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Free to Download: The Assassin’s Creed RPG quickstart hits DTRPG

September 6, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The TTRPG uses the new Match System, which uses two sets of custom d6 (available as an official app) for fast-paced and fiction-first gameplay.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: assassin's creed, cmon, Francesco Nepitello, free to download

One bundle to rule them all? The latest Lord of the Rings TTRPG gets a discount deal

February 13, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Francesco Nepitello’s The One Ring, one of the numerous licenced RPGs based on JRR Tolkien’s novels, has received great praise for its capture of Tolkien’s themes and atmosphere.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Francesco Nepitello, Free League Publishing, J. R. R. Tolkien, lord of the rings, solo rpgs, sophisticated games, The One Ring

There’s an official Assassin’s Creed TTRPG on the way

October 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bringing Assassin’s Creed to tabletop RPG is an exciting challenge with near endless potential. The video game’s highly original premise — combining modern-day reality with period adventures, offers such an incredible opportunity for us to bring players a variety of gameplay that is unprecedented in most RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: assassin's creed, cmon, Francesco Nepitello, Ubisoft

An expert touch: A review of The One Ring RPG 2nd edition

October 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Bringing The One Ring to life and making it feel like adventures in Middle-earth also needs an expert touch. The Loremaster, the game’s version of GM, needs to be good.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Francesco Nepitello, Free League Publishing, J. R. R. Tolkien, lord of the rings, Marco Maggi, reviews, The One Ring

CMON buys Broken Compass RPG studio Two Little Mice

September 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The board game powerhouse and Kickstarter boss CMON has bought the RPG studio behind the award-winning RPG Two Little Mice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: broken compass, cmon, Francesco Nepitello, two little mice

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #90

March 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised: RPGs is a regular RPG news summary which, this week, looks at D&D Beyond’s founder joining a new gaming start-up, virtual virtual tabletops, an utter mess over at Kickstarter and a solved mess with The Palace of the Vampire Queen.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: adam bradford, Arc Dream Publishing, Bully Pulpit Games, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Delta Green, demeo, demiplane, Dishonored, Francesco Nepitello, Free League Publishing, gallant knight games, gen con, Greg Stolze, handiwork games, hero forge, index card rpg, jackals, Legendary Games, lord of the rings, Luke Crane, magpie games, Mark Diaz Truman, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, onyx path publishing, osprey games, Palace of the Vampire Queen, philip reed, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Precis Intermedia, R. Talsorian Games, rifts, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Shadowrun, stellagama publishing, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

Lex Arcana: The legions march on Kickstarter with “Dacia and Thracia” and “Italia”

February 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If one way to judge whether a Kickstarted game has been a success is to look at the popularity of the next campaign, the crowdfunder for the first supplement, Lex Arcana is doing well.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Francesco Nepitello, kickstarters, lex arcana, quality games

Legendary D&D for two: The Beowulf RPG launches today

February 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Beowulf is designed for one GM and one player. Duet play. The game comes from a successful Kickstarter and already has free to download supporting materials.

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

The Lord of the Rings RPG The One Ring funds a new edition, with a new publisher, in minutes

February 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On schedule, Free League Publishing launched the Kickstarter for the new look and second edition of The One Ring RPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Francesco Nepitello, Free League Publishing, kickstarters, lord of the rings, Middle-earth, The One Ring

The Lord of the Rings RPG’s new owners set their launch date

February 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new edition, also created by Francesco Nepitello, offers streamlined rules and promises to “bring players further into the Twilight of the Third Age”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, Francesco Nepitello, Free League Publishing, lord of the rings, The One Ring

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