publishing
08 Apr 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #147We can see many exciting bundles, Hasbro hanging on to Wizards of the Coast, and...alice is missing, crowbar creative, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, evil genius productions, First Responders, foundry vtt, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hasbro, Jon Hodgson, just crunch games, Monte Cook Games, mothership, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, realmwarp media, river horse, roll20, sara thompson, Shades of Vengeance, Son of Oak Game Studio, Stargate SG-1, Syrinscape, tales of xadia, the dark eye, the dee sanction, the expanse rpg, The One Ring, the witcher, Ulisses Spiele, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, zombicide
01 Apr 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #146I've tried my best not to include any pranks in this news summary. I am...Bully Pulpit Games, cortex, diego pisa artworks, dms guild, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, fandom tabletop, Free League Publishing, gamefound, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, handiwork games, humble bundle, Jon Peterson, Knight Errant Media, kobold press, legends of avallen, Mike Pondsmith, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, Nightfall Games, old gods of appalachia, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, postworldgames, rebellion unplugged, roll20, rollvsevil, savage worlds, Son of Oak Game Studio, star trek adventures, stokerverse, tales of xadia, tarot, the dragon prince, titan effect, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade
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
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
30 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #111Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there's mixed news with $30,000...9th level games, a couple of drakes, awfully cheerful engine, beadle & grimm's, bounty hunter, carbon grey, Chaosium, Charles Ryan, cortex prime, Cthulhu Mythos, cubicle 7, dms guild, doctor who, dscryb, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, Fire Ruby Designs, forbidden lands, gama, gm screens, legends of avallen, Loke BattleMats, lovecraft, magnetic press play, Massif Press, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Sandy Petersen, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, sigil & shadow, Sneak Attack Press, soulmuppet, sr 16, starfinder, stargate, Steve Jackson Games, tales of xadia, the lost citadel, third eye games, trinity continuum, tsr games, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Verdant Isles: Teatime Adventures, warhammer, warlord games, west end games, wizards of the coast
04 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #103It feels like a spicy week, with plenty of news and a noticeable uptick in...9th level games, action fiction, adam bradford, age of sigmar, angry hamster publishing, Battlefield Press, beowulf, blood sword, carovea victor, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, czrpg, demiplane, drivethrurpg, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Gamma World, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, Ill Gotten Games, itch.io, jackals, Knight Errant Media, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, mazes, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, osprey games, Owen Stephens, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Ptolus, R. Talsorian Games, Ravenloft, red scar publishing, rogue genius games, roll20, savage worlds, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound starter set, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, the expanse rpg, the oracle, titan effect, traveller, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, venger's decks, warehouse 23, wizards of the coast, World Anvil
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
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
05 Mar 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #90Routinely Itemised: RPGs is a regular RPG news summary which, this week, looks at D&D...adam bradford, Arc Dream Publishing, Bully Pulpit Games, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Delta Green, demeo, demiplane, Dishonored, Francesco Nepitello, Free League Publishing, gallant knight games, gen con, Greg Stolze, handiwork games, hero forge, index card rpg, jackals, Legendary Games, lord of the rings, Luke Crane, magpie games, Mark Diaz Truman, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, onyx path publishing, osprey games, Palace of the Vampire Queen, philip reed, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Precis Intermedia, R. Talsorian Games, rifts, savage worlds, Shadowrun, stellagama publishing, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory
08 Jan 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #82New RPG releases, news from creators and publishers along with reviews, interviews and a host...2CGaming, bundle of holding, Chaosium, cthulhu dark, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, Fainting Goat Games, goodman games, Graham Walmsley, ICONS, level up, lords of the middle sea, Monte Cook Games, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Porcupine Publishing, righteous blood ruthless blades, Sanguine Productions, shadowrun: collapsing now, Steve Kenson, the grinning frog, wizards of the coast
11 Dec 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #78This week D&D hired a new senior game designer, an army of monsters appeared on...13th age, Amanda Hamon, bundles, christmas, Coriolis, Crystal Frasier, cubicle 7, dnd beyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, Elephant & Macaw Banner, entromancy, Fantasy Grounds, First Responders, foundry, gama, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, godforsaken, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, gumshoe, handimonsters, handiwork games, humble bundle, jonathan hicks, loresmyth, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, nightpath publishing, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, Philip J Reed, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, posthuman studios, rifts, savage worlds, schwalb entertainment, Shadow of the Demon Lord, starfinder, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, those dark places, tombpunk, trophy, warhammer, wizards of the coast
04 Dec 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #77Routinely Itemised takes a look back at the RPG news with the Origins Award restructuring...alien rpg, aliens: colonial marines Operations Manual, Ben Aaronovitch, blackbirds, blackfisk forlag, blood feud, broken compass, bundle of holding, Chaosium, Chris Taylor, cypher system, dnd beyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, edge, en publishing, Federico Sohns, Free League Publishing, godforsaken, grant howitt, humble bundle, john harper, Labyrinth, Legend of the Five Rings, midnight, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, nibiru, onyx path publishing, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, Philip J Reed, Rivers of London, shiver, soulbound, talisman, uk games expo, w.h. arthur, warhammer 40k, warhammer age of sigmar, Zadmar Games

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