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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
19 Dec 2025Routinely Itemised: RPG #340Critical Role heads to London Comic Con, Steve Jackson Games brings back Toon and there...backerkit, critical role, Green Ronin Publishing, James Ohlen, Steve Jackson Games, the expanse rpg
03 Oct 2025Routinely Itemised: RPG #329The latest roleplaying game news, TTRPG reviews, and new releases. This week covers Critical Role's...critical role, Jeremy Crawford, kickstarter, kobold press
09 Aug 2025Routinely Itemised: RPG #321A new DM for the world's biggest roleplaying game stream? Find out who, plus get...critical role, darrington press, diablo, Dungeons & Dragons
11 Jan 2025Routinely Itemised: RPGs #291In a year marked by climate catastrophe and industry shifts, the TTRPG world saw Critical...blackfisk forlag, Chaosium, critical role, darrington press, outgunned, shadowdark
11 Nov 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #230This RPG news summarises key updates in the RPG industry. Main highlights include the release...critical role, paizocon, soulmuppet
19 Aug 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #217 & #218Routinely Itemised is a weekly column from Geek Native that summarizes RPG news, reviews, discoveries,...Battlefield Press, critical role, cubicle 7, daggerheart, darrington press, Dungeons & Dragons, evil genius productions, Fabula Ultima, fabula ultima atlas: high fantasy, need games, strange machine games, warhammer
15 Jul 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #213Routinely Itemised is Geek Native's RPG news round-up with summaries from the blog, elsewhere on...cairn, critical role, defiant, Dungeons & Dragons, fallout, game machinery, magpie games, mirrorscape, Paizo Publishing
26 May 2023Routinely Itemised: RPGs #206Routinely Itemised is Geek Native's weekly overview of RPG news. Critical Role and Kobold Press...critical role, darrington press, Dungeons & Dragons, kobold press, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, tales of the valiant, virtual tabletop
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
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
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
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
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
11 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #104Two D&D leaks at once, maybe three if you count the accessories. Oh, maybe four...9th level games, astral tabletop, Chaosium, critical role, cubicle 7, Curriculum of Chaos, death on the reik, Dungeons & Dragons, Evil Hat Productions, Fantasy Grounds, gama, goodman games, Into the Mother Lands, Loke BattleMats, Modiphius Entertainment, onyx path publishing, osric, Pathfinder Society, Restoration Games, roll20, starfinder, Synthicide, the op, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, trinity continuum, Vampire: The Masquerade, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, warlock, wizards of the coast
13 Nov 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #74In RPG news; it's Friday the 13th, and there are quite a few big books...9th level games, beowulf, carbon 2185, castles & crusades, cawood publishing, CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, cortex prime, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dark places & demogorgons, darrington press, defenders of the new century, dragon turtle games, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, Evil Hat Productions, fandom tabletop, Fantasy Grounds, foundry, goodman games, hammerdog games, handiwork games, humblewood, ivan van norman, jonathan hicks, Keith Baker, kobold press, luke gygax, mausritter, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Renegade Game Studios, starfinder, tasha's cauldron of everything, terminator, the witcher, those dark places, vaesen, Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, World Anvil, world of darkness
30 Oct 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #72Routinely Itemised is a weekly roundup of RPG news from Wizards of the Coast, Chaosium,...astate, astral tabletop, Atlas Games, battletech, beadle & grimm's, bloat games, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, Claim the Sky, cortex prime, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, cypher system, darrington press, Delta Green, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, entromancy, fandom, Fantasy Grounds, Fire Ruby Designs, First Responders, forsaken system player's guide, handiwork games, hasbro, Helmgast, humble bundle, Indie Press Revolution, invisible sun, John Carter of Mars, kobold press, kult: divinty lost, magpie games, Mark Diaz Truman, mindjammer press, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, nightpath publishing, Ogre, onyx path publishing, over arms, Pacesetter Games and Simulations, Palladium Books, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, rp haven, s5s, Saturday Morning Scenarios, savage worlds, Scarred Lands, scion, Steve Jackson Games, talisman, tasha's cauldron of everything, terminator, The Esoterrorists, the fantasy trip, the yellow king, vaesen, Vampire: The Masquerade, warchief gaming, warhammer, warlock, wet ink games, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory
23 Oct 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #71Routinely Itemised is Geek Native's weekly RPG news summary, complete with a roundup of new...9th level games, adventure system, Arion Games, astate, beadle & grimm's, Bruce Cordell, bundle of holding, Chaosium, Corpus Malicious, cortex prime, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dnd beyond, Dragonlance, Dream Realm Storytellers, Elder Scrolls, en publishing, fat dragon games, Free League Publishing, gama, halloween, handiwork games, idyll creations, Inkwell Ideas, king arthur pendragon, kobold press, Loke BattleMats, lynne hardy, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, Nightfall Games, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, rhianna pratchett, Rivers of London, roll20con, savage worlds, Shadow of the Demon Lord, soulbound, stargrave, terminator, the grinning frog, the wildsea, vaesen, warhammer, wizards of the coast
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
21 Aug 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #62UK Games Expo's free to attend internet convention "Virtually Expo" is on right now, and...acheron, arium, critical role, curse of hearts, dark world studios, frostgrave, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, hellboy, icewind dale, jp chapleau, Kate Welch, magpie games, mantic games, mork borg, Pacesetter Games and Simulations, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, rime of the frostmaiden, savage worlds, star trek adventures, strata miniatures, sword chronicle, the grinning frog, triple ace games, warcraft, wizards of the coast, wizkids
10 Jul 2020Routinely Itemised: RPGs #56The heated conversations in the RPG community continue as the hobby space looks at ways...2CGaming, Amanda Hamon, apotheosis studios, Chaosium, critical role, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Green Ronin Publishing, gumshoe, ico partners, iron kingdoms, Jim Pinto, kids on brooms, kobold press, mythic odysseys of theros, Necromancer Games, orion d. black, Pelgrane Press, Privateer Press, sara thompson, Shadowrun, the red opera, vaesen, Vampire: The Masquerade, vault comics, warhammer, wizards of the coast

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