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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #78

December 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week D&D hired a new senior game designer, an army of monsters appeared on Humble Bundle, publishers backed New Gamemaster Month and a load more. It's time for a Routinely Itemised collection of RPG news.

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Post-apocalyptic transhuman Eclipse Phase RPG now available on laser-engraved USB

August 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you were to add up the cost of all the Eclipse Phase books and accessories, it would come to well over $300. You can now get them all on laser-engraved USB stick for $125.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Eclipse Phase, posthuman studios, usb

Free to Download: Two free Eclipse Phase supplements

March 31, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Eclipse Phase is a post-apocalyptic transhuman RPG from Posthuman Studios.

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The best selling horror RPGs of 2019

December 20, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

... and who are the scary monsters?

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The best selling sci-fi RPGs of 2019

December 17, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Which are the best selling sci-fi RPGs of the year?

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Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?

July 16, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012.…

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Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013

April 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Origins Games Fair is a big one. It runs from June 12th to 16th this year in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It showcases board games, tabletop roleplaying games, CCGs, miniatures, LARPs and has an electronic games room this year.…

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Chronicle City appoints “Grim” James Desborough

February 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 7 Comments

James Desborough has some experience with controversy. Geek Native interviewed Grim during a firestorm of protests. A petition had been set up to urge Mongoose Publishing to drop him from their roster for misogynistic views.…

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Angus Abranson, Chronicle City, James Desborough, posthuman studios

Are these the best horror RPGs of all time?

October 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 16 Comments

Halloween is sneaking ever closer and around the world gamers will be wondering what to do. Some gaming groups will have especially spooky encounters and others will play one off horror games.…

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The Kickstarter launch: UK publishers and authors respond

October 12, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kickstarter is the most widely recognised crowdfunding site in the world and, this week, it announced UK launch dates. Publishers can create projects already but cannot begin funding campaigns until Halloween.…

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 6d6, Angus Abranson, Cakebread & Walton, Chris Tregenza, Chronicle City, games workshop, James Desborough, kickstarters, peter cakebread, posthuman studios, stuart renton

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