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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
06 Jun 2025Routinely Itemised: RPGs #312A new CEO for Chaosium and a new lead designer for D&D? This week's TTRPG...Modiphius Entertainment, shadowdark, star trek adventures, wizards of the coast, World Anvil
03 Aug 2024Routinely Itemised: RPGs #268Initial reviews for the first wave of D&D 2024 are mostly positive, while Free League...Diana Jones Award, Dungeons & Dragons, limitless adventures, Modiphius Entertainment, star trek adventures
14 Apr 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #200Routinely Itemised is Geek Native's weekly summary of RPG news. In this 200th edition, nothing...Dungeons & Dragons, star trek adventures, the wildsea
17 Jun 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #157Let's make progress and dive into the RPG news summary of summaries!apotheosis studios, backerkit, jamison stone, Paizo Publishing, philip reed, Satine Phoenix, star trek adventures, starfinder
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
25 Mar 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #145This week's RPG news covers the latest D&D books, virtual tabletop deals, reviews and bundle...Arcadia, awfully queer heroes, coyote & crow, cubicle 7, cyberpunk 2077, Descent into Avernus, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, foundry vtt, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, handiwork games, Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel, Ken St Andre, limitless adventures, matthew dawkins, Pelgrane Press, philip reed, R. Talsorian Games, rebellion unplugged, rollvsevil, star trek adventures, steven crompton, Synthicide, The Esoterrorists, The One Ring, the oracle, viking death squad, will power games, wizards of the coast, wyrmwood gaming
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
24 Dec 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #132A summary of RPGs news from the week with freebies from WotC and others, indie...9th level games, Andrews McMeel, Arcadia, beadle & grimm's, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Dark Souls, diego pisa artworks, Dungeons & Dragons, Dynamite Entertainment, edge, Green Ronin Publishing, kobold press, Legend of the Five Rings, lone wolf, moonmares games, North Wind Adventures, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, petersen games, role, runequest, runequest starter set, salvage union, snowbright studios, star trek adventures, Steamforged Games, Steve Jackson Games, traveller, UltraPro, vaesen: mythic britain, Verdant Isles: Teatime Adventures, warhammer, weird frontiers, Wyrmworks Publishing, Zozer Games
22 Oct 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #123A bullet-point summary of RPG news in the week of D&D reviews, Paizo freelancers forcing...apotheosis, arc, astral tabletop, Atlas Games, battleground games, brw games, Chaosium, Cowboy Bebop, cubicle 7, czrpg, deadlands, degenesis, diego pisa artworks, Dungeons & Dragons, earthdawn, edge, fasa, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, game wizards, Green Ronin Publishing, hyper light drifter, iron kingdoms, kobold press, Labyrinth, Mana Project Studio, masks, Metal Weave Games, Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy, modern age, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, mothership, Paizo Publishing, Privateer Press, realmwarp media, rowan rook and decard, star trek adventures, the red opera, traveller, warhammer
15 Oct 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #122RPG news at bullet-point speed we headline the sad news that Hasbro boss Brian Goldner...0one Games, Achtung! Cthulhu, arc, Cowboy Bebop, critical role, cubicle 7, defenders of the new century, fantasy age, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Green Ronin Publishing, hasbro, heroic maps, Historica Arcanum, iron kingdoms, Mana Project Studio, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Planet X Games, Privateer Press, severed books, sharang biswas, sigil & shadow, sigil stone publishing, soulbound, star frontiers, star trek adventures, the gaia complex, 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
13 Aug 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #113RPG news in a handy bullet points summary gives you an advantage in your hobby...13th age, adventurers league, Arc Dream Publishing, bounty hunter, carbon grey, cubicle 7, Delta Green, doctor who, en publishing, flying buffalo, foundry, Free League Publishing, gen con, guy sclanders, indie groundbreaker awards, kobold press, Legendary Games, magnetic press play, Modiphius Entertainment, mutant chronicles, mutant: year zero, Pelgrane Press, Planet X Games, R. Talsorian Games, ravenloft: mist hunters, riotminds, shiver, soulbound, star trek, star trek adventures, Steve Jackson Games, Stygian Fox Publishing, tab creations, tabletop gaming magazine, tales from the loop, the oracle, the witcher, wizkids
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
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
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
12 Feb 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #87Routinely Itemised is RPG news summary round-up complete with reviews, tips and a flood of...Battlefield Press, Chaosium, cubicle 7, everway, gale force nine, jonathan tweet, JVC Parry, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, Nightfall Games, obsidian portal, onyx path publishing, Palace of the Vampire Queen, Precis Intermedia, soulbound, star trek adventures, stiff whiskers press, terminator, the grinning frog, warhammer, weird frontiers, wizards of the coast
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
25 Dec 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #80RPG news for the Christmas week. Just what has the industry been up too?2001: A Space Odyssey, Accessible Games, altered carbon, blades in the dark, Bully Pulpit Games, burn bryte, Chaosium, Dragonlance, en publishing, hunters entertainment, kult: divinty lost, Modiphius Entertainment, rogue trooper, star trek adventures, wicked ones, wizards of the coast
02 Oct 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #68Geek Native's weekly RPG news round-up with freebies, competitions, headlines, reviews and new releases all...adventure system, alien rpg, bundle of holding, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cypher system, Dungeons & Dragons, fading embers, flames of freedom, idyll creations, Into the Mother Lands, Kate Welch, kobold press, Modiphius Entertainment, Necromancer Games, Paizo Publishing, power rangers, Renegade Game Studios, runequest, soulbound, star trek adventures, studio agate, the wagadu chronicles, through the breach, wizards of the coast, wyrd miniatures, Zadmar Games
25 Sep 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #67Routinely Itemised is Geek Native's bullet-point summary of RPG news. Catch-up on stories on the...against the darkmaster, agon, batman, blue rose, Chaosium, chronicles of darkness, critical role, cubicle 7, diego pisa artworks, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, Evil Hat Productions, flames of freedom, Free League Publishing, gallant knight games, good strong hands, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, grim & perilous studios, HeroQuest, holler, icewind dale, James Introcaso, jetpack 7, Jim Zub, mcdm, Modiphius Entertainment, monolith, mork borg, Necrotic Gnome, open ended games, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, powered by the apocalypse, rime of the frostmaiden, roll20, sara thompson, skullkickers, soulbound, star trek adventures, starfinder, the yellow king, tiny dungeon, wizards of the coast, world building

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