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Any setting, any character: Heroes & Hardships generic RPG launches core rules on Kickstarter

October 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If funded, the core rules will be a 248-page hardcover, offering hundreds of character options and gritty tactical combat.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: earl of fife games, kickstarters

Tetsubo: Earl of Fife Games announces a Warhammer Fantasy-inspired setting from Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson

August 24, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today, Earl of Fife Games has announced a licensing deal to bring the Tetsubo setting to life using the Heroes & Hardship Core Rulebook. There will be expanded rules to further enhance play in the fantasy lands of Yamato.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: earl of fife games, warhammer

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #148

April 15, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

If you’re getting a long weekend, I hope you also make the most of it to kick back, relax, and catch up on all this RPG news.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battleground games, beadle & grimm's, bloat games, brw games, carbon grey, cubicle 7, d6 system, d6mv, defiant, earl of fife games, kobold press, magnetic press play, mork borg, parts per million, roll20, routinely itemised, sigil entertainment group, Skirmisher Publishing, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, the fantasy trip, uncaged, xploringmap

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #142

March 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A collection of RPG news supplied at bullet point speed on GM’s Day, with the last Roll20 stats for 2021 and when Wizards of the Coast joined a women’s activist group.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bully Pulpit Games, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, earl of fife games, Eclipse Phase, Eventyr Games, everyday heroes, evil genius productions, Free League Publishing, genesys, handiwork games, household, Iron Crown Enterprises, kobold press, Modiphius Entertainment, mutant chronicles, onyx path publishing, R. Talsorian Games, raging swan press, routinely itemised, warlock

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #140

February 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A leak or a D&D release on purpose? A musical D&D experience, a last chance to get the latest Judge Dredd RPG, a look at the horror RPG Red Giant and more RPG news!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alan bahr, apotheosis, Chaosium, critical role, crow land publishing, Dark Souls, deadlands, diego pisa artworks, Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, en publishing, fallout: wasteland warfare, Free League Publishing, free rpg day, hasbro, hero forge, itch.io, judge dredd & the worlds of 2000 AD, level up, Modiphius Entertainment, osprey games, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, posthuman studios, power rangers, rackham vale, realmwarp media, red giant, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Steamforged Games, the oracle, the wagadu chronicles, the world anvil publishing, triple ace games, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast

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 #115

August 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news in a week of new game announcements, franchise deals and licenses. We’ve attracted lots of Cthulhu, too.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: a couple of drakes, Alligator Alley Entertainment, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, columbia games, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, Esper Genesis, Girl Genius, goblin slayer, hard wired island, index card rpg, lupin the 3rd, magnetic press, magnetic press play, micro rpg, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, Renegade Game Studios, rookie jet studio, routinely itemised, runehammer games, samjoko publishing, sandy pug games, savage worlds, severed books, Shadowrun, Son of Oak Game Studio, sr 16, Steve Jackson Games, the witcher, troika, viking death squad, wizards of the coast, yen press

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #88

February 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is RPG news summary round-up complete with reviews, tips and a flood of Zine Quest Kickstarter projects.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: amazing heroes, beowulf, bundle of holding, Call of Cthulhu, cubicle 7, death on the reik, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, en publishing, fallout: wasteland warfare, grant howitt, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, humble bundle, judge dredd & the worlds of 2000 AD, Martin Lloyd, Melsonian Arts Council, obsidian portal, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, routinely itemised, soulbound, soulbound: champions of order, the expanse rpg, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #69

October 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s weekly RPG news herding with headlines, interviews reviews and new releases all squished into several bullet point lists.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Chaosium, cyberpunk red, death on the reik, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, Elisa Teague, fasa, ghost hunters, godforsaken, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, Harlem Unbound, HeroQuest, kobold press, loresmyth, Mongoose Publishing, Monte Cook Games, onyx path publishing, peril planet, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, Shanna Germain, the black hack!, the wildsea, traveller, warhammer, wizards of the coast, wizkids, zavvi

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #66

September 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a busy week of RPG news, and a quick scan will stop you missing out on the free D&D downloads from Wizards of the Coast and others, or any of the new releases and headlines.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: animal adventures, Avalon Hill, black void, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, cubicle 7, cypher system, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, exalted, fallout, Free League Publishing, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, HeroQuest, icewind dale, Into the Mother Lands, izegrim creations, James Introcaso, Jim Zub, judges guild, kobold press, lords of the middle sea, magpie games, manticore games, modern age, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, rime of the frostmaiden, roll20, romance of the perilous land, routinely itemised, RPG Superstar, savage worlds, soulbound, stargate, Steamforged Games, Symbaroum, the grinning frog, trollish delver games, wrath & glory, Wyvern Gaming

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