This month’s roleplaying game news summary. We cover the sale of 7th Sea to Studio Agate, a lawsuit involving Luke Gygax, and a significant delay for a new Eberron book from Wizards of the Coast.
Greg Stafford posthumously honoured with 2025 Gygax Award
The award, a prestigious recognition in the tabletop gaming industry, is presented annually at Gary Con, a convention celebrating the legacy of E. Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons.
Gary Gygax’s daughter calls her father “sexist” in response to recent D&D row
It’s worth noting that Gary Gygax was proudly a biological determinist. It’s unclear whether Gary would refuse any of the preface.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs 284
Catch up on the latest tabletop gaming news, including Elon Musk’s feud with Wizards of the Coast, Steve Jackson Games’ charitable donation, a unique 5e bestiary project, a tribute to Amber Cook, and the rise of BlueSky’s RPG community.
D&D’s Greyhawk finally goes Community Content
Greyhawk is the second-ever campaign setting for D&D, after Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor, and it was the one associated with the core rulebooks until 2008.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #265
Some parts of the world are watching sportsball, but not us. We’re here for tabletop news
The TTRPG celebs found in The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx
We’re looping back to Gooey Cube’s adventure and campaign setting The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx.
Castle Zagyg Yggsburgh defies expectations and returns
A 2012 thread on Troll Lord Games’ site predicts we’ll never see Castle Zagyg in PDF.
The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg: Rediscovered 2nd oldest RPG dungeon with free samples
Greg Svenson was given a play-test copy of D&D in the summer of 1973, while Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax laboured to finish the manuscript.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #163
Routinely Itemised offers bullet points of RPG news, new releases, reviews, interviews, and RPGs tips from around the web.
