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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
10 Sep 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #117The previews and interviews for D&D's The Wild Beyond the Witchlight have started to appear...avatar legends, Brittannia Game Designs, Cepheus Engine, Chivalry & Sorcery, Chris Perkins, cubicle 7, doctor who, dog might games, drivethrurpg, Eberron, hearts of wulin, ico partners, knock!, leyline press, magpie games, Numenera, sales, scion, sidequest, southlands, stellagama publishing, the dark crystal, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Tracy Hickman, Victoriana, 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
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
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
16 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #109The latest shipping delays at Wizards of the Coast even as we learn more about...Accessible Games, animal adventures, arcknight, astate, avatar legends, bundle of holding, charity, chromatic dungeons, cubicle 7, D101 Games, Diana Jones Award, dms guild, doctor who, Dream Realm Storytellers, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, fasa, Fire Ruby Designs, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, flames of freedom, fragged empire, Free League Publishing, Freyja's Tears, gaxx worx, ghostfire gaming, gildor games, Greg Stolze, grim hollow, Iron Crown Enterprises, jackals, James Wyatt, jp chapleau, just crunch games, Keith Baker, Loke BattleMats, luke gygax, magpie games, mork borg, neverending, onebookshelf, OpenQuest, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, Palladium Books, R. Talsorian Games, rod wiebel, rogue trooper, Rolemaster, savage pathfinder, sigil & shadow, starfinder, Steamforged Games, Symbaroum, tales from the loop, the dee sanction, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, tsr games, uk games expo, Vampire: The Masquerade, Victoriana, wizards of the coast, wonderfiled
09 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #108A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games are...astate, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, darkraven games, dms guild, Fantasy Grounds, fate of cthulhu, flames of freedom, free league workshop, gen con, grim & perilous studios, Gun Metal Games, handiwork games, infinite black, izegrim creations, kobold press, laidback dungeon master, lone wolf, lumen, micro rpg, neverending, neverland, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, R. Talsorian Games, romance of the perilous land, Son of Oak Game Studio, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, storytellers vault, Swords & Wizardry, trinity continuum, trollish delver games, tsr games, uk games expo, vast grimm, wizards of the coast, wonderfiled
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
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
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
28 May 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #102RPG news at bullet point speed for fast-find new releases, interviews, reviews and bundle deals....Achtung! Cthulhu, adventurers league, black armada, blades in the dark, bloat games, bundle of holding, city of mist, cubicle 7, Cults of the Blood Gods, daniel kwan, diego pisa artworks, dms guild, drow, Green Ronin Publishing, headless hydra press, hero forge, humble bundle, jackals, journey, kingdom, knock!, kobold press, last fleet, Malleus Monstrorum, micro rpg, mighty narwhal productions, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, morra, Nova, philip reed, planescape, Ptolus, realmwarp media, Renegade Game Studios, rifts, roll20, Shawn Tomkin, SLA Industries, Son of Oak Game Studio, the expanse rpg, the troubleshooters, 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
07 May 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #99Roll20 price increase, D&D movie starts to film, and a US court throws out a...apotheosis studios, awfully cheerful engine, broken tales, convergence, Craig Campbell, Creature Curation, cubicle 7, d&d live, drivethrurpg, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, Fire Ruby Designs, handimonsters, hasbro, inspirisles, Jonathan Goldstein, laidback dungeon master, Legendary Games, limitless adventures, nerdburger games, onebookshelf, pathfinder, Ptolus, roll20, soulbound, soulbound starter set, Symbaroum, uk games expo, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, wet ink games, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, XII: Inner Demons
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
23 Apr 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #97A weekly RPG news summary covering D&D, 2d20, indie news, events, reviews, interviews and even...AAW Games, adam lee, Auroborus: coils of the serpent, beadle & grimm's, beyond belief games, Biohazard games, broken compass, Coriolis, cubicle 7, curious monk, cyberpunk red, defiant, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, dungeon crawl classics, edge, fantasy flight games, gen con, Iron Crown Enterprises, jasper's game day, Legend of the Five Rings, mcdm, midnight, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, over arms, philip reed, R. Talsorian Games, rookie jet studio, sea of thieves, sirens: battle of the bards, Steve Jackson Games, the fantasy trip, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, wanderhome, warchief gaming, warhammer, wicked ones
16 Apr 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #96Wizards of the Coast are taking back control of D&D in some countries after settling...0one Games, alan bahr, amazing heroes, astral tabletop, Auroborus: coils of the serpent, blue planet, Call of Cthulhu, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, cubicle 7, deadlands, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, fallout, foundry, humblewood, Jeff Grubb, level up, Luke Crane, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mystara, Numenera, one more multiverse, osprey games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, ravenloft: mist hunters, roll20, romance of the perilous land, soulbound, studio agate, those dark places, Ulisses Spiele, warchief gaming, warlock, wizards of the coast
09 Apr 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #95In the latest routinely itemised RPG news round-up, we have the release of the Dune...Accessible Games, agon, Brittannia Game Designs, candlekeep mysteries, Cepheus Engine, Chivalry & Sorcery, cubicle 7, dragons, dune, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, edge, en publishing, Evil Hat Productions, Free League Publishing, gallant knight games, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, goodman games, handiwork games, jay dragon, kobold press, micro rpg, Modiphius, moonmares games, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, powered by the apocalypse, realmwarp media, rowan rook and decard, sidequest, soulbound, star frontiers, tabletops & tentacles, The Esoterrorists, trokia!, twilight imperium, UltraPro, vaesen, vaesen: mythic britain, wanderhome, warhammer 40k, wrath & glory

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