RPG news at bullet-point speed we headline the sad news that Hasbro boss Brian Goldner has passed away. This week also brings new D&D, a Cowboy Bebop RPG, Hunters: The Reckoning and more from Critical Role.
Hasbro’s CEO takes immediate medical leave as a marketing guru takes over in the interim
Brian Goldner, the company’s CEO, was treated for prostate cancer in 2014, and last August, Hasbro told investors that the ongoing treatment of this might cause hair loss.
Christmas crisis: Toys British shoppers should buy first
British parents might be wise to be exceptionally organised this Christmas for toy shopping.
Hasbro approve the release of the Essence 20 RPG system
Wizards of the Coast have a new RPG system in the ecosystem to be mindful of, and it’s connected to their parent company Hasbro.
Can you buy the Nerf LMTD Aliens M41A Pulse Blaster in the UK?
Hasbro and NERF have announced LMTD Aliens M41A Pulse Blaster via Hasbro Pulse.
Mario edition of the Game of Life
Mario Kart as an analogy for life? Bananas that are not your fault, thrown shells that are someone else’s fault and sometimes impossible to get ahead no matter what you do?
No Humans Allowed: Wizards of the Coast grant HarperCollins exclusive D&D license
Welcome to Dungeon Academy, where hundreds of monsters & creatures study vigorously, prepping for the dark world that awaits beyond the dungeon walls.
The secret history of Monopoly is as relevant today as it ever was
Hasbro has taken down an official timeline of the origins of Monopoly.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #105
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.
Hasbro’s new “go to a location and adventure there” AR game isn’t D&D – it’s Transformers
Niantic, the people who make Pokemon Go possible and who built their infrastructure on one of the world’s first location-based augmented reality game, have announced Transformers: Heavy Metal.