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Mantic buys River Horse, securing the brand and licenses, including Labyrinth and Dark Crystal RPGs

June 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mantic will be taking on River Horse’s licensed games and universes, and Alessio Cavatore will be joining Mantic to work on product and games design as they continue to bring you truly exceptional tabletop experiences.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark crystal, kings of war, mantic games, river horse

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #147

April 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We can see many exciting bundles, Hasbro hanging on to Wizards of the Coast, and if you’re a fan of the news reading minotaur, there’s a chance to win him in the UK.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alice is missing, crowbar creative, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, evil genius productions, First Responders, foundry vtt, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, hasbro, Jon Hodgson, just crunch games, Monte Cook Games, mothership, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, realmwarp media, river horse, roll20, routinely itemised, sara thompson, Shades of Vengeance, Son of Oak Game Studio, Stargate SG-1, Syrinscape, tales of xadia, the dark eye, the dee sanction, the expanse rpg, The One Ring, the witcher, Ulisses Spiele, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, zombicide

The official The Dark Crystal tabletop RPG is out on DriveThruRPG

April 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This book contains everything you need to play in and run your own version of Thra. Create Gelfling Characters, dive into a fantastical world of Henson creatures, and rise up against the Skeksis.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, river horse, the dark crystal

The best selling family RPGs of 2021

December 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We have got the 20 best selling “Family” TTRPGs published this year. What makes a game a Family one, though? The need for kids? Of course not.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: amazing heroes, amazing tales, Atlas Games, bandit camp, Chaosium, drivethrurpg, fairy trails, Fat Goblin Games, gallant knight games, jay dragon, My Little Pony, nerdburger games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Renegade Game Studios, river horse, silver vine publishing, summon skate, tinyd6, wanderhome, wardlings

The Dark Crystal RPG opens for pre-orders

September 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re one step, and perhaps a flutter, from roleplaying adventures in the magical world of Thra. River Horse has opened up pre-orders for the RPG The Dark Crystal Adventure Game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: river horse, the dark crystal

UK Games Expo 2021 Awards winners

August 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The UK Games Expo is one of the first significant gaming conventions to push on ahead into the opening wake of the lockdown. As a result, the prestigious UK Games Expo Awards has winners for 2021.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: aconyte, All Rolled Up, board games, Brittannia Game Designs, card games, destroyer of worlds, Free League Publishing, Iello, Legend of the Five Rings, Loke BattleMats, osprey games, river horse, stargrave, the dee sanction, uk games expo, vaesen

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #101

May 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s been a busy week, so sit back and treat yourself to a scroll through the headlines; sales, reviews, interviews and stats from the RPG-scene.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 13th age, alien rpg, astate, awfully cheerful engine, battletech, brindlewood bay, candlekeep mysteries, carovea victor, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, Defiant Awakening, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy age, Flash Gordon, Free League Publishing, gama, game machinery, gen con, ghostfire gaming, goodman games, GURPS, handiwork games, hasbro, jackals, Jim Pinto, jonathan hicks, lion banner games, lord of the rings, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, My Little Pony, neverending, onyx path publishing, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, petersen games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, postworldgames, red scar publishing, river horse, roleplay elixir, routinely itemised, Russ Morrissey, savage worlds, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound starter set, spelljammer, starfinder, the yellow king, those dark places, Troll Lord Games, Vampire: The Masquerade, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, voxstory, wanderhome, will power games, wizards of the coast, xploringmap

The best selling family RPGs of 2020

December 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Family, rightly or wrongly, tends to be a shorthand for “appropriate for kids but interesting to adults too”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Andrews McMeel, drivethrurpg, Fat Goblin Games, flatland games, gallant knight games, hunters entertainment, Jim Henson, kids on brooms, Labyrinth, neverland, river horse, Saturday Morning Scenarios, witch+craft

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #79

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of 2020 RPG stats, a round-up of the news, lots of reviews and product releases all together in a single Routinely Itemised bundle.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: AAW Games, alien rpg, Chaosium, cubicle 7, dark crystal, darkraven games, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Free League Publishing, gen con, James Introcaso, Malleus Monstrorum, Modiphius Entertainment, neon city overdrive, onyx path publishing, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, river horse, routinely itemised, soulbound, Steve Jackson Games, talisman, the children of fear, thought police interactive, warhammer age of sigmar, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, wrath & glory

The Dark Crystal RPG announced

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game will be written by World Anvil’s Janet Forbes and River Horse’s Jack Caesar.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark crystal, Jim Henson, river horse

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