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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 Apr 2024Routinely Itemised: RPGs #254Gaming giant Embracer (Lord of the Rings) splits into three after deal falls through. D&D...Dungeons & Dragons, Skirmisher Publishing, The Secret World
15 Apr 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #148If you're getting a long weekend, I hope you also make the most of it...battleground games, beadle & grimm's, bloat games, brw games, carbon grey, cubicle 7, d6 system, d6mv, defiant, earl of fife games, kobold press, magnetic press play, mork borg, parts per million, roll20, sigil entertainment group, Skirmisher Publishing, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, the fantasy trip, uncaged, xploringmap
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
26 Nov 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #128It's a calmer week in RPG Kickstarter land as we roll into Black Cyber weekend...adventure system, Amanda Hamon, Arcadia, black lantern productions, Darklight Interactive, dms guild, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, Far Future Enterprises, Fighting Fantasy, idyll creations, Imaginary Empire, Iron Crown Enterprises, James Wyatt, laidback dungeon master, leyline press, liminal, mcdm, Mongoose Publishing, mothership, Necromancer Games, petersen games, Point of Insanity Game Studio, riotminds, runequest starter set, salvage union, Shadow of the Demon Lord, shield maidens, Skirmisher Publishing, soulmist, strixhaven, the merciless merchants, the oracle, Trudvang Adventures, wizards of the coast, 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
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
02 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #107Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary column, and this week we look at TSR...Achtung! Cthulhu, Arcadia, black void, blood sword, brw games, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dark alliance, dark sun, defiant, dms guild, dungeon crawl classics, Dying Earth, en publishing, Fantasy Grounds, gama, GURPS, hard wired island, indie groundbreaker awards, iron studios, izegrim creations, Loke BattleMats, Metal Weave Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, parable games, Pelgrane Press, peter rudin-burgess, R. Talsorian Games, runequest, runequest starter set, Sanguine Productions, Shane Ivey, shiver, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound, soulbound starter set, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, Synthicide, the dee sanction, the fantasy trip, the yellow king, Tiamat, tsr games, Usagi Yojimbo, vaesen, wanderhome, warehouse 23, wizards of the coast, wizkids
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
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
14 May 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #100In a big release, Demiplane the gamer-find-game site, made profiles optionally public.April Kit Walsh, Atlas Games, awfully cheerful engine, Chaosium, cyberpunk red, demiplane, Dungeons & Dragons, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, evil beagle games, Evil Hat Productions, flyos games, Genesis of Legend Publishing, ghosts of saltmarsh, GURPS, ICONS, Infinity, inspirisles, lion banner games, Modiphius Entertainment, moonmares games, Prowlers & Paragons, R. Talsorian Games, Skirmisher Publishing, talisman, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Tricube Tales, Vampire: The Masquerade, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, wizards of the coast, wizkids, Zadmar Games
26 Mar 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #93In this week's RPG news round-up, we confirm Free RPG Day will happen, why the...against the darkmaster, agon, Auroborus: coils of the serpent, awfully queer heroes, candlekeep mysteries, Chaosium, derek kolstad, epic, fallout, free rpg day, GURPS, Hero Games, Hero Kids, Ill Gotten Games, Jim Pinto, Legendary Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, postworldgames, rangers of shadow deep, roll20, runequest, Skirmisher Publishing, star trek adventures, Steve Jackson Games, the fantasy trip, warchief gaming, wizards of the coast, xploringmap
05 Feb 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #86Routinely Itemised is a weekly RPG news round-up and this week Kickstarter's Zine Quest is...adventure system, age of sigmar, awfully queer heroes, blackbirds, bloat games, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Chaosium, cubicle 7, deadlands, Delta Green, dnd beyond, dragon age, fandom tabletop, fantasy age, gen con, Green Ronin Publishing, guy sclanders, headless hydra press, idyll creations, jackals, magpie games, modern age, Modiphius Entertainment, nightpath publishing, orion d. black, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, pew pew, philip reed, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, quest, R. Talsorian Games, sara thompson, Skirmisher Publishing, star trek adventures, starfinder, summon skate, tales of xadia, The Design Mechanism, the dragon prince, the expanse rpg, the last airbender
14 Aug 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #61It has been another busy week of RPG news. Are you keeping up with the...Absolute Tabletop, Chaosium, chronicle system, cubicle 7, Cyberpunk, dead channel studios, exalted funeral, fandom tabletop, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, hellboy, itch.io, kobold press, Legendary Games, liminal, limitless adventures, loresmyth, mage hand press, mantic games, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, old-school essentials, onyx path publishing, petersen games, Renegade Game Studios, Rivers of London, Robert J. Schwalb, savage worlds, shadow of the weird wizard, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound, studio agate, the after, the merciless merchants, the wildsea, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, those dark places, XII: Inner Demons

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