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An interview with James Introcaso as MCDM’s Arcadia future is confirmed

August 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When Matt Colville announced that MCDM would start a magazine, he was very clear about the commercial requirements. Arcadia would need to be a success, and the first few issues would be a test.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Andrews McMeel, Arcadia, cat evans, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm, Mike Shea, sharang biswas, zweihander

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #110

July 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there’s the latest from D&D, Cyberpunk Red, 13th Age, Call of Cthulhu, Critical Role and even of Chainmail, the game that became D&D.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, Battlefield Press, beadle & grimm's, blackmoor, Call of Cthulhu, carbon grey, castles & crusades, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, city of mist, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, doctor who, Evil Hat Productions, fading suns, FATE, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, grant howitt, handiwork games, hearts of wulin, Honey Heist, injuries & vile deeds, m20 technocracy reloaded, magnetic press play, Matt Colville, mcdm, Necromancer Games, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, roll20, routinely itemised, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, sdcc, sigil & shadow, soulbound, starfinder, strixhaven, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, the green knight, the oracle, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Troll Lord Games, Ulisses Spiele, Victoriana, west end games, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

D&D transformed: A review of Matthew Colville’s Kingdoms & Warfare

July 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Colville’s 5e D&D-does-battles supplement is 320-pages long, but I’m pleased to say you don’t need to learn a 320-page wargame to get the most out of it. Not even close.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Celeste Conowitch, Dungeons & Dragons, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm, reviews, strongholds & followers

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #97

April 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A weekly RPG news summary covering D&D, 2d20, indie news, events, reviews, interviews and even encounter tables.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: AAW Games, adam lee, Auroborus: coils of the serpent, beadle & grimm's, beyond belief games, Biohazard games, broken compass, Coriolis, cubicle 7, curious monk, cyberpunk red, defiant, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, dungeon crawl classics, edge, fantasy flight games, gen con, Iron Crown Enterprises, jasper's game day, Legend of the Five Rings, mcdm, midnight, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, over arms, philip reed, R. Talsorian Games, rookie jet studio, routinely itemised, sea of thieves, sirens: battle of the bards, Steve Jackson Games, the fantasy trip, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, wanderhome, warchief gaming, warhammer, wicked ones

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #83

January 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised: RPGs summarises weekly RPG news, new releases, interviews with roleplaying designers and handy tips.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alan bahr, amit moshe, Arcadia, blades in the dark, Brittannia Game Designs, candlekeep mysteries, chessex, Chivalry & Sorcery, city of mist, crafty games, Cults of the Blood Gods, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, Ill Gotten Games, Inkwell Ideas, mcdm, mork borg, onyx path publishing, Outland Entertainment, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Renegade Game Studios, routinely itemised, tombpunk, trokia!, vaesen, w.m. akers, wizards of the coast

MCDM’s Arcadia could wear the D&D magazine crown

January 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Colville’s company, MCDM, has launched a new D&D magazine. It’s called Arcadia and its a test.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arcadia, James Introcaso, Matt Colville, mcdm

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #67

September 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s bullet-point summary of RPG news. Catch-up on stories on the site, from around the web as well as new releases and gaming tips.

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