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Guy Sclanders’ The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM surges through 2,000 backers

October 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 250+ page book promises to help people run better tabletop games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: guy sclanders, kickstarters

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 #105

June 18, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

It’s the run-up to D&D Live 2021, and Wizards of the Coast find themselves in hot water. Renegade and Paradox have pushed turbo on Vampire: The Masquerade, and while Kickstarter activity is down in launches, it’s up in requests.

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Toss the dice: A review of diceless sci-fi RPG Bounty Hunter

June 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve run quite a few scenes with the Bounty Hunter system, and they’ve worked very well. It’s especially strong over Discord, as the lack of dice and barely any mathematics means all your attention can be on the players and the game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bounty hunter, guy sclanders, reviews, sci-fi

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #86

February 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly RPG news round-up and this week Kickstarter’s Zine Quest is a vast shape on the radar.

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How To Be A Great Game Master host brings Epic Battlemaps to Kickstarter

December 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Guy Sclanders, the host of YouTuBe series How To Be A Great Game Master, has teamed up with Dungeon Fog to bring a book battlemaps to Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, cartography, guy sclanders, kickstarters

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