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Grim Hollow: A bundle deal on dark fantasy for 5e in a godless world

May 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

After the godwar, only the Arch Seraphs and Arch Demons survived, and they now indulge their appetites by interfering with mortal life.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Dungeons & Dragons, ghostfire gaming, grim hollow

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #233

December 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

WotC reveal their D&D 2024 roster and timeline, The Walking Dead shamble to RPG life, not everyone is impressed by the Indie RPG Creator Summit and Matthew Mercer talks about the bubble bursting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, ghostfire gaming, Matthew Mercer, routinely itemised, the walking dead

Aetherial Expanse: A swashbuckling crew of 5e adventures sail through £100K in funding

June 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The sourcebook offers a campaign setting, new character options, naval combat rules and monsters suitable for the Aetherial Expanse. Also included are magitech crafted from infused aetheirum.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, ghostfire gaming, kickstarters

Five realms for 5e: Evil follows the dragons in Ghostfire’s Arora

May 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Arora: Age of Desolation has landed on Kickstarter and racing towards the quarter of a million goal in its opening days.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, ghostfire gaming, kickstarters

Incredible art preview of Ghostfire Gaming’s Arora 5e project

May 15, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Arora, the Age of Desolation, brings a new survival system to 5e. D&D, by default, is high fantasy and not the challenge of gritty survival in a world of wilderness challenges.

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, ghostfire gaming, monsters, previews

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Shawn Merwin

February 25, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the time of writing, there are nearly 80 products on Shawn’s credits page at the DMsGuild, and as we’ll discover below, he was one of the first people ever to be published there.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ghostfire gaming, spotlight

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #109

July 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The latest shipping delays at Wizards of the Coast even as we learn more about Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons and the return of gem dragons to the game, a fantastic charity bundle deal, Fragged Empire and Osprey’s Sigil & Shadow.

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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

400 grimdark monsters for 5e’s Grim Hollow

April 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

With Grim Hollow: The Monster Grimoire, the Australian publishers are leaning into their strengths and focusing on grimdark monsters and art. They’ve already scooped a “Project We Love” label and smashed their US$20,000 goal with US$130,000 pledged in hours.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ghostfire gaming, grim hollow, kickstarters, models, monsters

The incredible art of Grim Hollow’s Players Guide

September 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ghostfire Gaming returns to Kickstarter to bring The Players Guide for their dark fantasy and 5e-powered Grim Hollow setting to life.

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ghostfire gaming, grim hollow, kickstarters

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