What’s happen this week? A whizz though bullet points of RPG news and discoveries.
Shadowrun 6e: Sixth World Beginner Box out in digital and off to a rocky start
Early purchasers of the game are suggesting that Catalyst Game Labs might just be feeling the time pressure. It looks like typos have slipped into the Beginner Box.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #3
What happened in the RPG industry this week? ENnnie 2019 nominations, “Oops, sorry, our artwork was too similar” and superheroes.
Origins attendance up 11% overtaking Gen Con in the tabletop games category
Visitor numbers to Origins is up 11% and that takes turnstile attendance to 71, 237.
Which are the largest geeky conventions in the world?
A living treemap showing the relative size and categories of dozens of geeky conventions around the world.
Can’t make Gen Con? Print your Gen Can’t badge instead
Gen Con is an iconic roleplaying games convention. Founded in 1968 by Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, it now hosts tens of thousands of gamers. Gen Con 2018 will run from August 2nd to 5th, in Indianapolis, Indiana, but not everyone will get to go. The list of gamers missing out include […]
Monte Cook announces Numenera 2
At Gen Con 50 Monte Cook Games announced Numenera 2. According to a tweet from Total Party Thrill’s Shane there are two books. The first is Numenera 2 Discovery which is designed to replace the original Numenera core book but not the whole line. Monte Cook’s latest Numenera release was just a few days […]
Live highlights from Gen Con 50
The 50th Gen Con is on. We’ve seen videos of hallways packed full of gamers that become floods of movement when the traders’ hall opened. We’ve seen videos from publishers big and small. We’re not there, sadly. Instead Geek Native is using Twitter Moments to curate Tweets as and when they come in to produce […]
Warhammer 40K: Wrath & Glory RPG due in 2018
Ulisses North America, a branch of Ulisses Spiele, has picked up the license for the Warhammer 40,000 RPG. Designer Ross Watson, known for Rogue Trader and Deathwatch, will lead development. Wrath & Glory will be set in the Gothic future, the Imperium of Man under threat and at endless war. There will be a seminar […]
Good news for roleplayers as Gen Con breaks records
The RPG hobby scored a hit this week as Gen Con broke attendance records. A successful convention, whether you love it or loathe it, helps prove to companies that the industry is busy and worth paying attention too. This year Gen Con expanded by 14% which makes it the fourth consecutive year which the convention […]
