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Handiwork Games to launch highly limited Dragon Warriors deluxe print boxed set

August 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Dragon Warriors box set will have eight signed A4 prints on heavy stock. Inside the box, there will be a softcover art book with contributions from Dave Morris, who created the series, and Ian Sturrock, who evolved it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dragon Warriors, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, serpent king games

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #147

April 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We can see many exciting bundles, Hasbro hanging on to Wizards of the Coast, and if you’re a fan of the news reading minotaur, there’s a chance to win him in the UK.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alice is missing, crowbar creative, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, evil genius productions, First Responders, foundry vtt, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hasbro, Jon Hodgson, just crunch games, Monte Cook Games, mothership, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, realmwarp media, river horse, roll20, routinely itemised, sara thompson, Shades of Vengeance, Son of Oak Game Studio, Stargate SG-1, stillfleet, Syrinscape, tales of xadia, the dark eye, the dee sanction, the expanse rpg, The One Ring, the witcher, Ulisses Spiele, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, zombicide

Beowulf RPG adapts 5e for just two players: Heads back to Kickstarter

April 6, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Handiwork’s Beowulf Age of Heroes has been a success. The RPG was designed to be played with just two people, one player and one person running it and adapts the 5e rules which are so widely known.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

Handimonsters Annual 2022 turns a Patreon of monsters into a book

January 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Handimonsters Annual 2022 is the first of its kind and, in 5e-terms, features monsters like the subterranean knackers of CR 1/4 to the Dragon of Dreams with CR 20.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, handimonsters, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, monsters, Paul Bourne, Scott Purdy

Nightfall Games and Handiwork Games announce the Harrowvale 5e setting

July 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Harrowvale. Get out or die trying.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Allsop, Dungeons & Dragons, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, Nightfall Games

Exclusive: a|state 2e cover reveal and sign-up launch

July 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

a|state is a world of both beautiful and baroque, a sprawling urban nightmare, with the second edition based on Forged in the Dark.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, malcolm craig

Free to Download: 6 monsters

April 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The preview suggests we’ll get the Knacker, Quicksilver Troll, Spell-Thief, Holigean and Swamp Boulder among the collection.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, handimonsters, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, monsters, Patreon, Scott Purdy

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #92

March 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised: RPGs is an RPG news round-up, and this week we look at the Candlekeep Mysteries reviews, DCC legacy, Savage Worlds finally appearing on Roll20 and free dice in the name of Cancer Awareness.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, battleground games, beowulf, burn bryte, candlekeep mysteries, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dark alliance, deadlands, Delta Green, en publishing, entromancy, fallout, foundry, Free League Publishing, gen con, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, Legendary Games, liminal, micro rpg, Modiphius Entertainment, neverending, Nightfall Games, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Polyhedra Games, routinely itemised, runequest, savage worlds, severed books, shadows in the mist, sirius dice, starfinder, trollish delver games, uk games expo, w.h. arthur, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, World Anvil, Zadmar Games

Legendary D&D for two: The Beowulf RPG launches today

February 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Beowulf is designed for one GM and one player. Duet play. The game comes from a successful Kickstarter and already has free to download supporting materials.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, Francesco Nepitello, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

The 5e-powered Beowulf RPG will be ready this month

January 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Handiwork Games have shared an art preview from their upcoming 5e-powered Beowulf RPG and confirmed the game will be ready this month.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, Scott Purdy

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