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The MCDM RPG approaches $3,000,000 as their custom VTT unlocks

December 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The publisher also said they’ll custom build a new virutal tabletop. That could be even more disruptive and interesting to the RPG market than a popular new core rule set.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, crowdfunding, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm, virtual tabletop

MCDM announces new RPG as Matt Colville can’t imagine anyone signing OGL 1.1

January 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On a Twitch stream yesterday, popular game designer and personality Matt Colville said he can’t imagine anyone signing the leaked OGL 1.1 from Wizards of the Coast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm

Competition: Win a Zweihander Fantasy Horror RPG Starter Kit

November 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Starter Kit is an evolution of the original ZWEIHÄNDER game, providing both new and veteran gamers with all the tools needed to play their first fantasy horror role-playing game. It’s beginner-friendly, and backward compatible with the current ZWEIHÄNDER game line.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: competitions, daniel d. fox, James Introcaso, zweihander

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #144

March 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news is routinely itemised in this weekly bullet point collection, complete with illustrations, graphs and a hidden adventure game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blue planet, Catalyst Game Labs, Cyberpunk, Deborah Ann Woll, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, fragged empire, g.i. joe, goodman games, handiwork games, James Introcaso, legends of avallen, long tail games, loresmyth, nerdburger games, onebookshelf, onyx path publishing, pathfinder, philip reed, power rangers, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Shadowrun, strixhaven, the sixth gun, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade, vincent baker, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #116

September 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As it’s Friday, it means RPG news in summary form. Routinely Itemised doesn’t just summarise Geek Native’s own content.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: All Rolled Up, Arcadia, blades in the dark, bloat games, brancalonia, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, character sheets, Chris McDowall, city of mist, dead channel studios, exalted, Freddie Taylor-Bell, Free League Publishing, gen con, Into The Odd, James Introcaso, jay dragon, kobold press, leyline press, long tail games, Massif Press, mcdm, mothership, Paizo Publishing, Paradox Interactive, pendragon, R. Talsorian Games, role, roll for combat, routinely itemised, rowan rook and decard, sine nomine publishing, Stars without Number, survive this!!, the dee sanction, the oracle, wizards of the coast, Wyrmworks Publishing, zweihander

An interview with James Introcaso as MCDM’s Arcadia future is confirmed

August 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When Matt Colville announced that MCDM would start a magazine, he was very clear about the commercial requirements. Arcadia would need to be a success, and the first few issues would be a test.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Andrews McMeel, Arcadia, cat evans, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm, Mike Shea, sharang biswas, zweihander

D&D transformed: A review of Matthew Colville’s Kingdoms & Warfare

July 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Colville’s 5e D&D-does-battles supplement is 320-pages long, but I’m pleased to say you don’t need to learn a 320-page wargame to get the most out of it. Not even close.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Celeste Conowitch, Dungeons & Dragons, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm, reviews, strongholds & followers

MCDM’s Arcadia could wear the D&D magazine crown

January 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Colville’s company, MCDM, has launched a new D&D magazine. It’s called Arcadia and its a test.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arcadia, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #79

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of 2020 RPG stats, a round-up of the news, lots of reviews and product releases all together in a single Routinely Itemised bundle.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: AAW Games, alien rpg, Chaosium, cubicle 7, dark crystal, darkraven games, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Free League Publishing, gen con, James Introcaso, Malleus Monstrorum, Modiphius Entertainment, neon city overdrive, onyx path publishing, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, river horse, routinely itemised, soulbound, Steve Jackson Games, talisman, the children of fear, thought police interactive, warhammer age of sigmar, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, wrath & glory

Adventures from the Potbellied Kobold bring more D&D 5e encounters to Kickstarter

October 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jeff Steven’s book of short adventures for D&D’s 5th setting is compatible with the basic rules and creatures but also Kobold Press’ Tome of Beasts and Creature Codex.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cat evans, Dungeons & Dragons, James Introcaso, JVC Parry, kickstarters, kobold press, oliver clegg, tome of beasts

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