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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #308

May 9, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Recent RPG news includes a fundraiser for Rick Hershey’s injured children, Goodman Games clarifying a controversial partnership, new D&D horror subclasses, a UK publisher skipping GenCon over safety, and Canada’s biggest mini maker is closing.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, drink, Dungeons & Dragons, goodman games, judges guild, Rick Hershey, routinely itemised, wizards of the coast

The Majestic Fantasy RPG slated for a 2025 Kickstarter

January 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bat in the Attic Games published the 204 pages of The Majestic Fantasy RPG in 2021, and it has 5/5 stars after over a dozen ratings on DriveThruRPG. However, it’s not finished.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: judges guild, Swords & Wizardry

Goodman Games buys the Dark Tower for DCC and 5e treatment

April 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Goodman Games has bought the Dark Tower from the Judges’ Guild and will republish it as a DCC and 5e adventure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: goodman games, judges guild

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #66

September 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a busy week of RPG news, and a quick scan will stop you missing out on the free D&D downloads from Wizards of the Coast and others, or any of the new releases and headlines.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: animal adventures, Avalon Hill, black void, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, cubicle 7, cypher system, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, exalted, fallout, Free League Publishing, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, HeroQuest, icewind dale, Into the Mother Lands, izegrim creations, James Introcaso, Jim Zub, judges guild, kobold press, lords of the middle sea, magpie games, manticore games, modern age, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, rime of the frostmaiden, roll20, romance of the perilous land, routinely itemised, RPG Superstar, savage worlds, soulbound, stargate, Steamforged Games, Symbaroum, the grinning frog, trollish delver games, wrath & glory, Wyvern Gaming

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #37

February 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The future of D&D, the possible future of D&D Beyond and enough RPG Zines from Kickstarter to break any set of shelves.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, exalted funeral, goodman games, hasbro, judges guild, matt mercer, Mike Pondsmith, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, solo rpgs, soulbound, unearthed arcana, w.m. akers, warhammer age of sigmar, wizards of the coast

Goodman Games avoids Judges Guild payments; donates to charity

February 23, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bob Bledsaw Jr. and Judges Guild will not profit from the Judges Guild Deluxe Collector’s Edition Vol. 2 focused on the works of Jennell Jaquays.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: goodman games, Joseph Goodman, judges guild

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #35

February 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A busy RPG news summary this week as publishers battle racists, Kickstarter encourages dozens of RPG zine campaigns and the superhero BAMFSIES winners are announced.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Aquelarre, Arc Dream Publishing, cubicle 7, dc heroes, Dream Realm Storytellers, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, free league workshop, Freyja's Tears, Green Ronin Publishing, hunters entertainment, judges guild, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, q-workshop, Renegade Game Studios, romance of the perilous land, routinely itemised, Russ Morrissey, sigil entertainment group, svilland, wardlings, wyrd miniatures

RPG publishers cut ties with the Judges Guild Game Company after bigotry expose

February 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 6 Comments

The Judges Guild ran a City State of the Invincible Overlord Kickstarter six years ago, and backers are still waiting on their books.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: frog god games, judges guild, Necromancer Games

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