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.
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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.
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| News Briefing | Summary | Topics |
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| RPG News: 14 June 2025 | It's Friday the 13th today yesterday, and if you've visited Geek Native while it was Friday the 13th on your desktop, you would have seen… | Free Rpg DayHero ForgeHouseholdPaizo PublishingStarfinder |
| RPG News: 6 June 2025 | What a treat it is to write your TTRPG news summary from the Geek Native towers, not a hotel room. Next year, my hotel room… | Modiphius EntertainmentShadowdarkStar Trek AdventuresWizards Of The CoastWorld Anvil |
| RPG News: 30 May 2025 | The fan-made Book of Malkav (burn after reading) taught me the phrase, "If you're falling, dive". So, here I am, at the risk of a… | Gary ConLuke GygaxMork Borg |
| RPG News: 23 May 2025 | Folks, next Friday will be the UK Games Expo. In theory, I'll be writing #311 in a tiny hotel room on their flaky wifi, so… | DaggerheartDarrington PressDungeons & DragonsInvisible SunMonte Cook Games |
| RPG News: 16 May 2025 | How are you doing? If you want to chat, our Discord is still in the soft launch stage, but people keep joining. Now, let's get… | AlienDaniel D. FoxGeek NativePaizo PublishingZweihanderZweihander: Reforged |
| RPG News: 9 May 2025 | UK Games Expo edges closer, but first I have to make it through my birthday weekend without exploding on food treats! Now, let's get into… | ChaosiumDrinkDungeons & DragonsGoodman GamesJudges GuildKids In The AtticRick HersheyStartplayingThree Sails StudiosWizards Of The Coast |
| RPG News: 2 May 2025 | It's May. We've celebrated the ancient European festival of May Day. We've had tabletop news, too and here are the summaries of summaries. Wizards of… | Crow Land PublishingDemiplaneDiceMarvelPaizo PublishingPathfinderRoll20Wizards Of The Coast |
| RPG News: 25 April 2025 | Feels like a long week, or perhaps it's just wave after wave of tabletop companies shuttering in response to tariffs that make it feel so!… | FoodMarvelMarvel Multiverse Role-playing Game NexusPhilip ReedStranger ThingsThe Twenty-sided Tavern |
| RPG News: 19 April 2025 | If you're getting the bank holiday weekend, then enjoy it! If not, then I hope the blog offers a little distraction. I used my Friday… | Steve Jackson GamesVampireWhite Wolf |
| RPG News: 11 April 2025 | It's been another busy week, so let's distract ourselves with TTRPG news. How do we do that? We start by summarising the summaries! Jeremy Crawford… | Atlas GamesDark ConspiracyDungeons & DragonsMongoose PublishingSpace: 1999Wizards Of The Coast |
| RPG News: 5 April 2025 | Did the world change this week? There's certainly been no shortage of trade concerns, and we see that in the TTRPG news this week. Speaking… | Chris PerkinsDungeons & DragonsForged In The Dark |
| RPG News: 29 March 2025 | It's been a long week, and the gremlins are back in the Geek Native code. Hopefully, you didn't notice! Moving on… here's the RPG news… | Alien RpgDiceDungeons & DragonsFree League PublishingSirius Dice |
| RPG News: 21 March 2025 | Is it too early for convention hype? It's not too early for this week's TTRPG news. Let's start with the RPG news summary of summaries;… | Arkham HorrorEdgeEmily AllenMarvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-playing Game |
| RPG News: 15 March 2025 | Good night! Once I'd try and get this summary out before midnight. Tonight with my 11:45pm start, I'm glad the deadline is now 3am. It's… | Crowbar CreativeExalted FuneralMonty PythonMonty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment ProgrammePaizo PublishingStarfinder |
| RPG News: 8 March 2025 | Geek Native has secured press creds for UK Games Expo. Are you going? Pint? Roll20, who own DTRPG and DMsGuild, announced large price rises for… | Dungeons & DragonsLego |
| RPG News: 1 March 2025 | It's the weekend, as surely as Russia invaded Ukraine. Here's the summary of TTRPG news summaries; Ernie Gygax has passed away. There's a new Warhammer… | Cepheus EngineDungeons & DragonsIndependence GamesVirtual TabletopWizards Of The Coast |
| RPG News: 22 February 2025 | Could it be Friday? Thank spaghetti, it's Friday! Here's the summary of TTRPG news summaries; Snowbright ran a second Nonbinary Tabletop Award. Rascal turns one.… | Cubicle 7 EntertainmentRenegade Game StudiosTarotVampire: The MasqueradeWarhammer: The Old World |
| RPG News: 15 February 2025 | It's Friday! Treat yourself and that might well mean supporting a local food business and an indie publisher with your patronage. :) Here's the summary… | ChaosiumDungeons & DragonsNetflix |
| RPG News: 8 February 2025 | Ah, zine month! Look at what you do to the Kickstarter section of this TTRPG news round-up. Speaking of which, here is the summary of… | Atlas GamesJohn Nephew |
| RPG News: 1 February 2025 | Here in the North, it's finally getting brighter in the morning. The problem with going to work in the dark and getting back home in… | Dungeons & DragonsFlatland Games |
