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Cortex sold, Legends of Grayskull shuttered, and Dragon Prince RPG transferred as Fandom exits tabletop roleplaying

August 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Fandom has left the tabletop roleplaying business before completing the Cortex marketplace; however, the RPG line will continue in part.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cam banks, cortex, fandom, the dragon prince

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #146

April 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve tried my best not to include any pranks in this news summary. I am stupid, though, and may have been tricked. I don’t think so…

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bully Pulpit Games, cortex, diego pisa artworks, dms guild, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, fandom tabletop, Free League Publishing, gamefound, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, handiwork games, humble bundle, Jon Peterson, Knight Errant Media, kobold press, legends of avallen, Mike Pondsmith, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, Nightfall Games, old gods of appalachia, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, postworldgames, rebellion unplugged, roll20, rollvsevil, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Son of Oak Game Studio, star trek adventures, stokerverse, tales of xadia, tarot, the dragon prince, titan effect, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade

Fandom Tabletop issue a new Cortex license for third-party creators

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The future looks better for Cortex, the Fandom Tabletop owned RPG-system that powers The Dragon Prince: Tales of Xadia game, which was released today, Masters of the Universe and perhaps others.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex, cortex prime, fandom tabletop, tales of xadia, the dragon prince

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #129

December 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news summarised from the week that’s just gone with reviews, interviews, bundle deals, competitions and crowdfunding projects.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, a couple of drakes, Achtung! Cthulhu, bandit camp, brindlewood bay, broken shield, carbon 2185, Chaosium, city of mist, Claim the Sky, cortex, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dc comics, defiant, dms guild, dndbeyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, edge, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, en publishing, fairy trails, fandom tabletop, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game machinery, ghost hunters, gila, goodman games, Gunnar Roxen, haunted west, Into The Odd, Iron Crown Enterprises, just crunch games, Legendary Games, legends of avallen, magpie games, Mana Project Studio, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, nightfell, Nova, paranoia, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, root, routinely itemised, runequest starter set, Steffie de Vaan, storm crow, strixhaven, the dee sanction, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, The Matrix, The One Ring, traveller, truffle shuffle, Tuesday Knight Games, twilight imperium, Victoriana, World Anvil, xploringmap

Cortex RPG’s fan creator license released to dissent and distrust

December 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Our initial plan for Cortex Prime licensing was to offer the Cortex Creator Studio, a distribution channel, marketplace, gaming hub, and design tool.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex, cortex prime, fandom, legal

Twitch backed Into the Mother Lands actual play takes their RPG to Kickstarter

May 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Twitch’s Into the Mother Lands is a rightfully popular actual play. Now, the POC-created and Cortex-powered RPG is on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex, cortex prime, Into the Mother Lands, kickstarters, tanya depass

Fandom, D&D Beyond’s owner, buys Fanatical game marketplace

February 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today, Fanatical announced it has been bought by Fandom.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: cortex, fanatical, fandom

The Dragon Prince RPG: Tales of Xadia opens to fans

February 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Cortex powered Tales of Xadia: The Dragon Prince Roleplaying game will open to pre-orders on the 9th of February.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex, cortex prime, tales of xadia, the dragon prince

Atlas Games signs on to fulfil Fandom’s Cortex Prime orders

October 26, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Atlas Games are Fandom’s fulfilment partners. This means the Feng Shui publishers are helping put Cortex Prime in friendly local gaming shops.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Atlas Games, cam banks, cortex, cortex prime, fandom

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