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Be the boss: King Beowulf’s 5e duet RPG

October 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When you play regular 5e, your character moves through a series of locations and events. With a kingdom adventure, a series of events moves through the location of your kingdom.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #219

August 26, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly RPG news summary column that features reviews, discoveries, tips, and interviews. It is published every Friday night for RPG enthusiasts everywhere.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, black armada, cody pondsmith, handiwork games, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised

Handiwork Games hit by thieves and respond with Free to Download: King Beowulf – Of Kingdoms and Ring-Givers

August 25, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

US law enforcement are investigating theft of £25K worth of 5e RPGs from Scottish indie publisher

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

One GM and one player RPG: Beowulf – Age of Heroes bundles victories, wyrd and heroes into a discount deal

January 16, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As studios like Handiwork look to decouple from 5e and investigate their alternatives, we might see more of this; quick bundles of ‘days before’ content put up on offer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, bundle of holding, bundles, Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Handiwork Games

December 24, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re a small band of creators based around the world, but mostly in Scotland, UK. We have team members in England, The US, and New Zealand. 

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, beowulf, handimonsters, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, spotlight, The One Ring

Beowulf RPG adapts 5e for just two players: Heads back to Kickstarter

April 6, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Handiwork’s Beowulf Age of Heroes has been a success. The RPG was designed to be played with just two people, one player and one person running it and adapts the 5e rules which are so widely known.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

Handiwork Games launch limited edition “To All Those Who Battle Monsters” print in aid of Ukraine

February 26, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There will be only 50 of these signed prints of To All Those Who Battle Monsters prints.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: beowulf, charity, Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #138

February 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of RPGs news from the week Cynthia Williams becomes the boss of D&D and Wizards of the Coast, Zine Month launches, and the One Ring RPG gets a release date.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: against the darkmaster, Arcadia, beowulf, Chaosium, chris shepperson, corefun, cortex, Cthulhu Mythos, cyberpunk red, Cynthia Williams, dead channel studios, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, en publishing, Free League Publishing, handiwork games, lion banner games, mindjammer, mindjammer press, mork borg, mothership, nerdburger games, owen k. c. stephens, pathfinder, philip reed, R. Talsorian Games, red giant, rookie jet studio, routinely itemised, solar echoes, tab creations, the gaia complex, The One Ring, the wildsea, World Anvil

The best selling historical RPGs of 2021

December 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

What’s certain is that this table is a way to get an exciting look at games newly out this year and perhaps see names new to us.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: acheron books, Achtung! Cthulhu, Andrews McMeel, beowulf, brancalonia, drivethrurpg, edge, fantasy age, flames of freedom, gallant knight games, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hearts of wulin, jackals, Legend of the Five Rings, Modiphius Entertainment, osprey games, stats, Stygian Fox Publishing, the between, The Design Mechanism, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, through the breach, tiny cthulhu, wyrd miniatures

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #103

June 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It feels like a spicy week, with plenty of news and a noticeable uptick in Kickstarter activity. Oh, and the powerhouse Marvel returning to roleplaying games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 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, routinely itemised, 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

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