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Dias Ex Machina Games

Dias Ex Machina Games is the publisher of tabletop RPG titles such as Ultramodern5, which takes D&D 5e rules and applies them to a contemporary setting, Amethyst and Affinity.

Chris Tavares Dias and Dias Ex Machina Games were voted into Geek Native's RPG Publisher Spotlight in November 2019.

D&D Belongs to You: Use Foundry and Roll20 et al but not WotC’s VTT, argues 5e publisher

July 1, 2023 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Chris Dias owns Dias Ex Machina and created Ultramodern5, the most successful non-fantasy book for 5th Editoins D&D not published by WOTC.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, foundry vtt, roll20, ultramodern5, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Collaboration, not substitution: 5e’s most successful non-fantasy publisher on AI in RPGs

June 16, 2023 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Chris Dias owns Dias Ex Machina, the creator of Ultramodern5, the most successful non-fantasy book for 5th Editions D&D not published by WOTC.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, ultramodern5

Patron thank you gift: Dias Ex Machine Games’ Biohazard (5E) – A Modern Zombie Apocalypse

June 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Zombies overrun Happyland, and the characters are special forces sent in to find out why. If possible, find a cure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Patreon, ultramodern5, zombies

Amethyst 5E offers over 1,200 pages as Ultramodern5’s publisher brings the RPG to Kickstarter

September 6, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Described as Dias Ex Machina’s opus, Amethyst is already successfully established and why the giant 1,200-page projection makes sense.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Affinity impresses Kickstarter with three 5e settings in one campaign

April 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dias Ex Machina’s Kickstarter campaign to fund three unique 5e-powered settings for Affinity funded within the hour.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, kickstarters

The best selling sci-fi RPGs of 2020

December 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a 3:2 tussle between Modiphius with Star Trek and Catalyst with Shadowrun and BattleTech to see which publisher appears the most often.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battletech, Catalyst Game Labs, cyberpunk red, Dias Ex Machina Games, edge, Modiphius Entertainment, R. Talsorian Games, Shadowrun, star trek adventures, Tuesday Knight Games, ultramodern5

The best selling modern RPGs of 2020

December 16, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If the setting is broadly contemporary, then the fact that characters are witches does not disqualify it as a game with a modern environment.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alice is missing, Dias Ex Machina Games, drivethrurpg, game machinery, hunters entertainment, night horrors, onyx path publishing, stats, ultramodern5

Alien RPG and The Witcher Pen & Paper among the 53, 051 discounted titles for International GM’s Day

March 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DriveThruRPG are marking International GM’s Day by discounting over 53,000 RPGs, supplements and accessories.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, cubicle 7, Dias Ex Machina Games, drivethrurpg, Free League Publishing, heroic maps, international gm's day, R. Talsorian Games, the witcher, white wolf

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #22

November 15, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this column, we look back at the week of RPG news as quick bullet points for you to speed read.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien rpg, best left buried, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy flight games, Jim Pinto, Labyrinth, Monte Cook Games, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Privateer Press, river horse, Robotech, routinely itemised, soulmuppet, Ulisses Spiele, wizards of the coast

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Dias Ex Machina Games

November 14, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The indie publisher in the spotlight for November is Dias Ex Machina, and this is a story of sex machines and a betrayal that hurt the very heart of Wizards of the Coast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, spotlight, ultramodern5, wizards of the coast

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