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Genre Police: Evolve Or Die

January 15, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

I am sitting in the afterglow of a summer full of blockbuster moments in campaigns, at least one epic ‘Empire Strikes Back’ style campaign ending, and there are few players who are leaving for other things or shuffling which nights they play on.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, Legend of the Five Rings, rpg tips

Free to Download: Terrifying Halloween Tales

October 27, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Authors include Josh Reynolds, Robbie MacNiven, David Anandale, S.A. Sidor and Marie Brennan while the formats in the download include PDF, epub and mobi.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: aconyte, Arkham Horror, free to download, halloween, Legend of the Five Rings

Genre Police: Generic Police

September 25, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

But before we begin talking about what generic systems can offer, we have to talk about how I can serve what you are looking for. 

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, genre police, Legend of the Five Rings, rpg tips, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Legend of the Five Rings: Edge Studios shows off Writ of the Wild pages

April 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Writ of the Wild is a sourcebook for Legend of the Five Rings, exploring Rokugan’s wilderness and the Dragon clan.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: edge, Legend of the Five Rings, previews

Genre Police: Choose Your Own Adventure(s)

April 3, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 3 Comments

Last time we talked about new RPGs and how to get players to try them. But how do you even begin to work out what you want to play?

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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #132

December 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

A summary of RPGs news from the week with freebies from WotC and others, indie news, tips and reviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, Andrews McMeel, Arcadia, beadle & grimm's, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Dark Souls, diego pisa artworks, Dungeons & Dragons, Dynamite Entertainment, edge, Green Ronin Publishing, kobold press, Legend of the Five Rings, lone wolf, moonmares games, North Wind Adventures, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, petersen games, role, routinely itemised, runequest, runequest starter set, salvage union, snowbright studios, star trek adventures, Steamforged Games, Steve Jackson Games, traveller, UltraPro, vaesen: mythic britain, Verdant Isles: Teatime Adventures, warhammer, weird frontiers, Wyrmworks Publishing, Zozer Games

The best selling historical RPGs of 2021

December 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

What’s certain is that this table is a way to get an exciting look at games newly out this year and perhaps see names new to us.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: acheron books, Achtung! Cthulhu, Andrews McMeel, beowulf, brancalonia, drivethrurpg, edge, fantasy age, flames of freedom, gallant knight games, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hearts of wulin, jackals, Legend of the Five Rings, Modiphius Entertainment, osprey games, stats, Stygian Fox Publishing, the between, The Design Mechanism, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, through the breach, tiny cthulhu, wyrd miniatures

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #124

October 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news from the week that’s just been! Wizards win at court, Discworld hits DriveThruRPG, and there’s a bunch of bundle deals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alan bahr, Arion Games, black monk, blade runner rpg, Call of Cthulhu, demiplane, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, edge, fading embers, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game wizards, gila, Helmgast, horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Modiphius Entertainment, moonmares games, neverending, Nova, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, posthuman studios, R. Talsorian Games, relic, Renegade Game Studios, roll20, roll20con, routinely itemised, sandy pug games, Shotguns & Sorcery, spencer campbell, the troubleshooters, valiant fox gaming, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, zweihander

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #119

September 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Games company expelled from Origins, another up for sale at an eyewatering price, and so many tempting new games. A busy week of RPG news!

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Adventures in Rokugan: Legend of the Five Rings comes to D&D’s 5e

September 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Edge, the Asmodee owned RPG studio that picked up tabletop roleplaying games from Fantasy Flight, has announced Adventures in Rokugan.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, edge, Legend of the Five Rings

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