Routinely Itemised: RPGs #29
A weekly round-up of RPG news including discoveries, fan-projects and Kickstarters.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #26
It's your weekly catchup with news of an impressive new RPG publisher, voice actors playing Starfinder with you in your bedroom and the return of Werewolf.
13th Age double teams the Bundle of Holding
D&D fans might know the game as it was created by Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet, who were the lead designers of D&D 3e and 4e. 13th Age combines traditional bits of d20 with story-focused rules.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #16
It’s October and all of a sudden everyone is talking about Halloween.
Mr Root
The horror and supernaturally themed Kickstarters are appearing, GMs are plotting scary scenarios, and web hosts are breeding an army of mutant bandwidth bills that feed on blogger blood.
The start of the month also means a new RPG Publisher Spotlight poll for Patrons.…
A humble success: The King of Dungeons asks for a little and gets plenty
This isn't an OSR game, the designer stresses it's not from any school.
A Beastly Bestiary: A Review of the 13th Age Bestiary
Like a well-meaning-but-sort-of-annoying-best-friend, I worry about the future of 13th Age. The 3rd/4th edition fantasy RPG house blend by Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet hit the perfect note, melding those two polarizing editions together into something that is fast, playable, and fun, all the while being its own thing and fostering the creativity of players, something its ancestors were oft-criticized for not doing.…
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens
Team EN World opened the voting booth for the 2014 ENnie Awards this week. Voting started with 5 winners being announced for the 2014 Judges’ Spotlight award.…
Free games and International Tabletop Day rush slams DriveThru RPG’s servers
Saturday April the 5th is International Tabletop Day. Names like Atlas Games, Stronghold Games, Asmodee, Days of Wonder, Mayfair, AEG, Ravensburger, Japanime Games, Looney Labs and Steve Jackson Games are teaming up with Geek & Sundry for the big event.…
13th Age out performs Numenera as hottest RPG
Russell Morrissey, owner of the hugely popular RPG community, EN World, posted an interesting chart of popular RPGs to his Google+ account.
It shows that more gamers are talking about Pelgrane Press’s 13th Age than they are about Monte Cook’s Numenera.
The data is pretty compelling too.…
Pelgrane Press launch organised play for 13th Age
Some of the largest and most established RPGs have had publisher organised play. These may involve an official archive of character sheets, adventures and convention support. Pelgrane Press are edging closer to the release of their highly anticipated 13th Age and have announced plans for organised play to support it.…
