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RPG Publisher Spotlight: BRW Games

June 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The first product we published was Adventures Dark and Deep™, which was spawned from a post on my blog about Gary Gygax’s never-implemented plans for a second edition of AD&D.

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: brw games, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax

Listen to learn about the history of tabletop RPGs with the great Shannon Appelcline

December 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designers & Dragons: The ’70s is a comprehensive picture of the beginnings of the RPG industry.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: audible, audiobook, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, shannon appelcline, TSR

Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons on pre-order

September 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not just creator v creator history in the book. As you might expect, Game Wizards also looks at the Satanic Panic and not just at the problems that caused, but the advantages as well.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, Jon Peterson, tsr games

Christmas in July: Chainmail, the game which became D&D, is on sale

July 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The DMs Guild has more than a PDF scan copy of Chainmail available. The print-on-demand softcover is also available. The bundle, with both, is also marked down.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, drivethrurpg, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, planescape, sales, savage pathfinder

Fandom conventions update for July

July 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Geek Native runs an RPG, fandom and geeky events calendar.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: convention, Gary Gygax, the witcher

The confusing re-return of TSR Games and a potential dinosaur theme park

June 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

So we’re left to unearth these clues found scattered over their social media activities and one very sketchy press release.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, giantlands, gygax magazine, James M. Ward, TSR, tsr games

Gary Gygax’s own DM has finally licensed his original works

March 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Robert J. Kuntz is an author and game designer who played with Gary Gygax in that fateful demonstration by Dave Arneson of Blackmoor in 1972. He later went on to DM Gary Gygax.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #55

July 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One week of RPG news: A battle in the Gygax family of D&D’s legacy, too sexy vampires and a game designer disowning their award-winning edgelord adventure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Alligator Alley Entertainment, astral tabletop, beowulf, Chaosium, cubicle 7, curse of hearts, daniel kwan, dms guild, earthdawn, ENnies, Esper Genesis, fasa, Gary Gygax, GURPS, Jon Hodgson, Justin Achilli, kobold press, lamentations of the flame princess, luke gygax, Malleus Monstrorum, Massif Press, onyx path publishing, R. Talsorian Games, rebellion, routinely itemised, Steve Jackson Games, vampire, warhammer 40k, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, world of darkness, wrath & glory

Unbreakable author wants D&D to pull Oriental Adventures from shops

June 29, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

In recent years, more D&D fans have been uncomfortable with how the 1985 published book treats its subject matter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: daniel kwan, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #50

May 29, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Routinely Itemised this week we catch up with PaizoCon Online, find out what the D&D movie has in store and ear about “choose your own adventure” audiobooks!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Aquelarre, castle falkenstein, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Eberron, foundry, Free League Publishing, free rpg day, Gary Gygax, Green Ronin Publishing, grimmerspace, Keith Baker, kobold press, luke gygax, Mutants & Masterminds, mythic odysseys of theros, obsidian portal, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, routinely itemised, soulmuppet, starfinder, studio agate, threefold

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