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ACE! The Awfully Cheerful Engine is a loving parody of 80s games

May 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Think of ACE! as an irreverent, fun-packed movie. You might play as ghost hunters in New York City, a band of plucky galactic guardians, vampire slayers, or soldiers of fortune in the Los Angeles underground.

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #101

May 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It's been a busy week, so sit back and treat yourself to a scroll through the headlines; sales, reviews, interviews and stats from the RPG-scene.

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #100

May 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In a big release, Demiplane the gamer-find-game site, made profiles optionally public.

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #99

May 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Roll20 price increase, D&D movie starts to film, and a US court throws out a legal case against Gen Con. It's been a week of RPG news!

RPG Publisher Spotlight: EN Publishing

February 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

EN Publishing is the tabletop force behind Judge Dredd & The World of 2000 AD, the game system What's OLD is NEW (WOIN), lots of 5e goodies and, as we find out in this spotlight, with plans for plenty more.

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #75

November 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the RPG news this week we've a review roundup of Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, a legal fight between Wizards of the Coast and a partner, Kickstarter projects to look at a website from Google that makes monsters.