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Wizards of the Coast’s (money) recruited sci-fi authors for the Exodus TTRPG

June 8, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Exodus is a computer RPG from Wizards of the Coast’s Archetype Entertainment, and it’ll feature Matthew McConaughey. There’s a tabletop RPG to accompany both.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Archetype Entertainment, James Ohlen, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #121

October 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news at bullet-point speed as we look at where D&D might be going next, free Call of Cthulhu for year 40 and a host of promising new games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, Arcanum Worlds, bloat games, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, Claim the Sky, cyberpunk red, dice, dndbeyond, dungeon crawl classics, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, game wizards, gary con, goodman games, headless hydra press, holler, Iron Crown Enterprises, iron kingdoms, izegrim creations, James Ohlen, laidback dungeon master, level up, luke gygax, Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, osprey games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Privateer Press, R. Talsorian Games, relics, Rolemaster, routinely itemised, savage worlds, scp, SLA Industries, southlands, spelljammer, steve dee, strixhaven, survive this!!, the cthulhu hack, vast grimm, wizards of the coast

Free to Download: Raiders of the Serpent Sea 5e Player’s Guide from ex-Bioware geeks

October 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Raiders of the Serpent Sea’s 5e setting is called the World of Grimnir, with cursed gods of the Stone Court, wealthy kingdoms, sacrifice and raiders.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arcanum Worlds, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, James Ohlen

Wizards of the Coast make Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy available on Print-on-Demand for charity Extra Life

October 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a new D&D print book available today as Wizards of the Coast has made Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy available as a $15 PDF download, $35 softcover and $45 hardcover.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, extra life, James Ohlen, Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy, wizards of the coast

Wizards of the Coast’s Archetype project is a non-D&D sci-fi

January 31, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A multi-platform roleplaying game set in a new science fiction universe.

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: Archetype Entertainment, James Ohlen, sci-fi, wizards of the coast

Wizards of the Coast’s new design studio won’t work on D&D

April 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast

It was like the scene out of The Godfather where it was an offer that was too good to refuse.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: James Ohlen, wizards of the coast

Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Ex-Bioware designers’ 5e setting hits Kickstarter

April 16, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

James Ohlen, Jesse Sky and Drew Karpyshyn are three Bioware veterans, and their D&D 5e campaign setting inspired by ancient Greece is called Thylea.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arcanum Worlds, James Ohlen, kickstarters, Modiphius Entertainment

Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Free D&D 5e Player’s Guide from three veteran Bioware designers

February 24, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Arcanum Worlds designers worked on Baldur’s Gate I and II, on Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dragon Age: Origins and Neverwinter Nights.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arcanum Worlds, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, James Ohlen

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