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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: Chaosium, gen con, legal, 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: 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: 9th level games, avatar legends, bloat games, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, critical role, cubicle 7, dark places & demogorgons, darrington press, flames of freedom, gen con, goblin slayer, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, laidback dungeon master, Legendary Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse, Nightfall Games, Outland Entertainment, raging swan press, routinely itemised, star frontiers, star trek adventures, stokerverse, the grinning frog, todd kenreck, wanderhome, william murakami-brundage, wizards of the coast, yen press

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: All Rolled Up, Arcadia, blades in the dark, bloat games, brancalonia, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, character sheets, Chris McDowall, city of mist, dead channel studios, exalted, Freddie Taylor-Bell, Free League Publishing, gen con, Into The Odd, James Introcaso, jay dragon, kobold press, leyline press, long tail games, Massif Press, mcdm, mothership, Paizo Publishing, Paradox Interactive, pendragon, R. Talsorian Games, role, roll for combat, routinely itemised, rowan rook and decard, sine nomine publishing, Stars without Number, survive this!!, the dee sanction, the oracle, wizards of the coast, 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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, adventurers league, Arc Dream Publishing, bounty hunter, carbon grey, cubicle 7, Delta Green, doctor who, en publishing, flying buffalo, foundry, Free League Publishing, gen con, guy sclanders, indie groundbreaker awards, kobold press, Legendary Games, magnetic press play, Modiphius Entertainment, mutant chronicles, mutant: year zero, Pelgrane Press, Planet X Games, R. Talsorian Games, ravenloft: mist hunters, riotminds, routinely itemised, shiver, soulbound, star trek, star trek adventures, Steve Jackson Games, Stygian Fox Publishing, tab creations, tabletop gaming magazine, tales from the loop, the oracle, the witcher, wizkids

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: astate, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, darkraven games, dms guild, Fantasy Grounds, fate of cthulhu, flames of freedom, free league workshop, gen con, grim & perilous studios, Gun Metal Games, handiwork games, infinite black, izegrim creations, kobold press, laidback dungeon master, lone wolf, lumen, micro rpg, neverending, neverland, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, R. Talsorian Games, romance of the perilous land, routinely itemised, Son of Oak Game Studio, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, storytellers vault, Swords & Wizardry, trinity continuum, trollish delver games, tsr games, uk games expo, vast grimm, wizards of the coast, wonderfiled

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

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, alien rpg, astate, awfully cheerful engine, battletech, brindlewood bay, candlekeep mysteries, carovea victor, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, Defiant Awakening, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy age, Flash Gordon, Free League Publishing, gama, game machinery, gen con, ghostfire gaming, goodman games, GURPS, handiwork games, hasbro, jackals, Jim Pinto, jonathan hicks, lion banner games, lord of the rings, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, My Little Pony, neverending, onyx path publishing, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, petersen games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, postworldgames, red scar publishing, river horse, roleplay elixir, routinely itemised, Russ Morrissey, savage worlds, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound starter set, spelljammer, starfinder, the yellow king, those dark places, Troll Lord Games, Vampire: The Masquerade, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, voxstory, wanderhome, will power games, wizards of the coast, xploringmap

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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