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Final ORC: Paizo present the finally final version of the ORC License

June 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The license is a system-agnostic, perpetual, and irrevocable open gaming license that provides a legal “safe harbor” for sharing rules mechanics so as to encourage collaboration and innovation in the tabletop-gaming space.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: azora law, Chaosium, gen con, legal, Martian Muckracker publishing, Mythmere Games, Open Game License, paizo, Paizo Publishing

Washington Court of Appeals allows Zak S case against Gen Con and Peter Adkison

July 13, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One-time RPG designer Zak S sued Gen Con and its co-owner after he was banned from the convention. Zak isn’t suing because he was banned but because Gen Con explained why he was banned. He also sued his ex-wife for defamation. It looked as if the Court had dismissed the case, with a snort. However, […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: gen con, legal

Earn money at Gen Con with Grim & Perilous Studios and some d100s

July 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The $15 per hour offer also applies to Discord-run games as Gen Con is a hybrid event. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sun are all valid.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beyond the fire, events, gen con, grim & perilous studios

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #136

January 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of RPGs news from the week as Wizards of the Coast make an important D&D hire, Green Ronin plot Cthulhu content done right, and one of the most significant savings you’re likely to see on DTRPG goes live.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 3die6, 9th level games, An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby, avatar legends, bastard king of thraxford castle, bloat games, bloody sword miniatures, capes & crooks, chamomile has adventures, champions begins, Chaosium, church of steel, critical role, cthulhu awakens, cubicle 7, dark places & demogorgons, darrington press, dungeon bitches, Dying Stylishly Games, ennead games, fallen, fenris game studios, flames of freedom, gay realms, gen con, goblin slayer, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, gunslinger, hell night, honey & hot wax, inbreak, laidback dungeon master, Legendary Games, Modiphius Entertainment, monsters of myth, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, newedo, newyear studios, Nightfall Games, Outland Entertainment, perplexing ruins, questworlds, raging swan press, routinely itemised, sabbat: the black hand, star frontiers, star trek adventures, stokerverse, the boardgame zone, the grinning frog, todd kenreck, ulthar studio, valkyrie, venture village, wanderhome, william murakami-brundage, wizards of the coast, wolf-packs & winter snow, yen press, zes board games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #116

September 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As it’s Friday, it means RPG news in summary form. Routinely Itemised doesn’t just summarise Geek Native’s own content.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: .dungeon, Adam Daigle, All Rolled Up, Arcadia, battlezoo, beyond the horizon, blades in the dark, bloat games, bolt rpg, brancalonia, Briar & Bramble, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, character sheets, chris handley, Chris McDowall, city of mist, dead channel studios, dragons and demons, exalted, fenrisgames, Freddie Taylor-Bell, Free League Publishing, geek therapeutics, gen con, goblin scrawl games, himbo treasure hunt, horrible guild, hrothgar's hoard, Into The Odd, James Introcaso, jay dragon, kobold press, leyline press, lightning mage game design, long tail games, Massif Press, mcdm, meteor tales, mothership, mundos infinitos, Norse Foundry, one more quest, our haunt, Paizo Publishing, Paradox Interactive, pendragon, possum creek games, powered by lesbians, R. Talsorian Games, role, roll for combat, routinely itemised, rowan rook and decard, sine nomine publishing, Stars without Number, stephens woodwork, stingers & spores, survive this!!, teenagers from outerspace, thacko, the dee sanction, the only sheet, the oracle, There Once Were Dragons, tome of peculiar discoveries, valda's spire of secrets, venture & dungeon, warpland, wizards of the coast, worlds beyond the infernal breach, Wyrmworks Publishing, zweihander

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #113

August 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news in a handy bullet points summary gives you an advantage in your hobby perception and wisdom rolls.

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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #108

July 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games are gone, conventions are here, but without masks.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Aberrant, arx obskura, astate, biscuit fund games, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, caledonia miniatures, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, darkraven games, dms guild, earth rain, fairies in mechs, Fantasy Grounds, fate of cthulhu, fate of dungeons, flames of freedom, free league workshop, gen con, goblin country, grim & perilous studios, Gun Metal Games, handiwork games, infinite black, izegrim creations, kobold press, laidback dungeon master, lone wolf, lost omens mwangi expanse, lumen, micro rpg, neverending, neverland, onyx path publishing, orphaned bookworm productions, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, R. Talsorian Games, rogue games, romance of the perilous land, routinely itemised, shadows & showdowns, solarian games, Son of Oak Game Studio, splintered realms publishing, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, storytellers vault, super solo, Swords & Wizardry, teratology, thunderegg productions, titanomachy, trinity continuum, trollish delver games, tsr games, uk games expo, vast grimm, wheels within wheels, wizards of the coast, wonderfiled, World of Wyldrvir, zan's adventures

TSR Games (3) say they have replaced the voice of TSR Games

July 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This morning, in a Tweet, TSR Games (3) announces that the “individual that was handling this account is no longer with TSR”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ernie gygax, gary con, gen con, TSR, tsr games, tsr museum

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #101

May 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s been a busy week, so sit back and treat yourself to a scroll through the headlines; sales, reviews, interviews and stats from the RPG-scene.

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Court appears to dismiss Zak S’ Gen Con lawsuit

May 1, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A screengrab of the court session minutes being shared on social media appears to show the Judge dismissing the case.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, gen con, legal

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