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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 Sep 2025Routinely Itemised: RPG #328This week's TTRPG news: Roll20Con 2025, Diamond bankruptcy latest, Paizo's new store, Itch.io publisher payments,...Battlefield Press, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, cosmere, Drizzt, Jeremy Crawford, Mongoose Publishing, R.A. Salvatore, traveller
06 Dec 2024Routinely Itemised: RPGs #286A new edition of Traveller RPG is available for just $1! Meanwhile, Hasbro ventures into...Dungeons & Dragons, games workshop, Mongoose Publishing, titan effect, traveller
09 Nov 2024Routinely Itemised: RPGs #282The tabletop RPG world catches up with Mongoose Publishing's annual report, Hasbro's declining D&D sales,...blades in the dark, Dungeons & Dragons, john harper, Krampus, Mongoose Publishing, traveller
10 Feb 2024Routinely Itemised: RPGs #243Lightforge Games receives critical acclaim, Paizo expands staff, D&D marks 50th anniversary, Zine Quest sees...chamomile has adventures, Mongoose Publishing, traveller
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
01 Jul 2022Routinely Itemised: RPGs #159Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary round-up from Geek Native. It's a chance to...cyberpunk red, dms guild, J Gray, Mongoose Publishing, Outland Entertainment, roll20, rowan rook and decard, traveller, When the Wolf Comes, wizards of the coast, zine quest
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
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
10 Dec 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #130Drama again this week with attack lawyers dispatched against Wizards of the Coast, hassles over...9th level games, Achtung! Cthulhu, Ad Infinitum Adventures, bandit camp, Brittannia Game Designs, broken shield, cairn, carbon 2185, Chaosium, Chivalry & Sorcery, coyote & crow, Dishonored, dragon turtle games, Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron, fairy trails, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, forged in the dark, Gunnar Roxen, Hymgho, Inkwell Ideas, ironsworn, Keith Baker, kickstarter, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, petersen games, Renegade Game Studios, runequest starter set, shannon appelcline, Steve Kenson, strixhaven, swords of the serpentine, the dee sanction, traveller, Troll Lord Games, TSR, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, worlds without number
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
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
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
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
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
12 Mar 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #91Routinely Itemised: RPGs is an RPG news round-up, and this week we look at the...Achtung! Cthulhu, apocalypse keys, ben milton, Better Angels, candlekeep mysteries, coyote & crow, cubicle 7, darkraven games, dead channel studios, Dungeons & Dragons, Evil Hat Productions, foundry, handiwork games, James Wyatt, john harper, just crunch games, lasers & feelings, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Paizo Publishing, realmwarp media, roll20, shadows in the mist, soulbound, the dee sanction, traveller, venger's decks, Vulcania, wizards of the coast, wizkids, Zadmar Games
20 Nov 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #75In the RPG news this week we've a review roundup of Tasha's Cauldron of Everything,...Absolute Tabletop, alice is missing, astral tabletop, awfully cheerful engine, Battlefield Press, blue rose, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, gale force nine, gallant knight games, grant howitt, Indie Press Revolution, itch.io, Keith Baker, liminal, magpie games, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, mork borg, mythic table, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, Palladium Books, Paradox Interactive, parts per million, Porcupine Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, rime of the frostmaiden, Steve Jackson Games, Symbaroum, tasha's cauldron of everything, terminator, the children of fear, the fantasy trip, the grinning frog, the oracle, the wildsea, those dark places, traveller, warehouse 23, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, world of darkness
09 Oct 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #69Geek Native's weekly RPG news herding with headlines, interviews reviews and new releases all squished...Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Chaosium, cyberpunk red, death on the reik, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, Elisa Teague, fasa, ghost hunters, godforsaken, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, Harlem Unbound, HeroQuest, kobold press, loresmyth, Mongoose Publishing, Monte Cook Games, onyx path publishing, peril planet, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, Shanna Germain, the black hack!, the wildsea, traveller, warhammer, wizards of the coast, wizkids, zavvi
17 Apr 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #44New releases, free games and the impact of COVID-19. What does this mean? It means...ars magica, astral tabletop, Atlas Games, bundle of holding, cubicle 7, degenesis, Delta Green, dnd beyond, ed greenwood, Eschaton Media, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, exploring eberron, Fantasy Grounds, forgotten realms, gallant knight games, Green Ronin Publishing, Keith Baker, kobold press, mork borg, onyx path publishing, paizo, Pelgrane Press, roll20, savage worlds, sixmorevodka, soulbound, spelljammer, starfinder, the yellow king, time travel, traveller, warhammer, warhammer 40k, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory
31 Jan 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #33RPG news summary with another D&D leak, free downloads and Matthew Mercer's 2020 update to...2000 AD, baldur's gate, board games, Call of Cthulhu, castle falkenstein, CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, conan the barbarian, Coriolis, critical role, cubicle 7, deadlands, Descent into Avernus, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, Jim Zub, laidback dungeon master, Matthew Mercer, Mike Myler, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, Sandy Petersen, Shades of Vengeance, soulbound, starfinder, Strontium Dog, Symbaroum, The One Ring, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade

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