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Gen Con Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Gen Con reporting (Archive Page 5).

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #8

August 9, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s the first weekly round-up of RPG news and discoveries since Gen Con happened.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, Deborah Ann Woll, Eberron, ENnies, fantasy flight games, Free League Publishing, geek & sundry, gen con, genesys, green ronin, Keith Baker, lord of the rings, Marisha Ray, Newt Newport, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, raging swan press, red scar publishing, routinely itemised, SLA Industries, the adventure zone, the lord of the rings, The One Ring, titansgrave, Wil Wheaton, wizards of the coast

Astral Tabletop coupon: 20% off thanks to Gen Con

August 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lots of money off and a free upgrade – but only for a few days.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: astral tabletop, gen con, sales, virtual tabletop

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #6

July 26, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Save time by whisking your way down this bullet-point summary of RPG industry news and discoveries.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron, gen con, hostile, Keith Baker, lord of the rings, Monsters of Murka, pathfinder, Paul Elliott, roll20, routinely itemised, Shadowrun, soulbound, starfinder, The Orr Group, Troll Lord Games, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory, Zozer Games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #5

July 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What’s happen this week? A whizz though bullet points of RPG news and discoveries.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, dms guild, drivethrurpg, ENnies, fateforge, gen con, handiwork games, Jim Pinto, kickstarters, Modiphius Entertainment, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, Scarred Lands, studio agate, the lord of the rings, The One Ring

Shadowrun 6e: Sixth World Beginner Box out in digital and off to a rocky start

July 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, Cyberpunk, drivethrurpg, gen con, Shadowrun

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #3

July 5, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What happened in the RPG industry this week? ENnnie 2019 nominations, “Oops, sorry, our artwork was too similar” and superheroes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: age of sigmar, black void, capers, carbon 2185, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dice, dms guild, earthdawn, ENnies, fragged empire, frog god games, gen con, Hero Forge Games, Hero Kids, Infinity, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, savage worlds, uncaged, warhammer

Origins attendance up 11% overtaking Gen Con in the tabletop games category

June 26, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Visitor numbers to Origins is up 11% and that takes turnstile attendance to 71, 237.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, gen con, Origins Game Fair

Which are the largest geeky conventions in the world?

June 14, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 7 Comments

A living treemap showing the relative size and categories of dozens of geeky conventions around the world.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: convention, gen con, Origins Game Fair, stats, uk games expo

Can’t make Gen Con? Print your Gen Can’t badge instead

July 29, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: dms guild, gen con

Monte Cook announces Numenera 2

August 17, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

  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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, gen con, kickstarters, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Numenera

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