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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.

DateNews BriefingSummaryTopics
09 Jul 2021RPG News: 9 JulyA busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games are gone, conventions are here, but...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 2021RPG News: 2 JulyRoutinely Itemised is an RPG news summary column, and this week we look at TSR Games (3) threatening OSR communities,...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 2021RPG News: 25 JuneA busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games have TSR Games over a barrel.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 2021RPG News: 4 JuneIt feels like a spicy week, with plenty of news and a noticeable uptick in Kickstarter activity. Oh, and the...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 2021RPG News: 21 MayIt's been a busy week, so sit back and treat yourself to a scroll through the headlines; sales, reviews, interviews...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
09 Apr 2021RPG News: 9 AprilIn the latest routinely itemised RPG news round-up, we have the release of the Dune 2d20 RPG, Goodman Games buying...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
26 Mar 2021RPG News: 26 MarchIn this week's RPG news round-up, we confirm Free RPG Day will happen, why the D&D TV show might be...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
19 Mar 2021RPG News: 19 MarchRoutinely Itemised: RPGs is an RPG news round-up, and this week we look at the Candlekeep Mysteries reviews, DCC legacy,...Achtung! Cthulhu, battleground games, beowulf, burn bryte, candlekeep mysteries, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dark alliance, deadlands, Delta Green, en publishing, entromancy, fallout, foundry, Free League Publishing, gen con, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, Legendary Games, liminal, micro rpg, Modiphius Entertainment, neverending, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Polyhedra Games, runequest, savage worlds, severed books, shadows in the mist, sirius dice, starfinder, trollish delver games, uk games expo, w.h. arthur, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, World Anvil, Zadmar Games
12 Mar 2021RPG News: 12 MarchRoutinely Itemised: RPGs is an RPG news round-up, and this week we look at the steampunk RPG Vulcania, the new...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
26 Feb 2021RPG News: 26 FebruaryKeep up with RPG news, Wizards of the Coast's new promotion with Hasbro, the many D&D TV shows, an Altered...2d20, 9th level games, Achtung! Cthulhu, altered carbon, arium, Avatar: The Last Airbender, cawood publishing, chamomile has adventures, Champions, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, fanatical, fandom, Fantasy Grounds, far away land rpg, foundry, game designers workshop, greater than games, Hero System, jay dragon, lynne hardy, magpie games, Modiphius Entertainment, nerdburger games, obsidian portal, Ogre, Paizo Publishing, quest, roll20, Sentinel comics, Steve Jackson Games, tales from the loop, twilight: 2000, vampires, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, wanderhome, wizards of the coast, wizkids, year zero engine, Zadmar Games
05 Feb 2021RPG News: 5 FebruaryRoutinely Itemised is a weekly RPG news round-up and this week Kickstarter's Zine Quest is a vast shape on the...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
08 Jan 2021RPG News: 8 JanuaryNew RPG releases, news from creators and publishers along with reviews, interviews and a host of new Kickstarter activity. It's...2CGaming, bundle of holding, Chaosium, cthulhu dark, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, Fainting Goat Games, goodman games, Graham Walmsley, ICONS, level up, lords of the middle sea, Monte Cook Games, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Porcupine Publishing, righteous blood ruthless blades, Sanguine Productions, shadowrun: collapsing now, Steve Kenson, the grinning frog, wizards of the coast
18 Dec 2020RPG News: 18 DecemberA summary of 2020 RPG stats, a round-up of the news, lots of reviews and product releases all together in...AAW Games, alien rpg, Chaosium, cubicle 7, dark crystal, darkraven games, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Free League Publishing, gen con, James Introcaso, Malleus Monstrorum, Modiphius Entertainment, neon city overdrive, onyx path publishing, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, river horse, soulbound, Steve Jackson Games, talisman, the children of fear, thought police interactive, warhammer age of sigmar, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, wrath & glory
11 Dec 2020RPG News: 11 DecemberThis week D&D hired a new senior game designer, an army of monsters appeared on Humble Bundle, publishers backed New...13th age, Amanda Hamon, bundles, christmas, Coriolis, Crystal Frasier, cubicle 7, dnd beyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, Elephant & Macaw Banner, entromancy, Fantasy Grounds, First Responders, foundry, gama, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, godforsaken, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, gumshoe, handimonsters, handiwork games, humble bundle, jonathan hicks, loresmyth, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, nightpath publishing, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, Philip J Reed, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, posthuman studios, rifts, savage worlds, schwalb entertainment, Shadow of the Demon Lord, starfinder, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, those dark places, tombpunk, trophy, warhammer, wizards of the coast
04 Dec 2020RPG News: 4 DecemberRoutinely Itemised takes a look back at the RPG news with the Origins Award restructuring after an RPG boom, D&D...alien rpg, aliens: colonial marines Operations Manual, Ben Aaronovitch, blackbirds, blackfisk forlag, blood feud, broken compass, bundle of holding, Chaosium, Chris Taylor, cypher system, dnd beyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, edge, en publishing, Federico Sohns, Free League Publishing, godforsaken, grant howitt, humble bundle, john harper, Labyrinth, Legend of the Five Rings, midnight, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, nibiru, onyx path publishing, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, Philip J Reed, Rivers of London, shiver, soulbound, talisman, uk games expo, w.h. arthur, warhammer 40k, warhammer age of sigmar, Zadmar Games
20 Nov 2020RPG News: 20 NovemberIn the RPG news this week we've a review roundup of Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, a legal fight between Wizards...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
13 Nov 2020RPG News: 13 NovemberIn RPG news; it's Friday the 13th, and there are quite a few big books about to be released; Tasha's...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
06 Nov 2020RPG News: 6 NovemberRPG news all summarised into handy bullet-point lists. That's the name of the game in this Friday's Routinely Itemised.against the darkmaster, agents of edgewatch, beadle & grimm's, bundle of holding, castles & crusades, Catalyst Game Labs, Cyberpunk, cyberpunk red, Ex Stasis Games, fallout: wasteland warfare, Fantasy Grounds, foundry, Free League Publishing, Hero Kids, jackals, kobold press, limitless adventures, lion banner games, midnight tower, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, quest, R. Talsorian Games, rime of the frostmaiden, savage worlds, Skeletonkey games, spelljammer, tasha's cauldron of everything, the children of fear, The One Ring, tome of beasts, Troll Lord Games, warhammer age of sigmar, wizards of the coast
23 Oct 2020RPG News: 23 OctoberRoutinely Itemised is Geek Native's weekly RPG news summary, complete with a roundup of new releases, freebies, interviews and reviews.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
16 Oct 2020RPG News: 16 OctoberThe latest stats from Roll20, free RPG downloads, new releases, a host of reviews and a bunch of RPG news...Arc Dream Publishing, Atlas Games, awfully cheerful engine, black void, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, castles & crusades, Chaosium, Coriolis, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Delta Green, Dungeons & Dragons, fallout: wasteland warfare, feng shui, flames of freedom, Free League Publishing, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, Greg Stafford, hammerdog games, Into the Mother Lands, JVC Parry, kobold press, Larian Studios, Modiphius Entertainment, neon city overdrive, ontabletop, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, peril planet, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, roll20con, soulbound, starfinder, steve jackson, Tekumel, the children of fear, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, tome of beasts, troika, warhammer, wizards of the coast, Wolfgang Baur, World Anvil, Zadmar Games

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