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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 Sep 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #221Routinely Itemised: Your weekly RPG news roundup, featuring Trail of Cthulhu 2e, Mansters, Assassin's Creed...Dungeons & Dragons, luke gygax, Pinnacle Entertainment, rifts, savage worlds, Son of Oak Game Studio, wizards of the coast
01 Jul 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #211It's Geek Native's news round-up with news of Paizo and partners finally agreeing on the...bloat games, Dungeons & Dragons, savage worlds
03 Mar 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #194Alright, gang, somehow we're into March, and it's been a bit of a struggle to...artificial intelligence, bloat games, dark sun, dice, Dungeons & Dragons, Paizo Publishing, savage worlds, tabletop gaming magazine
17 Feb 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #192Routinely Itemised's RPG news will get you quickly up to speed with news from the...battlelords of the 23rd century, fantasy age, Free League Publishing, Green Ronin Publishing, kobold press, savage worlds, wizards of the coast
25 Nov 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #180A nimble recap of RPG news from Geek Native and around the web. There are...dice, Mongoose Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, savage worlds
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
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
18 Feb 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #140A leak or a D&D release on purpose? A musical D&D experience, a last chance...alan bahr, apotheosis, Chaosium, critical role, crow land publishing, Dark Souls, deadlands, diego pisa artworks, Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, en publishing, fallout: wasteland warfare, Free League Publishing, free rpg day, hasbro, hero forge, itch.io, judge dredd & the worlds of 2000 AD, level up, Modiphius Entertainment, osprey games, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, posthuman studios, power rangers, rackham vale, realmwarp media, red giant, savage worlds, Steamforged Games, studio hex, the oracle, the wagadu chronicles, the world anvil publishing, triple ace games, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast
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
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
27 Aug 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #115RPG news in a week of new game announcements, franchise deals and licenses. We've attracted...a couple of drakes, Alligator Alley Entertainment, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, columbia games, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, Esper Genesis, Girl Genius, goblin slayer, hard wired island, index card rpg, lupin the 3rd, magnetic press, magnetic press play, micro rpg, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, Renegade Game Studios, rookie jet studio, runehammer games, samjoko publishing, sandy pug games, savage worlds, severed books, Shadowrun, Son of Oak Game Studio, sr 16, Steve Jackson Games, the witcher, troika, viking death squad, wizards of the coast, yen press
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
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
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
18 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #105It's the run-up to D&D Live 2021, and Wizards of the Coast find themselves in...Achtung! Cthulhu, against the darkmaster, arc, Arion Games, bloat games, bounty hunter, Brittannia Game Designs, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, dark places & demogorgons, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, electric bastionland, fallout, forgotten realms, Free League Publishing, guy sclanders, hasbro, HeroQuest, Infinity, Inkwell Ideas, inspirisles, joseph mccullough, Ken St Andre, lion banner games, momatoes, mork borg, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, rangers of shadow deep, Renegade Game Studios, savage worlds, scp, Sentinel comics, sidequest, Steve Jackson Games, the between, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, trollish delver games, twilight: 2000, Vampire: The Masquerade, vincent baker, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, worlds without number
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
19 Mar 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #92Routinely Itemised: RPGs is an RPG news round-up, and this week we look at the...Achtung! Cthulhu, battleground games, beowulf, burn bryte, candlekeep mysteries, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dark alliance, deadlands, Delta Green, en publishing, entromancy, fallout, foundry, Free League Publishing, gen con, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, Legendary Games, liminal, micro rpg, Modiphius Entertainment, neverending, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Polyhedra Games, runequest, savage worlds, severed books, shadows in the mist, sirius dice, starfinder, trollish delver games, uk games expo, w.h. arthur, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, World Anvil, Zadmar Games

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