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a|state 2’s Nicely, Done primer heads to print

October 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nicely, Done is a mission in Mire End in which characters investigate reports of child slavery and is intended to introduce the setting

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, Jon Hodgson, previews

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #55

July 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One week of RPG news: A battle in the Gygax family of D&D’s legacy, too sexy vampires and a game designer disowning their award-winning edgelord adventure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Alligator Alley Entertainment, astral tabletop, beowulf, Chaosium, cubicle 7, curse of hearts, daniel kwan, dms guild, earthdawn, ENnies, Esper Genesis, fasa, Gary Gygax, GURPS, Jon Hodgson, Justin Achilli, kobold press, lamentations of the flame princess, luke gygax, Malleus Monstrorum, Massif Press, onyx path publishing, R. Talsorian Games, rebellion, routinely itemised, Steve Jackson Games, vampire, warhammer 40k, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, world of darkness, wrath & glory

An RPG designed for a GM with just one player: Beowulf – Age of Heroes comes to 5e

June 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Handiwork Games have today released their duet play 5e setting. In other words, it’s a 5e-based RPG especially designed for those times when only two people are playing; one of whom is the GM and the other the player.

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

Free to Download: Beowulf 5e teaser adventure released today

March 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What makes Beowulf a little different from other D&D 5e settings and rules adaptations is that it’s designed for duet play. In other words; one GM and one player. Handiwork has tweaked the mechanics to suit.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beowulf, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

Jon Hodgson returns to Kickstarter for more map tiles

January 31, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can also select tile designs from the first Kickstarter, and that’ll make selecting your tiles quite a challenge.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

The Hero’s Journey (second edition) begins on Kickstarter

January 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

James Spahn’s Barrel Rider Games have teamed up with Tiny Dungeon’s Gallant Knight Games to do a second edition of The Hero’s Journey.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gallant knight games, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

The adult A|State RPG about is about to return

December 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A|State is a gothic horror of a sci-fi. The game is set in The City, and you cannot leave. It’s a game that came with “For Mature Readers” warning on it.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, Contested Ground Studios, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson

7 tips for creating fantasy battle mats

June 25, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jon Hodgson is a professional artist and his cartography Patreon has an impressive 215+ supporters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battle mats, cartography, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, kickstarters

Preview the Scarred Lands Creature Collection for 5e

May 1, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Onyx Path is working with Handiwork Games to bring the best of those Scarred Lands beasts into a new Creature Collection.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, onyx path publishing, Paul Bourne, previews, Scarred Lands, Scott Purdy

Onyx Path appoint Jon Hodgson’s Handiwork Games for Scarred Lands Creature Collection

December 28, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now Onyx Path is pushing on with the project and has appointed the newly launched Handiwork Games to manage the project. There’s a Kickstarter coming.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, onyx path publishing, richard thomas, Scarred Lands

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