Routinely Itemised offers bullet points of RPG news, latest releases, reviews, interviews, and RPG tips from around the web.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #118
A newly announced D&D event, new directors at GAMA, controversy and a whole tonne of new RPGs.
Megagames and COVID-19
Megagames are a large scale game with aspects of board game, political roleplay, and resource management game.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #46
Tabletop RPG news for a week squished into a series of easy scan bullet-point lists. Dungeons & Dragons fights, Starfinder dice and more Kickstarters than you can shake a magic item at.
Gen Con threatens to boycott Indianapolis
Gen Con is Indianapolis Convention Center’s largest customer and brings millions in cash to the city. Created by Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, the convention has grown and grown. It’s a powerhouse. Gen Con isn’t very happy with the Indianapolis Governor Mike Pence’s “religious freedom” bill. The bill, State Bill 101, apparently […]
The ENnie 2014 Awards: who are the winners?
It’s GenCon and that means one of the year’s biggest and most popular set of gaming awards: The ENNies. As usual competition was fierce. For almost all of the 20+ categories there were two prizes to fight for; gold and silver. Geek Native has the full list of winners below. Did anyone publisher thrash the […]
Feeling down? Missing GenCon? Virtually visit Anti-GenCon instead!
This blogger isn’t going to GenCon. It’s on the wrong side of the world. If only there was a virtual alternative? There is! The Anti-GenCon con was set up by Jez Gordon. It’s a chance for those roleplayers who can’t or don’t want to get involved with Gen Con to still meet up, play some […]
Have Barnes and Noble just leaked D&D 5e release dates?
US retailer Barnes and Noble have two new pre-order entries on their website. The first is D&D Starter Set and the second is D&D Player’s Handbook. There really isn’t much on either page. There’s price and release date. The D&D Starter Set is due out on the 15th July, 2014 and will cost $19.99 ($17.99 […]
Chris Pramas: Green Ronin survived the theft of $100,000 and now deals directly with George R. R. Martin
Chris Pramas is the President of Green Ronin Publishing and veteran of the roleplaying industry. He’s worked for Wizards of the Coast, signed deals with George R. R. Martin and is currently mid-Kickstarter with Freeport: The City of Adventure for the Pathfinder RPG. In this interview we’re reminded that Green Ronin had a whirlwind of […]
Mass Effect cosplay: Samara
There was no shortage of very impressive cosplay at GenCon this year. In fact, GenCon must surely be an established cosplay brand by now. Mass Effect is both a popular CRPG and a hard game to cosplay. Step forward this Samara cosplayer who does so-very well. That’s pretty impressive Shepard armour behind her too. Via […]
